Contents of variables and strings can easily be displayed with the echo command. cat may be used to display multi-line strings without using multiple echo commands.
cat ;SPMlt;;SPMlt; 'string'
This is part of the script being output in a verbatim fashion. All
lines preceding `string' would be displayed as seen in the script
itself.
string
The message to be displayed must be terminated with string on a line by itself, with no leading blanks.
Verbatim echo is useful when lengthy instructions are required for the user of a shell script to help him/her proceed.