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Article #4023Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness.
From: Steve_Kite
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 1990 13:33
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 1990 13:33
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To echo a blank line in a batch file, use echo ALT-255. ALT-255 a non-printable character, but your batch file doesn't know that, so it will print a blank line. If you are doing a lot of batch files, you might consider switching to 4DOS. It has some nice features for use in them, such as: if/then iff/else iff/else iff/... and several more. I also have heard that the next versiont will enhance these and add a couple of more commands for batch files. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ If a jimbuck stands alone by the sea, on a night when the ~ ~ dark moon sings, how many grains on sand in a single one of ~ ~ his footprints? ~ ~ ~ ~ steve kite - hp-ptp!stevek - stevek@hp-ptp.HP.COM ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!princeton!udel!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hp-ptp!stevek From: stevek@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Kite) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness. Message-ID: <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> Date: 16 Oct 90 13:33:27 GMT References: <1990Oct15.102216.15639@csun.edu> Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 23