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lessecho - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
lessecho - expand metacharacters
SYNOPSIS
lessecho
[-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ...
DESCRIPTION
lessecho
is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
Tag
Description
-ox
Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
-cx
Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
-pn
Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
-dn
Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
-mx
Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
-nn
Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
-ex
Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
-fn
Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer.
-a
Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <
schoepf@debian.org
>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Send bug reports or comments to
bug-less@gnu.org.
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