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bartgrefte

Nov 4 2009, 03:47 PM

I've got a question, how do I place text (with ECHO) in a batchfile on the end of the previous line of text?

The batchfile in question does this:

CODE

ECHO text...
start /wait setup.exe
ECHO Done!

What I would like, is that "Done!" appears next to "text... " after the installer has completed, instead of beneath it on the next line.

After letting Google do it's thing, I ran into this: http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/O...aul-Tomasi.html , but I have no idea how to implement that into my batchfile...

Anyone would like to point me in the right direction?

With regards,

Bart Grefte

Scr1ptW1zard

Nov 4 2009, 05:18 PM

Based on your example, and the solution you had already found,
try this:

CODE

@echo off
set /p var=text...<nul
start /wait setup.exe
ECHO Done!

bartgrefte

Nov 6 2009, 02:57 PM

Yes, thanks!

That seems to work

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