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Split long commands in multiple lines through Windows batch file

How can I split long commands over multiple lines in a batch file?

Solution

  • You can break up long lines with the caret ^ as long as you remember that the caret and the newline following it are completely removed. So, if there should be a space where you're breaking the line, include a space. (More on that below.)

    Example:

    copy file1.txt file2.txt

    would be written as:

    copy file1.txt^
 file2.txt