\qecho text [ ... ]

This command is identical to \echo except that the output is written to the query output channel, as set by \o.

Prints the arguments to the standard output, separated by one space and followed by a newline. This can be useful to intersperse information in the output of scripts. For example:

=> \echo `date` Tue Oct 26 21:40:57 CEST 1999

If the first argument is an unquoted -n the trailing newline is not written.

Tip: If you use the \o command to redirect your query output you may wish to use \qecho instead of this command.