I am trying to create a batch file which will create a text file in a specific folder. I am able to create a text file on my desktop, but I need to create a file in a specific file path.
For example in D:/Testing folder I wants to create a user defined text file.
@echo off
echo .>> dblank.txt
I am using the above code to create a .txt file on my desktop.
I know this is a simple question but I searched google and have not found any good solution that could helpful to me.
You have it almost done. Just explicitly say where to create the file
@echo off
echo.>"d:\testing\dblank.txt"
This creates a file containing a blank line (CR + LF = 2 bytes).
If you want the file empty (0 bytes)
@echo off
break>"d:\testing\dblank.txt"
This code written above worked for me as well. Although, you can use the code I am writing here:
@echo off
@echo>"d:\testing\dblank.txt"
If you want to write some text to dblank.txt then add the following line in the end of your code
@echo Writing text to dblank.txt> dblank.txt
Changed the set to remove % as that will write to text file as Echo on or off
echo off
title Custom Text File
cls
set /p txt=What do you want it to say? ;
echo %txt% > "D:\Testing\dblank.txt"
exit
You can also use
cd %localhost%
to set the directory to the folder the batch file was opened from. Your script would look like this:
@echo off
cd %localhost%
echo .> dblank.txt
Make sure you set the directory before you use the command to create the text file.
