How to utilize the ‘echo’ command in a Shell script?
In shell scripts, the echo command is used to output text or variable values in the terminal.
Instructions for use:
- The text output:
The text is being outputted.
- echo “Hello, World!” # Print Hello, World!
- Print the value of the variable.
- name = “Alice”
print(f”My name is {name}”) # Output: My name is Alice - Use escape characters:
- Print the text “This is a \”quoted\” text” on the screen.
- Output multiple lines of text:
- Output three lines of text.
- write to a file:
- “Output the text to the output.txt file”
Things to keep in mind:
- Special characters (such as $, \, etc.) need to be escaped using an escape character (\) for output.
- To output text or variable values containing spaces, it is necessary to enclose them in quotes to prevent them from being interpreted as multiple arguments.
- When using the “>” operator to redirect output to a file, it will overwrite the file content, whereas using the “>>” operator will append the output to the end of the file.