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user3647205
user3647205

Reputation: 63

Batch file out put to both console and text

How can I save the out put of a batch file to a text file and the output should be displayed on console too.

For Eg:

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Hello World 
@pause

It will show Hello World on console 

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Hello World >text.txt
@pause

It will save Hello World to text.txt

How can I make it both happen together?

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 3

Views: 16791

Answers (2)

amegyoushi
amegyoushi

Reputation: 613

If you want to get the outputs of commands:

if exist "file.txt" del file.txt /f /q
for /f "delims=" %%k in ('command here') do (
  echo %%k
  echo %%k>>file.txt
)
  1. Note the >>. Don't use >. > would remove all the text in the file, then write the first output-ed line in the command, which is not good if there were multiple lines that will be "echo-ed" by FOR. >> creates a new line instead of replacing the line like >.
  2. DELIMS= works like TOKENS=*, but DELIMS= won't include the executed command.

I added if exist "file.txt" del file.txt /f /q, in order to not append the new output-ed lines. You can remove that if you want to append the lines to the file.

For customized ECHO outputs,

@echo off
echo TEXTHERE & echo TEXTHERE >>file.txt
echo TEXTHERE2 & echo TEXTHERE >>file.txt
rem ...and so on
  1. <command1> & <command2> means "do <command1>, then do <command2>"
  2. If you don't want to append, use > instead of >>.

Upvotes: 0

an tran huu
an tran huu

Reputation: 93

Use 'FOR' command if you want: (yea this one only execute 1 command)

For /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('ECHO Hello world') do (
  echo %%a
  echo %%a >text.txt
)

But the solution below only useful if you want to send both output to console and file a command that show a lots of texts like 'SET' command.

So what about you create an external batch file then use it in your main file?
Example: Code for 'printBoth.bat'

@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set string=
:loop
set string=!string!%1
shift
if not "%1"=="" goto loop

For /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('!string!') do (
  echo %%a
  echo %%a >text.txt
)

Now if you want to print to both console and file, just type this code: call printBoth.bat [type command in here]

Upvotes: 0

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