Question

I’m trying to use a batch file to create another batch file… it’s a file I have to use quite often with a few variables changed each time. I’m running into an issue because in the batch I’m trying to create, it is also using echo to write to a .txt file.

Here is the command:

echo echo %date% - %time% >> C:\MOVEit\Logs\FileGrabberLog.txt >> C:\filegrabber_%org%.bat

I want to enter the whole string echo %date% - %time% >> C:\MOVEit\Logs\FileGrabberLog.txt into C:\filegrabber_%org%.bat.

I can put “” around it but then they appear in the batch I’m trying to create.

Anyone know of a way around this?

Answer 1

You escape % with %% and other special characters with ^ so this should work;

echo echo %%date%% - %%time%% ^>^> C:\MOVEit\Logs\FileGrabberLog.txt >> C:\filegrabber_%org%.bat