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Old 11-24-2006
Turning Echo off
Hi,

Is there any way like in dos to turn the echo off in a script? i have some lines popping up that i dont wish to be viewed when i am unziping a file it brings up the message updating: log.txt (deflated 72%) and extracting: log.txt i dont want these be viewed.

Andy
# 2  
Old 11-24-2006
You could direct the output from that particular command to /dev/null by adding >/dev/null (or 2>/dev/null, or both) after the zip command in the script. That should shut it up Smilie
# 3  
Old 11-24-2006
In a script -
Code:
# turn on echoing of characters typed
stty echo
# turn off -like for passwords
stty -echo

Jeroenix covered the other possibilities.
# 4  
Old 11-24-2006
oops! A little bit late Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by myself
For your case, just redirect o/p to /dev/null (or other file):

unzip whatever.zip > /dev/null 2>&1
# 5  
Old 11-24-2006
Thanks for the help it worked!
Also how would i shut down a command half way through its cycle in a script?

Andy
 
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