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Explore Stack Internal You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echo:echo "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printf:vech="bike" printf "%s\n" "$vech" Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" "$vech" Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echo:echo "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printf:vech="bike" printf "%s\n" "$vech" Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" $vech"$vech" Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" $vech Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" "$vech" Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" $vech Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" $vech Sources:
You might want to use printf for its formatting options. echo is useful when it comes to printing the value of a variable or a (simple) line, but that's all there is to it. printf can basically do what the C version of it can do.
Example usage and capabilities:
Echoecho "*** Backup shell script ***" echo echo "Runtime: $(date) @ $(hostname)" echo printfvech="bike" printf "%s\n" $vech Sources: