I need to make a script that can write one line of text to a text file in the same directory as the batch file.

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You can use echo, and redirect the output to a text file (see notes below):

rem Saved in D:\Temp\WriteText.bat @echo off echo This is a test> test.txt echo 123>> test.txt echo 245.67>> test.txt

Output:

 D:\Temp>WriteText D:\Temp>type test.txt This is a test 123 245.67 D:\Temp>

Notes:

  • @echo off turns off printing of each command to the console
  • Unless you give it a specific path name, redirection with > or >> will write to the current directory (the directory the code is being run in).
  • The echo This is a test > test.txt uses one > to overwrite any file that already exists with new content.
  • The remaining echo statements use two >> characters to append to the text file (add to), instead of overwriting it.
  • The type test.txt simply types the file output to the command window.
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It's easier to use only one code block, then you only need one redirection. 

( echo Line1 echo Line2 ... echo Last Line ) > filename.txt
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echo "blahblah"> txt.txt will erase the txt and put blahblah in it's place

echo "blahblah">> txt.txt will write blahblah on a new line in the txt

I think that both will create a new txt if none exists (I know that the first one does)

Where "txt.txt" is written above, a file path can be inserted if wanted. e.g. C:\Users\<username>\desktop, which will put it on their desktop.

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 @echo off (echo this is in the first line) > xy.txt (echo this is in the second line) >> xy.txt exit

The two >> means that the second line will be appended to the file (i.e. second line will start after the last line of xy.txt).

this is how the xy.txt looks like:

this is in the first line this is in the second line

@echo off Title Writing using Batch Files color 0a

echo Example Text > Filename.txt echo Additional Text >> Filename.txt

@ECHO OFF Title Writing Using Batch Files color 0a echo Example Text > Filename.txt echo Additional Text >> Filename.txt
  • You can use copy con to write a long text

  • Example:

    C:\COPY CON [drive:][path][File name]

    .... Content

    F6

    1 file(s) is copied

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@echo off echo Type your text here. :top set /p boompanes= pause echo %boompanes%> practice.txt

hope this helps. you should change the string names(IDK what its called) and the file name