xcopy text file adds space to data - CMD Batch File

Question

I have a text file where I need to delete the first line of data every now and then. I have a batch script that does this for me, but for some reason it adds a space to the end of each line of data.

After many loops, this grows the data file greatly (10k+ lines of data getting a space with every xcopy) and I am trying to figure out have to copy the lines of data as is without adding the extra space at the end.

Here is my script:

for /f "skip=1 delims=*" %%a in (C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\AccountData.csv) do (
    echo %%a >>C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\newfile.txt    
)

xcopy C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\newfile.txt C:\Users\User\Documents\DataSources\AccountData.csv /y

del C:\Users\User1\Documents\iMacros\DataSources\newfile.txt /f /q

Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch!

Chris

Answer 1

The quick way is to change it to:

for /f "skip=1 delims=*" %%a in (C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\AccountData.csv) do (
    (echo %%a)>>C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\newfile.txt    
)

xcopy C:\Users\User1\Documents\DataSources\newfile.txt C:\Users\User\Documents\DataSources\AccountData.csv /y

del C:\Users\User1\Documents\iMacros\DataSources\newfile.txt /f /q