Documented in Volume 1 of the UNIX Programmers Manual.
% echo string will list the specified string to the standard output.
% echo -n string as above, but use no newline on output.
% echo * will list the files in the current directory.
% echo "*" will list the character *
% echo \!junk will list the literal string !junk
% echo "''" will list the literal string ''
% echo '""' will list the literal string ""
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