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From: cs178wca@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (Don Woodward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: How to hide 'echo off' in batch files?
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Date: 2 Jun 89 06:43:38 GMT
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In article <9139@boulder.Colorado.EDU> haverlan@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HAVERLAND MARC BRADLEY) writes:
>
>I put the command 'echo off' at the top of most of my batch files to
>hide the following commands.  However, 'echo off' is still displayed.
>
>Does anyone know how to turn off echoing in a batch file without
>showing the 'echo off?'

Sure just change 'echo off' to '@echo off'.  
I think this only works for DOS 3.0 and above.

-Don Woodward		(peon)