Echo

ECHO

echo {on | off}

Function

Turn the command echo on or off.

Parameters

on	Turn the echo on.

off	Turn the echo off.

	With no parameters toggle the state of the echo, e.g. ON becomes OFF.

Examples

echo

echo off

Notes

At program start-up the echo is off.

If ECHO is switched on and the TRACE_MACROS variable is set to yes then the output of all tracing capabilities is also displayed in the message area. Find out more about tracing in the Debugging Section of the configuration options.

To improve readability echo returns not only the executed line but also the name of the command file and the line number

Command >do testc

<testc.cmd...1> {

<testc.cmd...2> numeric x

<testc.cmd...4> x=1

<testc.cmd...5> Label 1

<testc.cmd...6> x=x+1

<testc.cmd...7> if x<3 : goto 1

<testc.cmd...6> x=x+1

<testc.cmd...7> if x<3 : goto 1

<testc.cmd...8> }

Command >

where the file is :

{

numeric x

x=1

Label 1

x=x+1

if x<3 : goto 1

}