ADO output

[jerome falken]

Is there a way to run an ADO without printing the commands being run (only their output)?

i.e.

[...]
. qui sum timer, d <- don't show this
<- don't show this empty line (if possible)
. di "median: `r(p50)' seconds" <- don't show this
median: 26.16600036621094 seconds <- show this
[...]

[Clyde Schechter]

??? This is strange. .ado files automatically run showing only output without showing the commands. Normally in order to see the commands you have to -set trace on-. If you have done that and now want to turn it off, just run -set trace off-. If you didn't -set trace on- to cause this, I'm wondering what you did, because that is definitely not how ado files work normally.

[jerome falken]

I'm sorry, you are right, I meant the following:

cat>test.do<<EOF
di 1+1
EOF
stata -q test.do
. do "test.do"

. di 1+1
2

.
end of do-file


.

Here I would like only "2" to be printed, or perhaps the minimum number of lines to be printed really, I don't need to see which command is run, I know what those are.

[Clyde Schechter]

Well, you could convert all of the contents of the .d file into a program, and then save it as an .ado file with the same name you gave the program. Then just invoke that name as a command and you will get outputs without the commands.

Added: That said, it sounds like a bad idea. You may know what the commands are now, but will you remember them in 6 months?