Either capture the outputs:
[st,rt] = system('copy 1.txt+2.txt+3.txt MyBigFat.txt');
Or if that does not supress it, then use evalc to evaluate and capture output.
evalc('system(''copy 1.txt+2.txt+3.txt MyBigFat.txt'');');
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