How to use newline character in text in cmd batch?

Question

I would like to do

svn commit -m \"\"

But message should have two lines:

Commit by: firstuser
Bug track: 92         


        

Answer 1

How about using the -F parameter to get the log message from a file?

Then, you could do this (untested):

ECHO Commit by: firstuser>SvnLog.txt
ECHO Bug track: 9283>>SvnLog.txt

SVN COMMIT -F SvnLog.txt

Answer 2

You can define the newline as follows:

set newline=^& echo.

Then, you can use the newline in other statements, like this: (no quotes)

echo This is the first line%newline%This is the second line
echo "This is the first line"%newline%"This is the second line"

or with an extra caret, like this:

set text=This is the first line^%newline%This is the second line

Perhaps you can play with that, but mind the combination with quotes!

Answer 3

Additional example to @jeb's answer

answer:

set br= ^
<</br (newline)>>
<</br>>

example:

@echo off
setlocal enableExtensions enableDelayedExpansion
rem cd /D "%~dp0"
set br= ^


rem br, can't be saved to a var. by using %..%;


set "t=t1!br!t2!br!t3"

for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%q in ('!t!') do (
    echo %%q
)


:scIn
rem endlocal
pause
rem exit /b

; output:

t1
t2
t3
Press any key to continue . . .

Answer 4

Write the message in text editor and just copy and paste it to terminal(command editor).

1. Just type message in a text editor in multiple lines.

   -m "Message line

   Message line 2

   Message line 3"

2. Type the required command in command editor.

   svn command

3. Copy and paste the message content from text editor to command editor.

   svn command -m "Message line 1.

   Message line 2

   Message line 3"

4.Execute Enter .

5.It works :)

Answer 5

Just write svn ci -m "old line press Enter then type in next line new line"

This is much easier than using file.

Answer 6

To create a newline in a svn message the best way is the one of aphoria with an extra message-file.

But it can be done also with the -m

Sample with a batch file

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set lf=^


rem ** Two empty lines are neccessary for creating the Linefeed
svn commit -m "A!lf!Message!lf!with!LF!newline"

You could also use it on the command line

svn commit -m ^"This is a^
MORE?
MORE?my newline"