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

Question

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> test.txt
echo 123>> test.txt
echo 245.67>> 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 > or >> will write to the current directory (the directory the code is being run in).
• The echo This is a test > test.txt uses one > to overwrite any file that already exists with new content.
• The remaining echo statements use two >> 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.

It's easier to use only one code block, then you only need one redirection.

(
  echo Line1
  echo Line2
  ...
  echo Last Line
) > filename.txt

echo "blahblah"> txt.txt will erase the txt and put blahblah in it's place

echo "blahblah">> 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\<username>\desktop, which will put it on their desktop.

    @echo off

    (echo this is in the first line) > xy.txt
    (echo this is in the second line) >> xy.txt

    exit

The two >> 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

@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 > Filename.txt
echo Additional Text >> Filename.txt

• 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

@echo off

echo Type your text here.

:top

set /p boompanes=

pause

echo %boompanes%> practice.txt

hope this helps. you should change the string names(IDK what its called) and the file name