echo

• echo [text to print]
• echo 'text to print as it is'
• echo -e "interpret escape characters"
• echo "$var" - prints the variable var

Escape characters

• \a - bell
• \b - backspace
• \c - no newline
• \f - formfeed
• \n - new line
• \r - carriage return
• \t - tab
• \v - vertical tab
• \\ - back slash
• \0n - ascii charcater represented by octal value n