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diff --git a/appl/cmd/echo.b b/appl/cmd/echo.b
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+implement Echo;
+
+include "sys.m";
+	sys: Sys;
+include "draw.m";
+
+Echo: module
+{
+	init:	fn(nil: ref Draw->Context, nil: list of string);
+};
+
+init(nil: ref Draw->Context, args: list of string)
+{
+	sys = load Sys Sys->PATH;
+	if(args != nil)
+		args = tl args;
+	addnl := 1;
+	if(args != nil && (hd args == "-n" || hd args == "--")) {
+		if(hd args == "-n")
+			addnl = 0;
+		args = tl args;
+	}
+	s := "";
+	if(args != nil) {
+		s = hd args;
+		while((args = tl args) != nil)
+			s += " " + hd args;
+	}
+	if(addnl)
+		s[len s] = '\n';
+	a := array of byte s;
+	if(sys->write(sys->fildes(1), a, len a) < 0){
+		sys->fprint(sys->fildes(2), "echo: write error: %r\n");
+		raise "fail:write error";
+	}
+}