KM> That's a question I just tumbled over, too (comes from lurking in
KM> BATPOWER and trying their workarounds for functions missing in CC).
KM> Official answer from JPSOFT's support: CC's internal command PROMPT
KM> sends it s output "for no clear reason" to stdout, while 4DOS's does
KM> not. So the above is definitely out.
Actually no, the prompt command produces no output, the last line in the 
atch
file (whicb is an empty line) produces a prompt. (as do all non-muted lines
under Command.com)
KM> To eliminate the above tortuous workaround take a look at topic "Batch
KM> File String Processing" in your 4DOS help. A little applied SETDOS
KM> before and after an ECHO command might do.
or you could just escape them with ctrl-x or  %= thus:
 echo 10 %=> 9 , 8 %=< 9
                        
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