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Using a message with the ECHO command
 
The ECHO message command is useful when ECHO is off. To display a message
that is several lines long without displaying other commands, you can
include several ECHO message commands after the ECHO OFF command in your
batch program.
 
Hiding the command prompt
 
If you use the ECHO OFF command on the command line, the command prompt does
not appear on your screen. To redisplay the command prompt, type ECHO ON.
 
Preventing MS-DOS from echoing a line
 
You can insert an at sign (@) in front of a command in a batch program to
prevent MS-DOS from echoing that line.
 
Echoing a blank line
 
To echo a blank line on the screen, you can type ECHO and then a period
(ECHO.). There must be no intervening space.
 
Displaying pipes and redirection characters
 
You cannot display a pipe (|) or redirection character (< or >) by using the
ECHO command.
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