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From: snuzs@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to hide 'echo off' in batch fil
Message-ID: <216100098@trsvax>
Date: 2 Jun 89 14:46:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!snuzs    Jun  2 09:46:00 1989


>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?'

If you have Ms-Dos 3.3 or later, putting a '@' in front of Echo Off will
hide the line.  E.G. '@echo off'.

Scott Parrish
snuzs@trsvax.tandy.com