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I have a text file which has more than 200 lines in it, and I just want to add a new line before line 4. I'm using Windows XP.
Example text file before input:
header 1 header 2 header 3 details 1 details 2 After output:
header 1 header 2 header 3 <----- This is new line ----> details 1 details 2 
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To create a blank line in a batch file, add an open bracket or period immediately after the echo command with no space, as shown below. Adding @echo off at the beginning of the batch file turns off the echo and does not show each of the commands.
Windows: `Echo` Newline (Line Break) [\n] – CMD & PowerShell. In a Windows Command Prompt (CMD) and PowerShell when you execute the echo command to print some text or redirect it to a file, you can break it into multiple lines. In Linux you can do this by using the \n .
each time you press enter with a ^ at the end of the line, just press enter again to actually escape/embed a newline.
You can insert an invisible ascii chr(255) on a separate line which will force a blank new line. Hold down the [alt] key and press 255 on the keypad. this inserts chr(255) which is a blank square. i.e. "echo (alt+255)" You can only use the keypad not the numbers at the top of the querty keyboard!
I believe you are using the
echo Text >> Example.txt function?
If so the answer would be simply adding a "." (Dot) directly after the echo with nothing else there.
Example:
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