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From: cze2529@dcsc.dla.mil ( David E Gaulden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How do I ECHO a blank line from batch file?
Keywords: batch file ECHO
Message-ID: <789@dcsc.dla.mil>
Date: 13 Apr 90 16:48:06 GMT
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In article <2623BF52.22327@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes:
>In article <1990Apr10.035600.22405@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> strike@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Tim Bowser) writes:
>$   ECHO. is for MS-DOS 3.3 and up.  Having used DOS 3.2 for awhile, I 
>$know that trick doesn't work with it or lower (Sister swiped some of my 
>$batch files for use on her 2.11 based machine).
>
>   It worked on MS-DOS 3.20 on my old machine.
>
Try using copy con to create your batch file.  When a blank line is
needed type ECHO followed by a <space> and a F7. The batch file will
look like this when typed in copy con.  When run it will result in a 
blank line being transmitted to stdout.  Don't know which versions of
DOS this works under, but hasn't failed me yet.

echo off
echo This is a test
echo ^@
echo End of test
^Z