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- ECHO(1) DOS COMMANDS ECHO(1)
-
- NAME
- ECHO : To print a string on the screen.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- ECHO <string> [NOLINE] [FIRST <nn>] [LEN <nn>]
-
- TEMPLATE
- ECHO "STRING,NOLINE/S,FIRST/S,LEN/S"
-
- PATH
- C:
-
- DESCRIPTION
- ECHO is normally used inside script files to print a string on the
- screen. It can also be used to create a one line file or to append a
- line to a file, using the redirection options.
- With the FIRST option, it is possible to skip a few characters of
- the string to print. The LEN option is chosen, to fix the size of the
- string to print. These 2 options are useful when printing strings stored
- in variables, as for constant strings, one would truncate them by
- hand.
-
- OPTIONS
- NOLINE : does not start a new line after printing the string. Anything
- printed afterwards will be printed at the left of the string
- printed by ECHO.
-
- FIRST <nn> : specifies the position in the string of the first
- character to print. The first character of the string is counted
- as zero, so the argument can be seen as the number of characters
- to skip in the string.
-
- LEN <nn> : specifies the number of characters to echo. ECHO will print
- the specified number of characters from the position set with the
- FIRST option. If no FIRST option is selected, ECHO will print the
- <nn> rightmost characters of the string.
-
- EXAMPLES
- > ECHO 12345
- 12345
-
- > ECHO 123456789 FIRST 4 LEN 2
- 45
-
- > ECHO >ListAll "list ALL" ; Creates a one line file.
-
- > ECHO >>MyFile "One more line at the end!" ; appends 1 line to MyFile.
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