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Just remove the extra spaces and the <b>2</b> from the second line (<b>2&gt;</b> is used to redirect errors to a file rather than standard output). &nbsp;Change <b>echo</b> to <b>echo.</b> to echo a single blank line. &nbsp;It's also usually a good idea to enclose the file path in quotes in case it contains a space.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-193413">Set name=%1
echo. &gt; &quot;C:\%name%_Finished.txt&quot;
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Just remove the extra spaces and the 2 from the second line (2> is used to redirect errors to a file rather than standard output).  Change echo to echo. to echo a single blank line.  It's also usually a good idea to enclose the file path in quotes in case it contains a space.






Set name=%1
echo. > "C:\%name%_Finished.txt"


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I am trying to pass a paramater as a file name something to the effect of <br />
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Set name = %1<br />
echo 2&gt; C:\ %name%_Finished.txt <br />
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The expected resukts should be <br />
Bill_Finished.txt<br />
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Does anyone know how I would go about acomplishing?
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I am trying to pass a paramater as a file name something to the effect of 

Set name = %1
echo 2> C:\ %name%_Finished.txt 

The expected resukts should be 
Bill_Finished.txt

Does anyone know how I would go about acomplishing?

parameter as a Filename

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.