ExeScript Batch to EXE - Batch File Commands, Cmd Commands, Command Prompt

ECHO

Setting ECHO "on" will display the batch process to the
screen, setting it to "off" will hide the batch process.

Syntax

echo [{on|off}] [message]

Parameters

{ on | off } : Specifies whether to turn the command-echoing
               feature on or off.

message   : Specifies text you want to display on the
            screen.

@ECHO OFF	Commands are NOT displayed
@ECHO ON	Commands are displayed

ECHO can also be used in batch file to send output to the
screen:
@ECHO OFF
ECHO.
ECHO Hi, this is a batch file
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO. sends a blank line.

To echo special characters, precede them with a caret:

ECHO ^<
ECHO ^>
Otherwise you will get an error.

The @ before ECHO OFF suppresses the display of the initial
ECHO OFF command. Without the @ at the beginning of a batch
file the results of the ECHO OFF command will be displayed.
The @ can be placed before any DOS command to suppress the
display. 

You can use the if and echo commands on the same command
line. For example:

if exist *.rpt echo The report has arrived.

    

Batch File Commands