


                  Echo(V1.3 in C:) (2.x/3.x internal))



     NAME
            Echo - Echo a string to the terminal.

     SYNOPSIS
          Echo [string] NOLINE FIRST LEN

     DESCRIPTION
            Echo displays its argument to the current output, 
        this can be the printer, a file or the terminal. Echo is 
        typically used in scripts, but it can also be used (and 
        useful) to send escape sequences to things like printers.
	
            2.x/3.x only: You can use echo to output a file to 
        the environment. This is shown in the example below.


            Note that with the added keywords, you MUST use 
        double quotes to delimit a line to echo under 1.3. Under 
        2.x/3.x you don't need the quotes ONLY if it appears last 
        on the command line. 

            If you want to add a line feed, use the *N character. 
        But, if you use this option in either 1.3, 2.x, or 3.x 
        then quotes must be used.

     OPTIONS

          NOLINE
            This suppresses the newline which Echo automatically 
        adds at the end of its argument. This is useful in that 
        it allows you to build a single line of text using the 
        output of two or more commands.

          FIRST
            This option takes a numeric argument, which indicates 
        which character position to begin output at. Any 
        character before FIRST will not be displayed. This is 
        useful with LEN (see below).

          LEN 
            This option takes a numeric argument, which indicates 
        how many characters to output.  If you also supply a 
        FIRST argument (see above), character output will begin 
        with that character, for LEN characters. If LEN is used 
        without the FIRST keyword, then the final LEN characters 
        will be displayed.

     EXAMPLES

            1. To display "Hello World" on the terminal.

          Echo "Hello World!"

            2. To advance the printer paper, and displays Hello 
        World! on the printer. Note that you must have set your 
        escape character to \ for this example to work.

          Echo >PRT: "\FHello World!" 

            3. To display "ello World!".

          Echo First 2 "Hello World!" 


            4. To display "rld!".

          Echo Len 4 "Hello World!"


            5. To display "World!".

          Echo First 7 Len 6 "Hello World!" 

            6. To print the text file Ram:This.text to your 
        screen.

          Echo Ram:This.text

