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Jason Moore
Jason Moore

Reputation: 259

Batch file to not write variables in a text file

I am trying to make a batch file that will write other files.
This is my file:

@echo off
set x=100
echo %x% >> output.txt

What this does is create a text file called "output.txt".
In this file it will display "100"

This is not what I want it to, I want the file to contain "%x%" literally.

The reason I am trying to do this is because I would like a batch file to create other complex batch files.
I could use copy or move to move another file containing what I want, but I need this to be a single file.

I would really appreciate some help, but it is understandably really difficult to understand.

Thanks Jason

Upvotes: 0

Views: 102

Answers (2)

ZaneStudios
ZaneStudios

Reputation: 43

Just set x after you create the file:

@echo off
echo %x% >> output.txt
set x=100

This should work because you don't need to set x that early in the program (at least under those circumstances you don't).

Upvotes: 0

indiv
indiv

Reputation: 17846

Inside a batch file, double up your percent signs:

@echo off
set x=100
echo %%x%% >> output.txt

Upvotes: 2

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