batch-file Tutorial => Echo

Introduction

echo can be used to control and produce output.

Parameter	Details
ON \| OFF	Can either be `ON` or `OFF` (case insensitive)
message	Any string (except `ON` or `OFF` when used without `(`)

echo. will also display an empty string. However, this is slower than echo( as echo. will search for a file named "echo". Only if this file does not exist will the command work, but this check makes it slower.
echo: will behave just like echo(, unless message looks like a file path, e.g. echo:foo\..\test.bat. In this case, the interpreter will see echo:foo as a folder name, strip echo:foo\..\ (because it appears just to enter the directory echo:foo then leave it again) then execute test.bat, which is not the desired behaviour.

PDF - Download batch-file for free

Previous Next