batch-file Echo Echo Setting
Example
The echo setting determines whether command echoing is on or off. This is what a sample program looks like with command echoing on (default):
C:\Windows\System32>echo Hello, World!
Hello, World!
C:\Windows\System32>where explorer
C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\System32>exit
This is what it looks like with echo off:
Hello, World!
C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe
Getting and Setting
To get (display) the echo setting, use echo with no parameters:
> echo
ECHO is on.
To set the echo setting, use echo with on or off:
> echo off
> echo
ECHO is off.
> echo on
> echo
ECHO is on.
Note that with these examples, the prompt has been represented by >. When changing the echo setting, the prompt will appear and disappear, but that makes for unclear examples.
Note that it is possible to prevent a command from being echoed even when echo is on, by placing an @ character before the command.
