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The following statement does not work because the bar character &quot;|&quot; is a special character, but I need the bar character to display in my output. &nbsp;How can I do this?<br />
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echo Prompt1=%currentDate%|%cur<wbr />rentDate%&gt;<wbr />&gt;hnb_daily<wbr />_reprunner<wbr />_master.in<wbr />i
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The following statement does not work because the bar character "|" is a special character, but I need the bar character to display in my output.  How can I do this?

echo Prompt1=%currentDate%|%currentDate%>>hnb_daily_reprunner_master.ini

DOS Echo a Bar Character

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.