diff --git a/src/MDOutputHandler.php b/src/MDOutputHandler.php
index 264ab5a..235c7a0 100644
--- a/src/MDOutputHandler.php
+++ b/src/MDOutputHandler.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ final class MDOutputHandler {
     private bool $_file_logging = false;
     /** @var float */
     private float $_startTime;
+    /** @var boolean */
+    public bool $show_operation_number = true;
 
     /**
      * Function human_filesize translates byte-level filesizes to human readable ones.
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ final class MDOutputHandler {
 
         if (($this->_verbosity > 0 && \in_array($statusCode, [MDConsole::STATUS_UPDATE, MDConsole::STATUS_DELETION, MDConsole::STATUS_ERROR], true)) || $this->_verbosity === 2) echo $message;
 
-        if ($this->_counter % 250 === 0) {
+        if ($this->show_operation_number === true && $this->_counter % 250 === 0) {
             echo '―――> ' . \sprintf("%1$07d", $this->_counter) . " operations processed" . PHP_EOL;
             echo str_replace("_", "―", sprintf("%'_80s", "_")) . PHP_EOL;
         }