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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
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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.