Script Command: ECHO


ECHO {any string}

Echo the specified string to the console. If the string contains whitespace, then it must be enclosed within double quotes.

There are a few special formatting characters that are processed by ECHO...

'\b' backspace
'\c' end-of-line (do not append the line feed)
'\n' linefeed
'\r' carriage return
'\t' tab
'\xHH' hex character HH
'\\' backslash

Some examples...

Command:

ECHO Hi!

Output:

Hi! (with newline appended)

Command:

ECHO "Hi\n How are you?"

Output:

Hi!
How are you?

Command:

ECHO "Hi\c"
ECHO "there!"

Output:

Hi there!