ECHO Command

Purpose: The ECHO command is used to display users messages or to control
         system messages during batch file processing.

Syntax:  ECHO [ON|OFF]
         or
         ECHO [message]
         where [message] is the message desired.

Parameters:

 . (dot)           - line feed (if it is placed just after the ECHO
                     command),
 ON                - switches on the display mode for interpreter,
 OFF               - switches off the display mode for interpreter,
 message           - printing of this message and moving to the next
                     line.
 /? or /H or /HELP - help.

Excample:

The command:

         ECHO Have a nice day!

will display "Have a nice day!".

     After reading the batch file and executing all substitutions the
command interpreter displays a system prompt (see PROMPT command) followed
by a ready-to-execute string. This can be prevented by using the

         ECHO OFF

command, that surpresses the readout of system prompts and batch file
commands for the given file.

     To suppress the readout of any string, you may put a special symbol "@"
at the beginning of this string. Although the command line isn't displayed,
it doesn't have any influence on the readout of internal messages, arising
during the execution of this command.

     To suppress the readout of the whole batch file use

         @ECHO OFF

command in the initial string of the batch file is a standard procedure.

     The ECHO command without parameters will show the current ECHO status.

     To restore the normal display activity, use the command:

         ECHO ON