batch-file Creating Files using Batch
Introduction
One useful feature of batch files is being able to create files with them. This section shows how to create files using batch code.
Syntax
- echo (type here whatever you want in the to be) >> (filename)
- echo (variable name) >> (filename)
Remarks
If a file exists, > will overwrite the file and >> will append to the end of the file. If a file does not exist, both will create a new file.
Also, the echo command automatically adds a newline after your string.
So
echo 1 > num.txt
echo 1 > num.txt
echo 2 >> num.txt
will create the following file:
1
2
Not this:
1 1 2
or
1 2
Furthermore, you cannot just modify a single line in a text file. You have to read the whole file, modify it in your code and then write to the whole file again.
