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authorKevin Van Brunt <kmvanbrunt@gmail.com>2021-01-29 11:37:09 -0500
committerKevin Van Brunt <kmvanbrunt@gmail.com>2021-01-29 11:37:09 -0500
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@@ -64,3 +64,12 @@ like so::
This text file should contain a :ref:`Command Script
<features/scripting:Command Scripts>`. See the AliasStartup_ example for a
demonstration.
+
+You can silence a startup script's output by setting ``silent_startup_script``
+to True::
+
+ cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, startup_script='.cmd2rc', silent_startup_script=True)
+
+Anything written to stderr will still print. Additionally, a startup script
+cannot be silenced if ``allow_redirection`` is False since silencing works
+by redirecting a script's output to ``os.devnull``.