Windows – How to create a multiline text file with Echo in Windows command prompt

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I'm using Windows 7 and I would like to quickly create a small text file with a few lines of text in the Command prompt.

I can create a single line text file with:

echo hello > myfile.txt

but how can I create a text file with multiple lines using this echo command? I have tried with the following, which doesn't work when I read the file with more:

echo hello\nsecond line > myfile.txt

Any suggestions? Or is there any other standard command that I can use for this instead of echo?

Best Answer

You could use the >> characters to append a second line to the file, e.g.

echo hello > myfile.txt
echo second line >> myfile.txt
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