# Re: way to kill output from terminal

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094 "2007-05-14T09:36:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094/1 "2007-05-14T09:36:16Z")

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> Lo there all,  
> is there a way that i can kill output from certain commands from entering  
> the terminal ?  
> When i run a script from the terminal, i get a lot of SQL warnings that i  
> just don’t need to see.

Dear Shawn,

$VERBOSE=nil

should do the trick ( see also eg.

[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/7318](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/7318))

Best regards,

Axel

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**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094/2 "2007-05-14T14:27:07Z")

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thanks much for the link  
shawn