How can I make robocopy silent in the command line except for progress?

Question

I\'m using robocopy to do backups with a PowerShell script, and it\'s pretty awesome, except that I\'d like it to only show the progress percentage while it copies and not a

Answer 1

A workaround, if you want it to be absolutely silent, is to redirect the output to a file (and optionally delete it later).

Robocopy src dest > output.log
del output.log

Answer 2

There's no need to redirect to a file and delete it later. Try:

Robocopy src dest > null 

Answer 3

In PowerShell, I like to use:

robocopy src dest | Out-Null

It avoids having to remember all the command line switches.

Answer 4

robocopy also tends to print empty lines even if it does not do anything. I'm filtering empty lines away using command like this:

robocopy /NDL /NJH /NJS /NP /NS /NC %fromDir% %toDir% %filenames% | findstr /r /v "^$"

Answer 5

If you want no output at all this is the most simple way:

robocopy src dest > nul

If you still need some information and only want to strip parts of the output, use the parameters from R.Koene's answer.

Answer 6

I did it by using the following options:

/njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns

Note that the file name still displays, but that's fine for me.

For more information on robocopy, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145%28WS.10%29.aspx