hello

friendly greeting program

TLDR

Print hello world
$ hello
Traditional greeting
$ hello -t
Specify greeting
$ hello -g "Custom greeting"
Show version
$ hello -v

SYNOPSIS

hello [options]

DESCRIPTION

GNU Hello is a friendly greeting program. It serves as an example of GNU coding standards and a template for new GNU packages.The program demonstrates proper use of gettext, autoconf, and other GNU infrastructure. It's useful for testing and learning.

PARAMETERS

-g, --greeting TEXT

Custom greeting text.
-t, --traditional
Use the traditional "hello, world" greeting.
-h, --help
Display help information and exit.
-v, --version
Show version and licensing information and exit.

INSTALL

sudo apt install hello
sudo dnf install hello
sudo apk add mbedtls2-utils
sudo zypper install hello
brew install hello
nix profile install nixpkgs#hello

CAVEATS

Example program. Not for production use. Demonstrates GNU standards.

HISTORY

GNU Hello was created as part of the GNU Project to serve as an example program demonstrating GNU packaging standards.

SEE ALSO

echo(1), printf(1), cowsay(6)

RESOURCES

Source code · Homepage · Documentation