Command: echo (config.sys /fdconfig.sys command)

  ECHO displays messages. There also exists a
  BATCH FILE AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT COMMAND.COM ECHO version.
  This ECHO is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

Syntax:

  ECHO [message]

Options:

  message  The message you want to be displayed to the user.
           There are no other options at THIS ECHO command.

Comments:

  ECHO displays (echos) its arguments to the console during CONFIG.SYS /
  FDCONFIG.SYS processing when device drivers are loaded (when DEVICE=
  lines are executed). There is NO break, so if you want to see it, you
  should add a PAUSE command at the first line of AUTOEXEC.BAT/FDAUTO.BAT
  or run F5 or F8 while booting.
  ECHO is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
  in order to work. There also exists a command.com ECHO command with
  more options.

Examples:

  IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
    ECHO loading driver1
    device=Driver1.sys
    ECHO driver1 successfully loaded

  IN AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT
    ECHO blahblah   (uses the command.com ECHO command!)

  IN COMMAND LINE:
  ECHO Hello world! > hello.txt  (creates a file hello.txt and writes
                                 "Hello world" into it.)
  ECHO Hello world! >= hello.txt (also creates a file. COMPARING is
                                 NOT allowed!)
  ECHO Is %A% > = %B%?            COMPARING A with B via ">=" is NOT
                                 allowed!

See also:

  F5
  F8
  autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat
  batch files
  config.sys/fdconfig.sys
  echo (command.com command)
  eecho
  pause

  Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2008 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.