Create text file using echo in command prompt

Question

I'm creating a hello_world.txt in the desktop using echo in command prompt and this is my input.

echo hello world > C:\Users\user\Desktop\hello_world.txt

The first code works, then I try %userprofile% if example, I want to give it to another user.

echo hello world > C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\hello_world.txt

Doesn't work. Any simple echo command line to create text file?

Sacking

What is your command line? Cygwin under Windows? cmd.exe? – Rentroll

If you're used to linux shells, you can install git bash. You'll have fast all the linux command, and lines like echo hello world > C:\Users\user\Desktop\hello_world.txt will normaly work ;) – Greenhorn

can you try to print the viariable %userprofile% by doing ech %userprofile% in your commande line – Aluino

Answer 1

Your command should be:

echo hello world > %userprofile%\Desktop\hello_world.txt

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It doesn't work if you put anything before %userprofile%, because it's a full path, so C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\hello_world.txt gets substituted to C:\Users\C:\Users\cromix\Desktop\hello_world.txt.

Rentroll

Answer 2

1. To create a new file and new text or To override everything that you have in your file with new text:

echo > file_name text_you_want_to_in_your_file

2. To add next text from new line:

echo >> file_name text_you_want_to_add_in_your_file

Ahriman

Answer 3

You can type:

touch <file name>

Very important NOTE: You can use this command only on cmder or Mac OS.

and this works in Windows by downloading cmder only.

This is an example

Verdure