echo

Synopsis:
echo [<anything>]

Description:
This command prints its arguments back to the screen. That's it. It is useful for printing status messages from inside scripts, or inside hooks for redefining server messages. The echo command is also the only command (one of two, actually; see xecho) that can write to the screen when display is off. echo now has no length limitation, it can display any string within the confines of memory.

See Also:
eval
set display
input_aliases
xecho

Other Notes:
echo will not normally expand variables unless it is used inside an alias. To force expansion, use eval or set input_aliases on. This is not a bug, it is an intentional feature common to all commands.

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