echo-ing nothing...

[Christos Kritikos]

hello. I am using 'echo' in a bat file in order to
generate a log file (ie echo "I am now doing blah" >>
mylog.log). I am trying to add a few new-lines in there
to make things a bit more readable. I tried [echo] (it
says echo is on) and [echo " "] (it prints the quotes as
well) and also [echo \ ] (it prints a backslash). Any
ideas how to do this? Maybe echo is not the answer??

thanks
christos

 

[Phil Robyn]

hello. I am using 'echo' in a bat file in order to
generate a log file (ie echo "I am now doing blah" >>
mylog.log). I am trying to add a few new-lines in there
to make things a bit more readable. I tried [echo] (it
says echo is on) and [echo " "] (it prints the quotes as
well) and also [echo \ ] (it prints a backslash). Any
ideas how to do this? Maybe echo is not the answer??

thanks
christos

echo/>>mylog.log

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

You go Phil. I had no idea you could do that. Thanks! )

joe

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Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net

hello. I am using 'echo' in a bat file in order to generate a log file
(ie echo "I am now doing blah" >> mylog.log). I am trying to add a few
new-lines in there to make things a bit more readable. I tried [echo]
(it says echo is on) and [echo " "] (it prints the quotes as well) and
also [echo \ ] (it prints a backslash). Any ideas how to do this?
Maybe echo is not the answer??

thanks
christos

echo/>>mylog.log