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href="https://www-gnu-org.translate.goog/fun/humor.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=te&_x_tr_hl=te#Documentation">Documentation</a> / </div> <div class="reduced-width"> <h2>GNU Echo?</h2> <address class="byline">by Robert Herndon</address> <p class="infobox">From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP<br> Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1<br> Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT<br> Date-Received: 10 Nov 85 05:29:10 GMT <em>[sic]</em></p> <pre class="c">/* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */ /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */ </pre> <table class="echo"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="col1">GNUecho(1)</td> <td class="col2">Unix Programmer's Manual</td> <td class="col3">GNUecho(1)</td> </tr> <tr> <th>NAME</th> <td colspan="2">echo - echo arguments</td> </tr> <tr> <th>SYNOPSIS</th> <td colspan="2">echo [ options ] …</td> </tr> <tr> <th>DESCRIPTION</th> <td colspan="2"><p>Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and redirect the output are as follows:</p><p><b>-2</b> generate rhyming couplets from keywords</p><p><b>-3</b> generate Haiku verse from keywords</p><p><b>-5</b> generate limerick from keywords</p><p><b>-a</b> convert ASCII to ASCII</p><p><b>-A</b> disambiguate sentence structure</p><p><b>-b</b> generate bureaucratese equivalent (see <b>-x</b>)</p><p><b>-B</b> issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed</p><p><b>-c</b> simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)</p><p><b>-C</b> remove copyright notice(s)</p><p><b>-d</b> define new echo switch map</p><p><b>-D</b> delete all ownership information from system files</p><p><b>-e</b> evaluate lisp expression(s)</p><p><b>-E</b> convert ASCII to Navajo</p><p><b>-f</b> read input from file</p><p><b>-F</b> transliterate to french</p><p><b>-g</b> generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases</p><p><b>-G</b> prepend GNU Manifesto</p><p><b>-h</b> halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)</p><p><b>-i</b> emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)</p><p><b>-I</b> emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibula supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS)</p><p><b>-J</b> generate junk mail</p><p><b>-j</b> justify text (see <b>-b</b> option)</p><p><b>-k</b> output “echo” software tools</p><p><b>-K</b> delete privileged accounts</p><p><b>-l</b> generate legalese equivalent</p><p><b>-L</b> load echo modules</p><p><b>-M</b> generate mail</p><p><b>-N</b> send output to all reachable networks (usable with <b>-J</b>, <b>-K</b>, <b>-h</b> options)</p><p><b>-n</b> do not add newline to the output</p><p><b>-o</b> generate obscene text</p><p><b>-O</b> clean up dirty language</p><p><b>-p</b> decrypt and print <code>/etc/passwd</code></p><p><b>-P</b> port echo to all reachable networks</p><p><b>-P1</b> oolcay itay</p><p><b>-q</b> query standard input for arguments</p><p><b>-r</b> read alternate “<code>.echo</code>” file on start up</p><p><b>-R</b> change root password to “RMS”</p><p><b>-s</b> suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD 4.2 only)</p><p><b>-S</b> translate to Swahili</p><p><b>-T</b> emulate TCP/IP handler</p><p><b>-t</b> issue Troff output</p><p><b>-u</b> issue Unix philosophy essay</p><p><b>-v</b> generate reverberating echo</p><p><b>-V</b> print debugging information</p><p><b>-x</b> decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX 3.8, not distributed outside continental US)</p><p><b>Echo</b> is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs and for writing constant data on pipes. 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