Linux "lessecho" Command Line Options and Examples

expand metacharacters

lessecho is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output. But any metacharacter in the output is preceded by an "escape" character, which by default is a backslash..

Usage:

lessecho [-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file ...

Command Line Options:

-ox

rather than double-quote to be the open quote character which is used if the -e- option is specified.


                            lessecho -ox ...

-cx

Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.


                            lessecho -cx ...

-pn

Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.


                            lessecho -pn ...

-dn

Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.


                            lessecho -dn ...

-mx

Specifies "x" to be a metachar. By default, no characters are considered metachars.


                            lessecho -mx ...

-nn

Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.


                            lessecho -nn ...

-fn

Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer.


                            lessecho -fn ...

-a

Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is that only arguments containing metacharacters are quoted


                            lessecho -a ...