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From: johnlee@pnet07.cts.com (John Wiley)
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Subject: Re: How do I ECHO a blank line from batch file?
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Date: 29 Mar 90 07:05:18 GMT
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Someone may have already said this, but I've found that Alt-255 works in every
DOS version I've tried it on.  In your batch file, at the start of the line
type ECHO, hit the spacebar, hold down the Alt key and type 255 on the
**NUMERIC** keypad (doesn't matter if Num Lock is on or off), and hit Enter. 
This echos a "hard space" with an ASCII value of 255 decimal.  It looks like a
regular space (invisible), but DOS handles it differently.


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