don't want command to echo in my shell script

[weilrahc]

i am writing a bash shell script and i don't want some commands to echo to the screen. How can i prevent this from occurring?

[howste]

What's a bash shell script? If it's anything like a DOS batch file you should be able to do something like ECHO OFF. Otherwise, you might try to get the window to run minimized so the users wouldn't see it.

Steve

[linux_guru]

I dont use that crappy BASH, I use ksh (korn shell), but it should be the same:

You need to redirect std output & std error to /dev/null. ie:

/usr/bin/some_command > /dev/null 2>&1

[This message has been edited by linux_guru (edited 09-18-2000).]