hi,

is there a continuation character in CMD which would allow me to break a
command in multiple line for readability ?

TIA,
Pierre.

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:13:35 +0200, Pierre Bru wrote:

> hi,
>
> is there a continuation character in CMD which would allow me to break a
> command in multiple line for readability ?
>
> TIA,
> Pierre.

It's the same as the escape character ^

foxidrive wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:13:35 +0200, Pierre Bru wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> is there a continuation character in CMD which would allow me to break a
>> command in multiple line for readability ?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Pierre.
>
> It's the same as the escape character ^

thanks a lot

foxidrive <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:13:35 +0200, Pierre Bru wrote:
>> is there a continuation character in CMD which would allow me to break a
>> command in multiple line for readability ?

> It's the same as the escape character ^

Usually, yes. Unfortunately, it is not quite that simple. A couple of
true-life script extracts:

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%r in ('
type stderr.tmp') do echo @set var_=%%r>tmp$$$.cmd

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%r in ('type %1') do (
set return_=%%r)

All the best, Timo

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