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Article #4120Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness.
From: R. Luursema
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 1990 14:32
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 1990 14:32
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In article <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> stevek@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Kite) writes: >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. You can print blank lines in batchfiles quite easily: ECHO. Just put a non-interpreting character after echo, with no space. Also characters - + ; : / \ , " [ ] will work. I dont know if this works on other batchfile connand interpreters like 4DOS and MKS SH korn-shell. Rob.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!philapd!idcapd!robl From: robl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Luursema) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness. Message-ID: <946@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 22 Oct 90 14:32:01 GMT References: <1990Oct15.102216.15639@csun.edu> <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> Organization: Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Lines: 17