Add a new line to a text file in MS-DOS

Question

I am making a .bat file, and I would like it to write ASCII art into a text file.

I was able to find the command to append a new line to the file when e

Answer 1

echo "text to echo" > file.txt

Answer 2

You can easily append to the end of a file, by using the redirection char twice (>>).

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This will copy source.txt to destination.txt, overwriting destination in the process:

type source.txt > destination.txt

This will copy source.txt to destination.txt, appending to destination in the process:

type source.txt >> destination.txt

Answer 3

Maybe this is what you want?

echo foo > test.txt
echo. >> test.txt
echo bar >> test.txt

results in the following within test.txt:

foo

bar

Answer 4

echo Hello, > file.txt
echo.       >>file.txt
echo world  >>file.txt

and you can always run:

wordpad file.txt

on any version of Windows.

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On Windows 2000 and above you can do:

( echo Hello, & echo. & echo world ) > file.txt

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Another way of showing a message for a small amount of text is to create file.vbs containing:

Msgbox "Hello," & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "world", 0, "Message"

Call it with

cscript /nologo file.vbs

Or use wscript if you don't need it to wait until they click OK.

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The problem with the message you're writing is that the vertical bar (|) is the "pipe" operator. You'll need to escape it by using ^| instead of |.

P.S. it's spelled Pwned.

Answer 5

Use the following:

echo (text here) >> (name here).txt

Ex. echo my name is jeff >> test.txt

test.txt

my name is jeff

You can use it in a script too.

Answer 6

• I always use copy con to write text, It so easy to write a long text

• Example:

  C:\COPY CON [drive:][path][File name]

  .... Content

  F6

  1 file(s) is copied