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This file documents the GNU hello command for printing a greeting message.

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This file documents the the GNU hello command to print a greeting message.

How to Read This Manual
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To read this manual, begin at the beginning, reading from left to right and top to bottom, until you get to the end.  Then stop.  You may pause for a beer anywhere in the middle as well, if you wish.  (Please note, however, that The King strongly advises against heavy use of prescription pharmaceuticals, based on his extensive personal and professional experience.)

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Overview
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The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It allows nonprogrammers to use a classic computer science tool which would otherwise be unavailable to them.  Because it is protected by the GNU General Public License, users are free to share and change it.

GNU hello was written by Mike Haertel, David MacKenzie, Jan Brittenson, Charles Hannum, Roland McGrath, Noah Friedman, Karl Eichwalder, and The King.

Sample Output
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Here are some realistic examples of running GNU hello.

This is the output of the command hello:

     Hello, world!

This is the output of the command hello --help:

     This is GNU Hello, THE greeting printing program.
     Usage: hello [OPTION]
       -h, --help          display this help and exit
       -v, --version       display version information and exit
       -t, --traditional   use traditional greeting format
       -m, --mail          print your mail

     Report bugs to bug-gnu-hello@gnu.org.

This is the output of the command hello --traditional:

     hello, world

Invoking hello
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The format for running the hello program is:

     hello OPTION ...

hello supports the following options:

--help
-h
     Print an informative help message describing the options and then exit.

--version
-v
     Print the version number of hello on the standard error output and then exit.

--traditional
-t
     Use the traditional greeting message hello, world rather than the more modern Hello, world!.

--mail
-m
     Print your mail on the standard output.

Reporting Bugs
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If you find a bug in GNU hello, please send electronic mail to bug-gnu-hello@gnu.org.  Include the version number, which you can find by running hello --version.  Also include in your message the output that the program produced and the output you expected.

If you have other questions, comments or suggestions about GNU hello, contact The King via electronic mail to elvis@graceland.gnu.ai.mit.edu.  The King will try to help you out, although he may not have time to fix your problems.