Echoes a message to System.out or a file.
+Echoes a message to the current loggers and listeners which +means System.out unless overridden. A level +can be specified, which controls at what logging level the message is +filtered at. +
+The task can also echo to a file, in which case the option to append rather +than overwrite the file is available, and the level option is +ignored
<echo message="Hello world"/>+
<echo message="Hello, world"/>+
+<echo>This is a longer message stretching over +two lines. +</echo> +
<echo> This is a longer message stretching over -two lines. +three lines; the first line is a blank +</echo> ++As XML parsers are wont to do, the first newline in the text element +has been included in the text. + +
<echo message="Deleting drive C:" level="debug" />+A message which only appears in -debug mode. +
<echo level="error" > +Imminent failure in the antimatter containment facility. +Please withdraw to safe location at least 50km away. </echo>-
<echo message="Deleting drive C:" - level="debug" />+A message which appears even in -quiet mode. +
<echo file="runner.csh" append="false" >#\!/bin/tcsh
+java-1.3.1 -mx1024m ${project.entrypoint} $$*
+
+Generate a shell script by echoing to a file.
+Note the use of a double $ symbol to stop Ant
+filtering out the single $ during variable expansion
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