[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #65607] cluttering text output when using path() with echo on

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #65607 (group octave):

I would say that my first thought is not to use 'echo on'.  I only use it
occasionally when debugging, and never for ordinary usage.  Is there another
way to accomplish your goal?  Maybe 'diary' if you are trying to get a record
of commands and resulting output?

The root cause is that setting the path will also evaluate any PKG_ADD scripts
contained in path directories.  Try `help autoload` for a description.  Since
these are script files, not functions, maybe it is correct to display them? 
To see that this is the case, take a look at libinterp/dldfcn/PKG_ADD.  That
is where most of the commands that you are seeing are located.


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