*Easiest Approach*
ECHO <ALT-255> >C:\Temp\FileName.TXT
{where <ALT-255> is the actual character, not that whole text}
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:17 PM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: re: Scripting -- How to Echo Spaces???
>
> Thanks for everyones responses!
> I gave a bad example of what I'm trying to do.
> I'm trying to echo spaces on a line by itself, not after text.
> Sorry about that.
>
> Echoing spaces after text does work. Echoing spaces, by themselves,
> doesn't see to.
>
>
> Better example:
> -----------------------------------
> Echo line1 bla bla bla >> test.txt
> Echo >> text.txt
> Echo line3 bla bla bla >> test.txt
> ------------------------------------
>
> It needs to actually be spaces, not a line break.
> I'm feeding the created .txt file into another program that needs spaces
> sent to it.
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
> Jon
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > 2.Set a variable that is longer, and only output a specific number of
>
>
> Smart idea. I tried it, example below, but it outputs "ECHO is on. "
> If I let it include the end "1's" it echos out the spaces and 1's.
> Weird....
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> SET spaces=zz 11
> SET spaces=%spaces:~2,10%
> echo %spaces% >> test.txt
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Here are some options:
> > 1. Make the last space character ALT-255
> > 2. Set a variable that is longer, and only output a specific number
> of
> > characters
> > The way you have written it should output the space to the file.
> > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> This seems so simple, but I'm stuck.
> >>
> >> I'm writing a new bat file in windows and I need to echo spaces to a
> file.
> >>
> >> For example:
> >>
> >> echo bla bla bla <space><space><space><space> >> results.txt
> >>
> >> Anyone know how to echo a space?
> >>
> >> I've tried $S, I've tried putting " " around spaces, I've tried echo
> >>  
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Jon
>
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