Solved What is the Windows equivalent to the UNIX CAT command?

[Golden]

G'day,

Can someone suggest the Windows equivalent of the following UNIX usage of CAT?

In UNIX:

set i = 1
cat << EOF > input.txt
+ var_${i} 0 byte Variable 1
+ spc_${i} 0 byte Variable 2
+ arq_${i} 0 integer Variable 3
EOF

results in a file called input.txt, that when opened looks like this:

+ var_1 0 byte Variable 1
+ spc_1 0 byte Variable 2
+ arq_1 0 integer Variable 3

I'm trying to achieve the same thing in a .BAT file using the Windows cmd shell, but I'm unsure of the appropriate command and syntax. Can someone offer any pointers?

Thanks,
Golden

 

[GEWB]

Closest I could remember from DOS is "type" with "+" (haven't used this in 15 years!).

From Wikipedia:
The equivalent command in the VMS, CP/M, DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows operating system command shells is type.
Note: To combine multiple files together in DOS/Windows you can use the "copy /b" command:
Example:
copy /b file1.txt + file2.txt file3.txt


This copies file1.txt and file2.txt in binary mode together in one file, file3.txt.


Regards,
GEWB

 

[strollin]

Pretty simple, really.

set i=1
echo + var_%i% 0 byte Variable 1 > input.txt
echo + spc_%i% 0 byte Variable 2 >> input.txt
echo + arq_%i% 0 byte integer Variable 3 >> input.txt

When outputting to a file from a .BAT file, a single ">" indicates to create a new file while a double ">>" indicates to concatenate to an existing file.

 

[GEWB]

+1 ^^^^^
(I forgot that one!)

Regards,
GEWB

 

[Golden]

Sorted. Thanks fellas