.. _echo:

echo
****


**Syntax:** :code:`echo(commands, timing)`

Enables or disables echoing of commands and timing information to output.

This command can be used in the distributed processing mode, but it does not participate in distributed processing.

Arguments
---------

commands [input]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Data type:** boolean

**Default value:** True

Set to true to show commands that have been run.

timing [input]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Data type:** boolean

**Default value:** False

Set to true to show timing information on commands that have been run.

See also
--------

:ref:`help`, :ref:`info`, :ref:`license`, :ref:`echo`, :ref:`print`, :ref:`waitreturn`, :ref:`hello`, :ref:`timing`, :ref:`savetiming`, :ref:`resettiming`