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1.1       shadchin    1: LESSECHO(1)                                                        LESSECHO(1)
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                      5: [1mNAME[0m
                      6:        lessecho - expand metacharacters
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                      8: [1mSYNOPSIS[0m
                      9:        [1mlessecho [4m[22m[-ox][24m [4m[-cx][24m [4m[-pn][24m [4m[-dn][24m [4m[-mx][24m [4m[-nn][24m [4m[-ex][24m [4m[-a][24m [4mfile[24m [4m...[0m
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                     11: [1mDESCRIPTION[0m
                     12:        [4mlessecho[24m  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   13:        put.  But any metacharacter in the output is preceded  by  an  "escape"
        !            14:        character, which by default is a backslash.
1.1       shadchin   15:
                     16: [1mOPTIONS[0m
                     17:        A summary of options is included below.
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1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   19:        [1m-ex    [22mSpecifies  "x", rather than backslash, to be the escape char for
        !            20:               metachars.  If x is "-", no escape char is  used  and  arguments
        !            21:               containing metachars are surrounded by quotes instead.
        !            22:
        !            23:        [1m-ox    [22mSpecifies  "x",  rather  than double-quote, to be the open quote
        !            24:               character, which is used if the -e- option is specified.
1.1       shadchin   25:
                     26:        [1m-cx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the close quote character.
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                     28:        [1m-pn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
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                     30:        [1m-dn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
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1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   32:        [1m-mx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be a metachar.  By default, no  characters  are
        !            33:               considered metachars.
1.1       shadchin   34:
                     35:        [1m-nn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
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1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   37:        [1m-fn    [22mSpecifies  "n"  to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
1.1       shadchin   38:               ger.
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1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   40:        [1m-a     [22mSpecifies that all arguments are to be quoted.  The  default  is
        !            41:               that only arguments containing metacharacters are quoted
1.1       shadchin   42:
                     43: [1mSEE ALSO[0m
                     44:        less(1)
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                     46: [1mAUTHOR[0m
1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   47:        This  manual  page  was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
1.1       shadchin   48:        for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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                     50:        Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
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1.1.1.2 ! shadchin   54:                            Version 458: 04 Apr 2013                LESSECHO(1)