This is for a batch file that runs on XP... apologies if this is
strictly a Win2000-only group, but couldn't find a "scripting'" group
under microsoft.public.windowsxp...


I'm using a batch file to echo multiple lines into a file, like so:

echo blah blah >"C:\somefile.txt"
echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"

but the line

echo command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"

isn't being added to somefile.txt. I've tried

echo ^command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"

but still no joy.

Does anyone know how to escape the string "command" such that the line
will be appended to the text file?

Thanks!

"Aidan Whitehall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1e51442a-6de4-4664-a200-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is for a batch file that runs on XP... apologies if this is
> strictly a Win2000-only group, but couldn't find a "scripting'" group
> under microsoft.public.windowsxp...
>
>
> I'm using a batch file to echo multiple lines into a file, like so:
>
> echo blah blah >"C:\somefile.txt"
> echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
> echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
> but the line
>
> echo command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
> isn't being added to somefile.txt. I've tried
>
> echo ^command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
> but still no joy.
>
> Does anyone know how to escape the string "command" such that the line
> will be appended to the text file?
>
> Thanks!

There is nothing special about the word "command". If it does not work for
you then some non-Windows program is intercepting the command. Try it in
Safe Mode!

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:43:51 -0800 (PST), Aidan Whitehall
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

This group is fine for XP etc. It is also on topic in alt.msdos.batch.nt

>I'm using a batch file to echo multiple lines into a file, like so:
>
>echo blah blah >"C:\somefile.txt"
>echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>echo blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
>but the line
>
>echo command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
>isn't being added to somefile.txt. I've tried
>
>echo ^command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
>
>but still no joy.
>
>Does anyone know how to escape the string "command" such that the line
>will be appended to the text file?

try this. The leading redirection stops trailing spaces from being added
in the file also, unless you want them.


>>"C:\somefile.txt" echo/command blah blah


The / is one of many characters that can be used and is the most
compatible, though not always perfect.

Characters like <>|& still need to be escaped with ^ and % is best entered
as %%

On Jan 9, 4:15*pm, foxidrive <got...@woohoo.invalid> wrote:

> try this. *The leading redirection stops trailing spaces from being added
> in the file also, unless you want them.
>
> >>"C:\somefile.txt" echo/command blah blah
>
> The / is one of many characters that can be used and is the most
> compatible, though not always perfect.
>
> Characters like <>|& still need to be escaped with ^ and % is best entered
> as %%

Thanks all for the info.

Turns out I had (stupidly) missed the % further along the line...
escaping that by doubling it up fixed the problem.

Thanks again for the help... appreciated!

"Aidan Whitehall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:a00cdd79-1b73-48d9-9e4a-(E-Mail Removed)...
On Jan 9, 4:15 pm, foxidrive <got...@woohoo.invalid> wrote:

> try this. The leading redirection stops trailing spaces from being added
> in the file also, unless you want them.
>
> >>"C:\somefile.txt" echo/command blah blah
>
> The / is one of many characters that can be used and is the most
> compatible, though not always perfect.
>
> Characters like <>|& still need to be escaped with ^ and % is best entered
> as %%

Thanks all for the info.

Turns out I had (stupidly) missed the % further along the line...
escaping that by doubling it up fixed the problem.

Thanks again for the help... appreciated!
=======

Strange - I can't see any %, missing or otherwise, in the example you gave
us . . .

echo command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"

Aidan Whitehall wrote:
> On Jan 9, 4:15 pm, foxidrive <got...@woohoo.invalid> wrote:
>
>> try this. The leading redirection stops trailing spaces from being
>> added in the file also, unless you want them.
>>
>>>> "C:\somefile.txt" echo/command blah blah
>>
>> The / is one of many characters that can be used and is the most
>> compatible, though not always perfect.
>>
>> Characters like <>|& still need to be escaped with ^ and % is best
>> entered as %%
>
> Thanks all for the info.
>
> Turns out I had (stupidly) missed the % further along the line...
> escaping that by doubling it up fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks again for the help... appreciated!

....and perhaps you should try alt.msdos.batch.nt for batch questions and
tips - it probably has twenty times the traffic you'll find here!

(but please - the code-frag that you're using, OK?)

Aidan Whitehall <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> but the line
> echo command blah blah >>"C:\somefile.txt"
> isn't being added to somefile.txt. I've tried

You might wish to brush up on poison characters and escape characters in
cmd scripting. E.g.
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd047.htm
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd012.htm#poison
http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

All the best, Timo

--
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Hpage: http://www.uwasa.fi/laskentatoimi/en...nel/salmitimo/
Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, Finland
Useful CMD script tricks http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd.htm

On Jan 9, 7:09*pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> Strange - I can't see any %, missing or otherwise, in the example you gave
> us . . .
>
> echo command blah blah * * * * >>"C:\somefile.txt"

Yeah, I usually tidy up problematic code when posting as I've found
that great swathes of code can both obfuscate the cause of the problem
and deter others from assisting.

In this instance I also managed to tidy up the cause of the problem...
my bad!

On Jan 10, 2:45*am, "billious" <billious_1...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> ...and perhaps you should try alt.msdos.batch.nt for batch questions and
> tips - it probably has twenty times the traffic you'll find here!

I'll bear that group in mind... thanks.


> (but please - the code-frag that you're using, OK?)

Does that mean prefix lines of code with dashes?

On Jan 11, 7:11*pm, Timo Salmi <t...@uwasa.fi> wrote:

> You might wish to brush up on poison characters and escape characters in
> cmd scripting. E.g.
> *http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd047.htm
> *http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd012.htm#poison
> *http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

Will take a look... thanks Timo.