There are many different greetings in English, from formal to informal. Fortunately, you do not have to memorize many different replies to each greeting. The simplest way to reply to a greeting, in fact, is just to repeat the same greeting back to the speaker.
For example, if someone greets you with, "Good morning," just answer "Good morning" back to that person. Repeating most questions back is an easy-and polite-way to reply. If someone says, "How are you?" it is fine to reply back "How are you?" though you should add a "Fine" or "Good" beforehand.
Of course, the person asking "How are you?" or "How have you been?" does not want a lengthy reply about how are you doing or how have you been, unless you are close friends. Instead, that person is just using a common greeting to say hello.
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