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From: mdharding@watmath.waterloo.edu (Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ECHO blank line?
Message-ID: <14286@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: Wed, 12-Aug-87 21:39:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 12 21:39:45 1987
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In article <278@laticorp.UUCP> sarah@laticorp.UUCP (Sarah Groves Hobart) writes:
>
>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.
>
>Sarah Groves Hobart

I'm sure a million people will post this, but vat the hell:

You tried every single combo except the right one: As was posted nine million  
times before on the net:

Try echo. (echo NO SPACE period). 


Disclaimer: Yeah, like I belong to Microsoft?