Hallo Barry
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BB> echo @prompt Here's a displayed $l >~tmp.bat
BB> command.com /e:625 /c ~tmp.bat>~tmp.dat
BB> type ~tmp.dat
That's a question I just tumbled over, too (comes from lurking in BATPOWER 
and trying their workarounds for functions missing in CC). Official answer 
from JPSOFT's support: CC's internal command PROMPT sends it s output "for no 
clear reason" to stdout, while 4DOS's does not. So the above is definitely 
out.
To eliminate the above tortuous workaround take a look at topic "Batch File 
String Processing" in your 4DOS help. A little applied SETDOS before and 
after an ECHO command might do.
Grsse aus Ostrhauderfehn, 
*Klaus Meinhard*
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