It means not to output the respective command. Compare the following two batch files:
@echo foo
and
echo foo
The former has only foo
as output while the latter prints
H:\Stuff>echo foo foo
(here, at least). As can be seen the command that is run is visible, too.
echo off
will turn this off for the complete batch file. However, the echo off
call itself would still be visible. Which is why you see @echo off
in the beginning of batch files. Turn off command echoing and don’t echo the command turning it off.
Removing that line (or commenting it out) is often a helpful debugging tool in more complex batch files as you can see what is run prior to an error message.
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