How can I use a batch file to write to a text file

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I need to make a script that can write one line of text to a text file in the same directory as the batch file

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echo off  echo Type your text here    top  set  p boompanes   pause  echo  boompanes  gt  practice txt   hope this helps  you should change the string names IDK what its called  and the file name

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You can use copy con  to write a long text Example      C  COPY CON  drive   path  File name            Content      F6       1 file s  is copied

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You can use echo  and redirect the output to a text file  see notes below    rem Saved in D  Temp WriteText bat  echo off echo This is a test gt  test txt echo 123 gt  gt  test txt echo 245 67 gt  gt  test txt   Output    D  Temp WriteText  D  Temp type test txt This is a test 123 245 67  D  Temp    Notes     echo off turns off printing of each command to the console Unless you give it a specific path name  redirection with  gt  or  gt  gt  will write to the current directory  the directory the code is being run in   The echo This is a test  gt  test txt uses one  gt  to overwrite any file that already exists with new content  The remaining echo statements use two  gt  gt  characters to append to the text file  add to   instead of overwriting it  The type test txt simply types the file output to the command window

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echo  blahblah  gt  txt txt will erase the txt and put blahblah in it s place  echo  blahblah  gt  gt  txt txt will write blahblah on a new line in the txt  I think that both will create a new txt if none exists  I know that the first one does   Where  txt txt  is written above  a file path can be inserted if wanted  e g  C  Users  lt username gt  desktop  which will put it on their desktop

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echo off Title Writing using Batch Files color 0a  echo Example Text   Filename txt echo Additional Text    Filename txt     ECHO OFF Title Writing Using Batch Files color 0a  echo Example Text  gt  Filename txt echo Additional Text  gt  gt  Filename txt

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echo off       echo this is in the first line   gt  xy txt      echo this is in the second line   gt  gt  xy txt      exit   The two  gt  gt  means that the second line will be appended to the file  i e  second line will start after the last line of xy txt    this is how the xy txt looks like   this is in the first line this is in the second line

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It s easier to use only one code block  then you only need one redirection         echo Line1   echo Line2         echo Last Line    gt  filename txt

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