Do Batch files support multiline variables

Question

If so How?

Yes, batch files are lame, but I cannot use powershell, and I don\'t feel like writing a real app to do this simple task....

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Answer 1

If you just wanted to use it for outputting the lines of variables, I hope this would be useful to you.

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Inspired by something, I found this working.

For codes in normal Command Prompt:

set this=echo hi ^& echo bye

%this%

It gives out the two following two lines:

hi
bye

in the Command Prompt window.

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The reason for using the ^ character:

Command Prompt would identify that you wanted to run two commands so that you need to add this character, that tells Command Prompt to recognize the next character as a symbol and not to do any special thing for it.