echo

Purpose

Write to the output stream of the command line interface (CLI).

Syntax

echo text

Parameters

text
Text to be written to the stream of the command line interface (CLI). It is displayed only in the command line interface (CLI) instance from which this command was issued.

Usage Notes

The echo command is useful in command line interface (CLI) scripts.

Example

Use the echo command to prepend output of the datetime get display.
Console> echo Current time is: ; datetime get
Current time is:
GMT: 2012-03-22T15:32:06Z
Local: Mar 22, 2012 3:32:06 PM
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