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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of LESSECHO</TITLE>
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<H1>LESSECHO</H1>
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Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: Version 551: 11 Jun 2019<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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lessecho - expand metacharacters
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>lessecho</B>
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<I>[-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ...</I>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<I>lessecho</I>
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is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output.
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But any metacharacter in the output is preceded by an "escape"
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character, which by default is a backslash.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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A summary of options is included below.
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>-ex</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "x", rather than backslash, to be the escape char for metachars.
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If x is "-", no escape char is used and arguments containing metachars
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are surrounded by quotes instead.
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<DT id="2"><B>-ox</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "x", rather than double-quote, to be the open quote character,
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which is used if the -e- option is specified.
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<DT id="3"><B>-cx</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
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<DT id="4"><B>-pn</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
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<DT id="5"><B>-dn</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
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<DT id="6"><B>-mx</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
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By default, no characters are considered metachars.
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<DT id="7"><B>-nn</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
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<DT id="8"><B>-fn</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer.
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<DT id="9"><B>-a</B>
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<DD>
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Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted.
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The default is that only arguments containing metacharacters are quoted
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</DL>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+less">less</A>(1)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <<A HREF="mailto:schoepf@debian.org">schoepf@debian.org</A>>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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<P>
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Send bug reports or comments to <A HREF="mailto:bug-less@gnu.org">bug-less@gnu.org</A>.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 00:05:18 GMT, March 31, 2021
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