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From: rbq@iforgetmyname.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Robert Quattlebaum)
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Subject: Re: How to hide 'echo off' in batch files?
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Date: 2 Jun 89 15:50:39 GMT
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In article <9139@boulder.Colorado.EDU> haverlan@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HAVERLAND MARC BRADLEY) writes:
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>Does anyone know how to turn off echoing in a batch file without
>showing the 'echo off?'
>

It's easy with ver. 3.3 of MS-DOS. Simply place an '@' in front of echo:

@echo off

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