New Line in Batch Script

1. Use echo to Create a New Line in Batch
2. Use EnableDelayedExpansion to Create a New Line in Batch
3. Generate a New Line by Creating a Variable in Batch

We can echo a new line in Batch scripts like other programming and scripting languages. You can follow this article if you are looking for a way to echo in a new line.

In this article, we’re going to show different ways to echo in a new line. Also, we will see necessary examples with explanations to make the topic easier to understand.

Use echo to Create a New Line in Batch

Below we listed some echo types that can be used to make a new line. These are:

1. echo,
2. echo;
3. echo(
4. echo/
5. echo+
6. echo=
7. echo.
8. echo\
9. echo:

Below is an example and its output regarding this method.

@ECHO off
ECHO This is a line&ECHO\This is a new line
PAUSE

After running the script, you will get an output like the one below.

This is a line
This is a new line

Use EnableDelayedExpansion to Create a New Line in Batch

Using EnableDelayedExpansion, you can also create a new line. To do this, you need to follow the below example.

@ECHO off
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
(set \n=^
%=Do not remove this line=%
)
ECHO This is a line!\n!This is a new line
PAUSE

After running the script, you will get an output like the one below.

This is a line
This is a new line

Generate a New Line by Creating a Variable in Batch

We also can generate a new line by creating a variable. To do this, you have to follow the below example.

@ECHO off
ECHO This is a line
REM Creating a gap with echo
ECHO:
ECHO This is a new line
PAUSE

After running the script, you will get an output like the one below.

This is a line

This is a new line