title: Use batch file timeout without echoing command?
body: <p>I'm fairly new to batch scripting but reasonably competent with programming in general. I'm currently calling a perl script from a batch file and am displaying the result from the perl script in the Windows command window for 10 seconds before exiting the command window.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>timeout /t 10 /nobreak
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which is then also printed to the command window after the result of the perl script.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to prevent this so that I just see the result of the perl script and then see the timer counting down?</p>
  
  <p>I understand I can append '> NUL' to my timeout command to suppress the countdown timer but this isn't what I want to do. I just want to prevent what I see as a line of code printing to the command window. If this can't be done, it's no problem, I'll live with it. But if I can remove it I'd like to.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any help!</p>