Imported from ../bash-3.2.tar.gz.

[thirdparty/bash.git] / builtins / echo.def

diff --git a/builtins/echo.def b/builtins/echo.def
index 6792659a7d214b34e562cbaa3021dc8a41a06fa1..923c43a245bc54d2c58498df160448addf466703 100644 (file)
--- a/builtins/echo.def
+++ b/builtins/echo.def
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ $PRODUCES echo.c
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "../shell.h"
 
+#include "common.h"
+
 $BUILTIN echo
 $FUNCTION echo_builtin
 $DEPENDS_ON V9_ECHO
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ following backslash-escaped characters is turned on:
        \t      horizontal tab
        \v      vertical tab
        \\      backslash
-       \num    the character whose ASCII code is NUM (octal).
+       \0nnn   the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal).  NNN can be
+               0 to 3 octal digits
 
 You can explicitly turn off the interpretation of the above characters
 with the -E option.