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There isn't any that I know of.
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200 characters won't fit on a command line in DOS.<br />
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The best bet is to redirect it from a text file if the command allows. &nbsp;Eg<br />
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fancycommand &lt;&nbsp;textfile
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200 characters won't fit on a command line in DOS.

The best bet is to redirect it from a text file if the command allows.  Eg

fancycommand < textfile

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This .bat file is being called through the Task Scheduler on a Win2K server. &nbsp;It does execute successfully, my question is purely to make it more readable. &nbsp;I will just set word wrap on when viewing the file and call it a day.<br />
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Thank you all very much for the help.<br />

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This .bat file is being called through the Task Scheduler on a Win2K server.  It does execute successfully, my question is purely to make it more readable.  I will just set word wrap on when viewing the file and call it a day.

Thank you all very much for the help.


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On windows 2000 (not sure about other releases) the ^ character works as a line continuation char.<br />
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^ also works as the escape char (like \ does on linux) <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; ex: if you want to echo the | char then you would type &quot;echo ^|&quot; as &quot;echo |&quot; will cause an error.
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On windows 2000 (not sure about other releases) the ^ character works as a line continuation char.

^ also works as the escape char (like \ does on linux)
    ex: if you want to echo the | char then you would type "echo ^|" as "echo |" will cause an error.

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I have a batch file with one command in it that is about 200 characters long. &nbsp;To make it easier to read I would like to break it up into multiple lines. &nbsp;What is the &quot;line continuation&quot; character that I can use to make it execute multiple lines as one command?<br />
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Thanks<br />

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I have a batch file with one command in it that is about 200 characters long.  To make it easier to read I would like to break it up into multiple lines.  What is the "line continuation" character that I can use to make it execute multiple lines as one command?

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Long MS-DOS batch command

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.