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Used when you need to repeat the text typed in back to the screen and / or it can be used to echo to a peripheral on the computer such as a COM port.
Syntax
ECHO [ ON | OFF ]
Parameters
ON | OFF
Specifies whether to turn the command-echoing feature on or off.
To display the current echo setting, use the ECHO command without a parameter.
Message Specifies text you want MS-DOS to display on the screen.
Examples
Echo echo this is a test > test.bat
This would put in the file test.bat echo this is a test, then when ever you would type in test it would type in echo this is a test.
Echo testing the echo string
This would type again on your screen testing the echo string then take you back to the prompt.
