Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 181

Batch Processing 109
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Echo
Purpose:
Turns the batch echo feature on and off.
Syntax:
echo [ON]
or
echo [OFF]
or
echo [message]
Comments:
Normally, commands in a batch file are displayed ("echoed") on
the screen when they are received by ms-dos. You can turn off this
feature by using the OFF option with the echo command. Simi
larly, you can turn the echo feature back on by using the ON
option with echo.
If you do not specify ON or OFF, echo displays the current
setting.
The command, echo message (where message is a line of text),
is only useful if echo is off and if you are using a batch file. If, in
your batch file, you type the echo command followed by a mes
sage, you can print messages on your screen. You can also put
several echo message commands in your batch file to display
a message that is several lines in length.
Example:
The following is an example of a batch file message of more than
one line:
echo off
echo This batch file
echo formats and checks
echo new disks.
Echo
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Creating messages
fora batch file
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