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From: rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius)
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Subject: Re: How to hide 'echo off' in batch files?
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Date: 3 Jun 89 14:24:22 GMT
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In article <9139@boulder.Colorado.EDU> haverlan@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HAVERLAND MARC BRADLEY) writes:
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<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.
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<Does anyone know how to turn off echoing in a batch file without
<showing the 'echo off?'

There was something in a recent PC Magazine about this.  If memory
serves, the method used was to redirect all console output to NUL using
the ctty command, then explicitly direct any output you want to appear
on the screen to CON. eg. "echo Enter Y or N > CON".  Be sure to use
ctty to redirect output back to CON before ending your batch file.

Roger
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