When lr is ls
the way I want it to be,
utter is the
equivalent for echo.
utter outputs each argument according to some rules: by default, it
outputs each argument on its own line:
% utter foo bar baz
foo
bar
baz
But you can override the strings printed before, after, and inbetween the arguments:
% utter -b 'Simon says: ' -a $'!\n' foo bar baz
Simon says: foo!
Simon says: bar!
Simon says: baz!
There are two predefined modes. One for generating NUL-separated data:
% utter -z foo bar baz | od -c
0000000 f o o \0 b a r \0 b a z \0
0000014
And one for verifying argument quoting:
% utter -q 'foo bar' baz
»foo bar« »baz«
utter does no escape processing at all, your shell probably can do
that already.
I mostly use utter as in the first example, and frequently with -q.
Why is it better than printf '%s\n'? It doesn’t output anything when
no arguments are given.
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