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Echo a Blank Line

How to use ECHO to output a blank line.

Description:

To ouptut an empty line using the ECHO command simply append a dot to the command. Otherwise the ECHO command will show the current echo state. In fact it appears to be safe to always use the dot.

A problem has been identified: "echo." stops working when there is a file named "echo" in the current directory. Using "echo/" instead may be a better option. See this forum post for details.

Script:

1. 2. 3. 4. echo echo This line is followed by an empty line. echo. echo.Simply always use the dot when echoing text

Script Output:

Script Output

ECHO is on.
This line is followed by an empty line.

Simply always use the dot when echoing text