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<h3>3.5. NppExec's Console</h3>
<p>NppExec's Console can be shown using
    the toolbar button &quot;Show NppExec Console&quot; or the menu item &quot;Show NppExec Console&quot; in NppExec's submenu (Plugins -&gt; NppExec -&gt; Show
Console).</p>
<p>* By the way, you can reassign the
    toolbar
button or even disable it via NppExec's &quot;Advanced options...&quot; dialog.</p>
<p>NppExec's Console is used to:</p>
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  <li>show
        the running console process'es output; optionally, the Console Output
        Filters can be used. This happens when some child console process is
        being executed;</li>
  <li>show
        NppExec's internal messages (command confirmations and so on - can be
        disabled with &quot;No internal messages&quot; option). This happens when (also
        may be before or after) some command is executed;</li>
  <li>show
        NppExec's built-in help. This happens when you type &quot;help&quot; or &quot;help &lt;command&gt;&quot; (e.g. &quot;help
        npp_run&quot;, &quot;help set&quot; etc.)
        in the Console;</li>
  <li>go
        to specified line in specified file by double-clicking the Console's
        line which contains the file (path)name and the line - using the Console
        Output Filters -&gt; HighLight;</li>
  <li>execute
        a single command or multiple commands by typing them in the Console and pressing Enter;</li>
  <li>copy
        (Ctrl+C) some text from and paste (Ctrl+V) to the Console;</li>
  <li>and
        more; type &quot;help&quot; in the Console for details.</li>
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<p>See also: NppExec's Console behaviour <a href="4.1.html">[4.1]</a>; Console output redirection <a href="4.5.html">[4.5]</a>.</p>
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