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1.1       shadchin    1: LESSECHO(1)                                                        LESSECHO(1)
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                      5: NAME
                      6:        lessecho - expand metacharacters
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                      8: SYNOPSIS
                      9:        lessecho [-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ...
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                     11: DESCRIPTION
                     12:        lessecho  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
                     13:        put.  But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
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                     15: OPTIONS
                     16:        A summary of options is included below.
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                     18:        -ox    Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
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                     20:        -cx    Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
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                     22:        -pn    Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
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                     24:        -dn    Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
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                     26:        -mx    Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
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                     28:        -nn    Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
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                     30:        -ex    Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
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                     32:        -fn    Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as  an  inte-
                     33:               ger.
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                     35:        -a     Specifies  that  all arguments are to be quoted.  The default is
                     36:               that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
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                     38: SEE ALSO
                     39:        less(1)
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                     41: AUTHOR
                     42:        This manual page was written by  Thomas  Schoepf  <schoepf@debian.org>,
                     43:        for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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                     45:        Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
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                     49:                            Version 444: 09 Jun 2011                LESSECHO(1)