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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2021-05-10 07:01:51 -0500
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2021-05-10 07:01:51 -0500
commit1de4b25999392fd72438177661c63a445a477cdf (patch)
treed879d194e4435590a7d31ec3b1415447fe29dd9a /toys
parentda9786fc64a4e0c54c3eeba2699f8926943a54f0 (diff)
downloadtoybox-1de4b25999392fd72438177661c63a445a477cdf.tar.gz
Tighten up echo help text.
Diffstat (limited to 'toys')
-rw-r--r--toys/posix/echo.c18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/echo.c b/toys/posix/echo.c
index 9b7b9222..6817ce22 100644
--- a/toys/posix/echo.c
+++ b/toys/posix/echo.c
@@ -17,23 +17,15 @@ config ECHO
help
usage: echo [-neE] [ARG...]
- Write each argument to stdout, with one space between each, followed
- by a newline.
+ Write each argument to stdout, one space between each, followed by a newline.
-n No trailing newline
-E Print escape sequences literally (default)
-e Process the following escape sequences:
- \\ Backslash
- \0NNN Octal values (1 to 3 digits)
- \a Alert (beep/flash)
- \b Backspace
- \c Stop output here (avoids trailing newline)
- \f Form feed
- \n Newline
- \r Carriage return
- \t Horizontal tab
- \v Vertical tab
- \xHH Hexadecimal values (1 to 2 digits)
+ \\ Backslash \0NNN Octal (1-3 digit) \xHH Hex (1-2 digit)
+ \a Alert (beep/flash) \b Backspace \c Stop here (no \n)
+ \f Form feed \n Newline \r Carriage return
+ \t Horizontal tab \v Vertical tab
*/
#define FOR_echo