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<h4 class="subsection">2.4.8 Diary and Echo Commands</h4>
<p><a name="index-diary-of-commands-and-output-142"></a><a name="index-command-and-output-logs-143"></a><a name="index-logging-commands-and-output-144"></a><a name="index-echoing-executing-commands-145"></a><a name="index-command-echoing-146"></a>
Octave's diary feature allows you to keep a log of all or part of an
interactive session by recording the input you type and the output that
Octave produces in a separate file.
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— Command: <b>diary</b><var> options<a name="index-diary-147"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Record a list of all commands <em>and</em> the output they produce, mixed
together just as you see them on your terminal. Valid options are:
<dl>
<dt><code>on</code><dd>Start recording your session in a file called <samp><span class="file">diary</span></samp> in your
current working directory.
<br><dt><code>off</code><dd>Stop recording your session in the diary file.
<br><dt><var>file</var><dd>Record your session in the file named <var>file</var>.
</dl>
<p>With no arguments, <code>diary</code> toggles the current diary state.
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<p>Sometimes it is useful to see the commands in a function or script as
they are being evaluated. This can be especially helpful for debugging
some kinds of problems.
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— Command: <b>echo</b><var> options<a name="index-echo-148"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Control whether commands are displayed as they are executed. Valid
options are:
<dl>
<dt><code>on</code><dd>Enable echoing of commands as they are executed in script files.
<br><dt><code>off</code><dd>Disable echoing of commands as they are executed in script files.
<br><dt><code>on all</code><dd>Enable echoing of commands as they are executed in script files and
functions.
<br><dt><code>off all</code><dd>Disable echoing of commands as they are executed in script files and
functions.
</dl>
<p class="noindent">With no arguments, <code>echo</code> toggles the current echo state.
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— Built-in Function: <var>val</var> = <b>echo_executing_commands</b> ()<var><a name="index-echo_005fexecuting_005fcommands-149"></a></var><br>
— Built-in Function: <var>old_val</var> = <b>echo_executing_commands</b> (<var>new_val</var>)<var><a name="index-echo_005fexecuting_005fcommands-150"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Query or set the internal variable that controls the echo state.
It may be the sum of the following values:
<dl>
<dt>1<dd>Echo commands read from script files.
<br><dt>2<dd>Echo commands from functions.
<br><dt>4<dd>Echo commands read from command line.
</dl>
<p>More than one state can be active at once. For example, a value of 3 is
equivalent to the command <kbd>echo on all</kbd>.
<p>The value of <code>echo_executing_commands</code> may be set by the <kbd>echo</kbd>
command or the command line option <code>--echo-commands</code>.
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