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<h2><a name="echo">Echo</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Echoes a message to System.out or a file.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">message</td>
<td valign="top">the message to echo.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes, unless data is included in a
character section within this element.</td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">the file to write the message to.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">append</td>
<td valign="top">Append to an existing file?</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No - default is false.</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> <echo message="Hello world"/></pre>
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<echo>
This is a longer message stretching over
two lines.
</echo>
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