ECHO command

[Inge Buller]

Hi, I'm trying to create a VERY simple XML solution, where I create files
using ECHO. However the < and > characters makes it impossible to ECHO.

this works:

echo some text > c:\myfile.txt

this doesn´t:

echo <XML> > c:\myfile.xml

if I do:

echo "<XML>" > c:\myfile.xml

it works, but the "" end up in the file:


Any ideas?

Inge Buller

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Hi, I'm trying to create a VERY simple XML solution, where I create files
using ECHO. However the < and > characters makes it impossible to ECHO.

this works:

echo some text > c:\myfile.txt

this doesn´t:

echo <XML> > c:\myfile.xml

if I do:

echo "<XML>" > c:\myfile.xml

it works, but the "" end up in the file:


Any ideas?

Use the caret (^). Ex:

echo ^<XML^>>c:\myfile.xml

Place the ^ before any pipe or redirection character if you want that
character in the output.

--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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