Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
OL-16599-01
Chapter 1 Basic System Commands
echo
echo
To display a text string on the terminal, use the echo command.
echo [text]
Syntax Description
Command Default Blank line.
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines You can use this command in a command script to display status information or prompts while the script
is running.
Examples This example shows how to display a blank line at the command prompt:
switch# echo
This example shows how to display a line of text at the command prompt:
switch# echo Script run at $(TIMESTAMP).
Related Commands
text (Optional) Text string to display. The text string is alphanumeric, case
sensitive, can contain spaces, and has a maximum length of 200 characters.
The text string can also contain references to CLI variables.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
run-script Runs command scripts.
show cli variables Displays the CLI variables.