CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowsbatch-filecmd
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Reputation: 88

Windows Batch: echo problems

I was trying to write multiple lines with a batch file like this->

@echo off
(
echo 123()
echo abc
) > exampleFile

the problem is in the third line of the code:

echo 123()

I think its the closing ).

How to prevent this? Is there any kind of c or c++ like escape characters for the echo command? Thanks for help, true.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 517

Answers (2)

Alex K.
Alex K.

Reputation: 175776

Escape with a caret;

@echo off
(
echo 123(^)
echo abc
) > exampleFile

Upvotes: 4

npocmaka
npocmaka

Reputation: 57252

@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set "for_echo=123()"
(
echo !for_echo!
echo abc
) > exampleFile
endlocal

Upvotes: 1

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