LESSECHO(1)                 General Commands Manual                LESSECHO(1)



NNAAMMEE
       lessecho - expand metacharacters

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       lleesssseecchhoo _[_-_o_x_] _[_-_c_x_] _[_-_p_n_] _[_-_d_n_] _[_-_m_x_] _[_-_n_n_] _[_-_e_x_] _[_-_a_] _f_i_l_e _._._.

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       _l_e_s_s_e_c_h_o  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
       put.  But any metacharacter in the output is preceded  by  an  "escape"
       character, which by default is a backslash.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       A summary of options is included below.

       --eexx    Specifies  "x", rather than backslash, to be the escape char for
              metachars.  If x is "-", no escape char is  used  and  arguments
              containing metachars are surrounded by quotes instead.

       --ooxx    Specifies  "x",  rather  than double-quote, to be the open quote
              character, which is used if the -e- option is specified.

       --ccxx    Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.

       --ppnn    Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.

       --ddnn    Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.

       --mmxx    Specifies "x" to be a metachar.  By default, no  characters  are
              considered metachars.

       --nnnn    Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.

       --ffnn    Specifies  "n"  to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
              ger.

       --aa     Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted.  The  default  is
              that only arguments containing metacharacters are quoted

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       less(1)

AAUUTTHHOORR
       This  manual  page  was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.



                           Version 530: 05 Dec 2017                LESSECHO(1)