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From: sarah@laticorp.UUCP (Sarah Groves Hobart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: ECHO blank line?
Message-ID: <278@laticorp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 18:28:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: laticorp.278
Posted: Tue Aug 11 18:28:09 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Aug-87 05:22:40 EDT
Organization: LatiCorp, Inc., San Francisco
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Keywords: echo, blank


Does anyone know the definitive way to get ECHO to echo a blank line?
(That is, the way to get ECHO to echo a blank line under just about
any version of DOS, rather than echoing "ECHO IS OFF" under some versions
and echoing a blank line under others.)

I have tried "ECHO " (ECHO, then one space), "ECHO   " (ECHO, then two spaces),
"ECHO ." (ECHO, space, period), and "ECHO" (ECHO, no arguments at all).  All
of these cause one version or another of DOS to echo something rather than
a blank line.

I am mainly concerned with 3.0 and above, but would like it to work with
2.1 and above.  I've been working with Sperry DOS, PC-DOS, and MS-DOS.

Thanks in advance!

Sarah Groves Hobart