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Im running the following code snipet

Msg * "Hoi %username%, je kunt nu alle vensters sluiten en AutoCAD opniew opstarten"

but i want a new line after %username% how can i achieve this?

EDDIT:

    ECHO PROOF OF FILE EXECUTION: > "%username%'s proof of file execution.txt"
ECHO.

ECHO EXECUTED BY:   %username%      >> "%username%'s proof of file execution.txt"
ECHO ON:        %date%          >> "%username%'s proof of file execution.txt"
ECHO AT:        %time%          >> "%username%'s proof of file execution.txt"
ECHO .

ECHO PC DETAILS:
ECHO .
ECHO COMPUTER:      %COMPUTERNAME%      >> "%username%'s proof of file execution.txt"

Msg * "Hoi %username% je kunt nu alle vensters sluiten en AutoCAD opniew opstarten"
batchboy
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  • Is there diffrent types then? I used notepad to create this and it works thats all i know (see edit will have whole code) – batchboy Nov 26 '10 at 12:30
  • I have one more relating question more of an irritation is i was taught that ECHO. would produce a blank line thsi is not working can anybody ellaberate on that also? – batchboy Nov 26 '10 at 12:41
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    It should be `ECHO.`, there is no space between them. – aphoria Nov 26 '10 at 14:09

4 Answers4

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The question is, what is "Msg", is it a batch is it an exe file? Does it support a < Linefeed >?

You can try this, perhaps it works.

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set lf=^


rem Two blank lines (without spaces are neccessary)
Msg * "Hoi %username%!lf! je kunt nu alle vensters sluiten en AutoCAD opniew opstarten"

But if it works, depends of the Msg-Command

jeb
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  • i tried this command and the result of me using "set lf=^" is "more?" what do i type when it says, "more?" – daniel11 Dec 04 '10 at 21:30
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    Which part of the expample is unclear? "Two blank lines, without spaces are neccessary" ;-) – jeb Dec 05 '10 at 09:00
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@echo off
msg * Hello^

World!^

Bye^

at^

all!

Output:

Hello
World!
Bye
at
all!

With variable:

@echo off
(set msg1=Hello^^^

^

)
msg * %msg1%World!

Output

Hello
World!
Riccardo La Marca
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Jeb's answer didn't work for me. The linefeed made msg skip all text following it

The solution is to create a template msg.txt file containing the newlines and piping that into msg:

echo Hoi %username% >msg.txt
echo. >>msg.txt
echo je kunt nu alle vensters sluiten en AutoCAD opniew opstarten >>msg.txt

type msg.txt |msg *
An3s
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All examples presented here are either complex and contain unnecessary code, or they will work with errors. Especially when you want to print many other "ANSI" characters through "Msg".

The code has been tested in many variations. It is simple and works stably:

(echo %str1%&echo %str2%)|msg "%username%" or *

Example: Win+R > cmd /c "@(echo More Strings&echo.&echo For You !)|@msg *"

Result: MsgBox

Mup
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