Suppress output for windows move command

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lostpacket picture lostpacket · May 29, 2013 · Viewed 7.9k times · Source

Here is simple move command that moves all the text files to the folder TextFiles

Move *.txt TextFiles

I am getting outputs like the file was moved. I am going to use this command in a batch file. Any way to suppress showing the user that a file was moved ?

Answer

Magoo picture Magoo · May 29, 2013 
Move *.txt TextFiles >nul

>nul sends the standard output to oblivion. 2>nul sends error messages to the same place.

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