Add a new line to a text file in MS-DOS

Question

I am making a .bat file, and I would like it to write ASCII art into a text file.

I was able to find the command to append a new line to the file when e

Answer 1

echo Hello, > file.txt
echo.       >>file.txt
echo world  >>file.txt

and you can always run:

wordpad file.txt

on any version of Windows.

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On Windows 2000 and above you can do:

( echo Hello, & echo. & echo world ) > file.txt

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Another way of showing a message for a small amount of text is to create file.vbs containing:

Msgbox "Hello," & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "world", 0, "Message"

Call it with

cscript /nologo file.vbs

Or use wscript if you don't need it to wait until they click OK.

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The problem with the message you're writing is that the vertical bar (|) is the "pipe" operator. You'll need to escape it by using ^| instead of |.

P.S. it's spelled Pwned.