Append text to a text file ON THE SAME LINE using command line

[munchk...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

I’m trying to append text to the end of a text file using the command line.

At the moment I have:
Cmd /c ECHO TextHere >> C:\Test.txt

Which, if Text.txt doesn’t exist, creates Test.txt with the following:
“TextHere
“

Note the new line feed.

If I then execute the line again, the file will look like this:
“TextHere
TextHere
“

But I need it to be:
“TextHereTextHere”

If I remove the new line feed from the text file before executing the line again, it will achieve this (and append a new line feed at the end).
Given this, do you know either:
1. How to write text to the file without a line feed character at the end, or
2. How to delete the new line feed character from the last row?


Thanks in advanced :)

Nick

[munchk...@gmail.com]

Nevermind, I have found the answer after MUCH searching!

Use the following code to write text to a text file withOUT a new line character feed:

cmd /c echo|set /p="TextHere">>C:\Test.txt

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my understanding, the "set" pipe is used to pass the exact string variable ("TextHere") to the echo function meaning that the new line character is not appended.

[Tom Lavedas]

Yes, that's basically true, but this should work and is a bit simpler ...

set /p="TextHere" <nul >>C:\Test.txt

BTW the quotes are only required if you need to send problem characters like the > or < into the file. The explicit invocation oc the command processor is not required and the ECHO pipe is replaced by redirecting the NUL device into the statement.
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Tom Lavedas

[munchk...@gmail.com]

Thanks Tom. You wouldn't believe how many people have asked this question throughout different QA sites and not found an adequate answer..
Cheers

[sr.yuva...@gmail.com]

Awesome guys,
exactly am in need of this.
Thanks buddies

[mirosla...@gmail.com]

Thanks man, I am needing this right now!