Suppress command echoing globally or per line.
Section: Special targets and behavior control
Silent recipes
makefile
makefile
.SILENT:
# or prefix a line with @Explanation
Silence all recipes or use `@command` for individual lines.
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Delete target on error
Remove a partially built target if the recipe fails.
One shell per recipe
Run all lines of a recipe in a single shell instance.
Secondary expansion
Allow a second variable expansion for prerequisites.
Disable parallelism
Force serial execution for all or selected targets.
Set explicit default goal
Choose which target runs when the user invokes plain `make`.