Answers.Body: <p>If you add the --quiet option that should do it:</p>
  
  <p>FEN=$(echo "1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3. *" | pgn-extract -F --quiet)</p>
  
  <p>kentdjb (author of pgn-extract)</p>
  
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Body: <p>I installed <code>pgn-extract_17.38</code> and want to suppress the output of </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ FEN=$(echo "1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3. *" | pgn-extract -F)
  Processing stdin
  
  1 game matched out of 1.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I read about suppressing methods on the <a href="https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/help.html#skipmatching" rel="nofollow noreferrer">website</a>. But till now it does not work for me. Has any one experience in that tool?</p>
  
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Tags: <pgn><fen>
Title: pgn-extract suppress output
ThreadText: # pgn-extract suppress output
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-16)
  
  I installed pgn-extract_17.38 and want to suppress the output of 
  $ FEN=$(echo "1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3. *" | pgn-extract -F)
  Processing stdin
  
  1 game matched out of 1.
  
  I read about suppressing methods on the website. But till now it does not work for me. Has any one experience in that tool?
  
  **Tags:** pgn, fen
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The author of the software recently joined this site, he will help you.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  If you add the --quiet option that should do it:
  
  FEN=$(echo "1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3. \*" | pgn-extract -F --quiet)
  
  username_2 (author of pgn-extract)
  
  
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