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echo means several things in computing.

Terminal command

echo is a command in Unix (and by extension, its descendants, such as Linux) and MS-DOS that places a string on the terminal. It is typically used in shell scripts and batch programs to output status text to the screen or a file.

$ echo This is a test.
This is a test.
$ echo "This is a test." > ./test.txt
$ cat ./test.txt
This is a test.

Ping

echo refers to a ping request. See [RFC 792].

Server

An echo server is a standard service implementing the ECHO protocol that runs on TCP port 7. Intended for testing purposes, it replies to all packets with a packet containing the same data. It is rarely used in practice.

See also

Unix command line programs[ view][ talk][ edit] )
File and file system management: cat | chdir/cd | chmod | chown | chgrp | cp | du | df | fdupes | file | fsck | ln | ls | lsof | mkdir | more | mount | mv | pwd | rcp | rm | rmdir | split | touch | tree
Process management: anacron | at | chroot | cron/crontab | kill | nice | ps | sleep | time | timex | top | renice | wait
User Management/Environment: env | finger | id | locale | mesg | passwd | su | sudo | uname | uptime | w | who | write
Text processing: awk | cut | diff | ex | head | iconv | join | less | more | nkf | paste | sed | sort | tail | tr | uniq | wc | xargs
Shell programming: echo | expr | unset Printing: lp
Communications:
inetd | netstat | ping | rlogin | traceroute
Searching:
egrep | fgrep | find | grep | strings
Miscellaneous:
banner | bc | cal | man | uname | wall | yes

 


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