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Command _echo
Attribute

type, a string, defaults to 'file'

[optional] where to read from, file|console.

Attribute

file, a string

[optional] the name of file to be echoed.

Description

Passes the contents of the file specified in 'file' (if 'type' has value 'file') or the console (if 'type' has value 'console') directly to the output stack without parsing or processing them. Particularly useful for handling data which is badly-formed and must therefore not be parsed.

Examples of use

                                
                        

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