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## Syntax ##

<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:4ch"><code><span class="synB">ECHO</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-current</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-window</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;name></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-level</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;level></span>]</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;text></span></code></pre></div>



## Parameters ##


| | |
| --- | --- |
| `-current`: |     Displays the output in the active window. |
| `-window`: |      Displays the output in the target window. |
| `-level`: |       Displays the output with a given message level. |

The text output; if no target is given, the active window will be used.

## Description ##

Displays the given text.

## Examples ##

    /ECHO 1 + 1 = 2 :D
    /ECHO -current Testing the ECHO command
    /ECHO -window #irssi Special variables such as ${N} will not be expanded.

## See also ##
[CAT](/documentation/help/1.0/cat), [EVAL](/documentation/help/1.0/eval), [EXEC](/documentation/help/1.0/exec), [LEVELS](/documentation/help/1.0/levels)