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From: dkelly@npiatl.UUCP (Dwight Kelly)
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Subject: Re: How to hide 'echo off' in batch files?
Message-ID: <377@npiatl.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 13:33:31 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!

echo off
cls

Tada!
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