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.TH LESSECHO 1 "Version 443: 09 Apr 2011"
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.SH NAME
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lessecho \- expand metacharacters
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B lessecho
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.I "[-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ..."
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.I lessecho
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is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output.
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But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
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.SH OPTIONS
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A summary of options is included below.
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.TP
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.B \-ox
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Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
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.TP
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.B \-cx
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Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
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.TP
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.B \-pn
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Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
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.TP
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.B \-dn
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Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
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.TP
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.B \-mx
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Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
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.TP
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.B \-nn
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Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
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.TP
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.B \-ex
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Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
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.TP
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.B \-fn
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Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer.
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.TP
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.B \-a
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Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted.
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The default is that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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less(1)
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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.PP
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Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
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