1 This file is echo.def
, from which is created echo.c.
2 It implements the builtin
"echo" in Bash.
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) 1987-2002 Free Software Foundation
, Inc.
6 This file is part of GNU Bash
, the Bourne Again SHell.
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; you can redistribute it and
/or modify it under
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25 #if
defined (HAVE_UNISTD_H
)
29 #include
"../bashansi.h"
37 $FUNCTION echo_builtin
39 $SHORT_DOC echo
[-neE
] [arg ...
]
40 Output the ARGs. If
-n is specified
, the trailing newline is
41 suppressed. If the
-e option is given
, interpretation of the
42 following backslash
-escaped characters is turned on
:
45 \c suppress trailing newline
53 \
0nnn the character whose ASCII code is
NNN (octal
). NNN can be
56 You can explicitly turn off the interpretation of the above characters
61 $FUNCTION echo_builtin
63 $SHORT_DOC echo
[-n
] [arg ...
]
64 Output the ARGs. If
-n is specified
, the trailing newline is suppressed.
68 # define VALID_ECHO_OPTIONS
"neE"
70 # define VALID_ECHO_OPTIONS
"n"
73 /* System V machines already have a
/bin
/sh with a v9 behaviour. We
74 give Bash the identical behaviour for these machines so that the
75 existing system shells won
't barf. Regrettably, the SUS v2 has
76 standardized the Sys V echo behavior. This variable is external
77 so that we can have a `shopt' variable to control it at runtime.
*/
78 #if
defined (DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG
) ||
defined (STRICT_POSIX
)
82 #endif
/* DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG
*/
84 extern int posixly_correct
;
86 /* Print the words in LIST to standard output. If the first word is
87 `
-n
', then don't print a trailing newline. We also support the
88 echo syntax from Version
9 Unix systems.
*/
93 int display_return
, do_v9
, i
, len
;
99 if (posixly_correct
&& xpg_echo
)
102 for (; list
&& (temp
= list
->word
->word
) && *temp
== '-'; list
= list
->next
)
104 /* If it appears that we are handling options
, then make sure that
105 all of the options specified are actually valid. Otherwise
, the
106 string should just be echoed.
*/
109 for (i
= 0; temp
[i
]; i
++)
111 if (strchr (VALID_ECHO_OPTIONS
, temp
[i
]) == 0)
115 /* echo
- and echo
-<nonopt
> both mean to just echo the arguments.
*/
116 if (*temp == 0 || temp[i])
119 /* All of the options in TEMP are valid options to ECHO.
128 #if defined (V9_ECHO)
137 goto just_echo; /* XXX */
144 clearerr (stdout); /* clear error before writing and testing success */
149 temp = do_v9 ? ansicstr (list->word->word, STRLEN (list->word->word), 1, &i, &len)
155 for (s = temp; len > 0; len--)
161 fflush (stdout); /* Fix for bug in SunOS 5.5 printf(3) */
183 return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
185 return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);