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.TH LESSECHO 1
.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.SH NAME
lessecho \- expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix
systems.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lessecho
.I "[-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-a] file ..."
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR lessecho
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
.B lessecho
is a program that simply echos its filename arguments on standard output. But
any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options are included below.
.TP
.B \-ox
Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
.TP
.B \-cx
Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
.TP
.B \-pn
Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
.TP
.B \-dn
Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
.TP
.B \-a
Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is that only
arguments containing spaces are quoted.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
less(1)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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831ce1a6	1	.TH LESSECHO 1
	2	.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
	3	.\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
	4	.SH NAME
	5	lessecho \- expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix
	6	systems.
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B lessecho
	9	.I "[-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-a] file ..."
	10	.SH "DESCRIPTION"
	11	This manual page documents briefly the
	12	.BR lessecho
	13	command.
	14	This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
	15	because the original program does not have a manual page.
	16	.PP
	17	.B lessecho
	18	is a program that simply echos its filename arguments on standard output. But
	19	any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
	20	.SH OPTIONS
	21	A summary of options are included below.
	22	.TP
	23	.B \-ox
	24	Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
	25	.TP
	26	.B \-cx
	27	Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
	28	.TP
	29	.B \-pn
	30	Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
	31	.TP
	32	.B \-dn
	33	Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
	34	.TP
	35	.B \-a
	36	Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is that only
	37	arguments containing spaces are quoted.
	38	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	39	less(1)
	40	.SH AUTHOR
	41	This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
	42	for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).