Echo Command In Unix

echo command: ------------echo - diplay a line of text Examples: ---------1. Display message on command prompt console: $echo 'Hello World' Hello World 2. Write a message to a file called echo.log $echo 'Welcome to Unix World' > echo.log $cat echo.log Welcome to Unix World 3. Append a message to file called echo.log $echo 'Text has been added' >> echo.log $cat echo.log Welcome to Unix World Text has been added 4. Append a message and command output on console: $echo "Today's date is $(date)" Today's date is Fri Sep 25 06:35:08 IST 2009 If you need more help on this "echo" command just type "man echo" on your Unix console.