The output would be 'shell shell' (without the quotes, of course)
The echo command echoes out any of the command line arguments given to it. It is commonly used in shell scripts to echo what portions of the shell script are doing.
echo $SHELL
The command echo ' will output a single quote character ('). In many command-line environments, echo prints the text provided to it to the terminal. Since there is nothing after the single quote to indicate a closing quote, it will simply display the single quote as is without any errors. If executed in a shell that interprets quotes, it may lead to an error due to an unclosed quote.
In Oracle, the ECHO command is used in SQL*Plus to control the display of commands in the output. When set to ON, it will display the commands being executed; when set to OFF, it will suppress the output of the commands. For example, you can use it as follows: SET ECHO ON; SELECT * FROM employees; SET ECHO OFF; In this example, the SQL command will be shown in the output when ECHO is ON, making it easier to see what commands are being run.
In "bash" shell it can be achieved with command "read" #!/bin/bash echo "Hi There, what is your name?" read name echo $name
echo is often used as an easy way of printing text, or displaying the value of a system variable.
Use the append I/O redirection operator: >> An example would be: echo "Put this at the end of the file" >> aFile Which takes the output of 'echo' and puts/appends it to the end of the file aFile.
Use the builtin 'echo' or 'print' command followed by the shell variable name, which will substitute the value when printed/displayed.
Command substitution is a feature in shell scripting that allows the output of a command to be used as an argument in another command. This is typically done by enclosing the command in backticks (`command`) or using the syntax $(command). The shell executes the command inside the substitution and replaces it with its output, enabling dynamic command composition and data processing. This technique is commonly used for capturing the results of commands and using them in scripts or command-line operations.
The shell interpreter must substitute or convert all metacharacters in the command line before the command parameters are given to a program. Once all metacharacters have been removed and replaced by their equivalents the program is then executed.
The echo command is used to print a statement by default to the screen. example: echo Good Morning output: Good Morning note: quotes are not used and will be displayed in the output if used other examples: echo off/on - turns echo on or off, otherwise commands are visible on the screen. Useful for bat files. @echo off - the @ hides the line it precedes so use this for the first line. echo. - displays a blank line echo text > myfile.txt - writes to target location (myfile.txt), overwiting it if it exists. echo text >> myfile.txt - appends to the target (myfile.txt)
That would depend on what shell you're using. Most seem to have a command similar to "echo x" which will print x to the terminal.