NAME ECH 0.1, like ECHO, but don't print a trailing newline SYNOPSIS ech [arguments] DESCRIPTION ECH is a utility that's similar to ECHO, but with a useful variation: it will not append a newline after the last argument. For example: ``` echo @set fullpath= > %TEMP%\foo.bat truename %1 >> %TEMP%\foo.bat call %TEMP%\foo.bat ``` will not work, but ``` ech @set fullpath= > %TEMP%\foo.bat truename %1 >> %TEMP%\foo.bat call %TEMP%\foo.bat ``` will. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS * An IBM PC or compatible * Any version of DOS OPTIONS None. BUGS Unlike most DOS programs, ECH will not give you help when you use the "/?" argument or no arguments. On the other hand, there is no need to worry about unexpected usage messages when using ECH in batch files and you can still get help by running "type ech.com". ECH trims spaces from the beginning and end of the command tail. In some cases, you may want leading or trailing spaces. One workaround is to replace the first leading or last trailing space with the character whose ASCII value is 0xff (255). Please send any feedback and bug reports to . HOME PAGE gopher://sdf.org/1/users/sethsimon/ech COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2018, Seth Simon (sethsimon@sdf.org). ECH comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software covered by GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 3, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See http://www.gnu.org or COPYING file for details.