echo command: Used primarily for output in the shell
1.-N does not wrap the display result (by default, the line is wrapped)
2.-E "" supports using some special characters in double quotes
The usual special characters are
\a a warning sound; \b Delete the previous character; \c ends with a newline symbol, \f, \v wraps but the cursor remains in its original position; \ n wraps and the cursor moves to the beginning of the line; \ r the cursor moves to the beginning of the line but does not wrap; \ t Insert tab;\\ insert \ character; \nnn insert ASCII character represented by NNN (octal);
Script instance
[[email protected] ~]# " hello World " hello world[[email protected] ~]# echo -N hello " hello[[email protected] ~]# [email protected] ~]# echo -e " Span style= "color: #800000;" >hello\tworld hello World
#实现倒计时效果 #!/bin/bash for in 'seq3 -11' do echo "\b\n$i" sleep 1 Done
[Shell Foundation]--echo Command