User Input

[sp11k3t3ht3rd]

Okay this may sound like a stupid question but how can you ask the user to type something and then have what they typed be put into a .txt file? i know the command for user input is:

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set /p input =

but when I type this code after that:

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%input% >> test.txt

It creates the .txt file and then says that what ever the user typed is not a valid command. PLEASE HELP!

[aGerman]

You need the command ECHO for outputting a variable value.

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echo %input%>>test.txt

Regards
aGerman

[sp11k3t3ht3rd]

Thanks!! I have another question though. How can you make multiple lines get copied in the file? Like I want to be able to have text be entered on the second line in the .txt file.

[aGerman]

> is for NEW
>> is for APPEND

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@echo off &setlocal

set /p "line1=1st line: "
set /p "line2=2nd line: "
set /p "line3=3rd line: "

>test.txt echo.%line1%
>>test.txt echo.%line2%
>>test.txt echo.%line3%

Regards
aGerman

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echo %input%>test.txt

for the first line.

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echo %input%>>test.txt

for the other lines.


Example:

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echo 1>test.txt
echo 2>>test.txt

The file "test.txt" would be like this:

1
2

If you then would want to add another line to it you would have to put...

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echo 3>>test.txt

... which would make the file be like this:

1
2
3

So, the code "echo %something%>>%some file%" will add the %something% to the end of the %some file%.

[sp11k3t3ht3rd]

@aGerman That only made 2 lines... and what does

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&setlocal

do?

[1+2=46]

Use mine code instead if you are having problems with aGerman one's, though his is better than mine, I guess.

[sp11k3t3ht3rd]

I don't know why but this seems to work just fine:

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@echo off
set /p line1= line: 
echo %line1%>test1.txt
set /p line2= line:
echo %line2%>>test1.txt
set /p line3= line:
echo %line3%>>test1.txt
pause

Thanks for all the help!

[aGerman]

@aGerman That only made 2 lines...

You have to "close" the last line of the code. That means place the cursor behind the last line and hit [ENTER].

The SETLOCAL command limits changings of the environment to the current batch window. It's not strictly recommented but it's one of my defaults.

Regards
aGerman

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Why shouldn't it work?

[sp11k3t3ht3rd]

Well I changed around the code so I thought it might not work and aGerman whooops! sorry and thanks