Echo html in a batch file

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March 30th, 2006, 05:51 PM

Ronack

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Echo html in a batch file

Hi gang,

I need to echo html markup into a file via my batch file like this

Code:

echo  <center><a href=".....</a></center> >> index.html

Of course there is a lot more to the batch file than this but this is where it breaks. Is there a way to echo html markup into the new index.html?

I suspect that the batch file doesn't like < and >.

March 30th, 2006, 10:33 PM

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Have you tried using quotes?

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March 31st, 2006, 12:34 PM

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Using quotes will unfortunately include the quotes in the output. I don't think there is a way you can do this with the echo command.

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March 31st, 2006, 01:49 PM

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My file (html_test.sh):

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
echo "<html><head>Test</head><body><a href=\"www.google.com\">google</a></body></html>" >> out.html

I run:

Code:

./echo_test.sh

I get (out.html):

Code:

<html><head>Test</head><body><a href="www.google.com">google</a></body></html>

March 31st, 2006, 02:03 PM

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Well, he mentioned he wants to do this in a batch file, so I'm assuming he's on Windows. On Windows, the echo command will include the quotes; at least WinXP.

March 31st, 2006, 03:58 PM

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Correct I am on windows.

March 31st, 2006, 05:04 PM

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A light bulb came on a minute ago and I remembered that I had done this in another script probably 2 years ago and it works.

Here's how to include HTML in a Batch File for output as per my example.
USE THE CARROT

Code:

echo  ^<center^>^<a href="someur.com"^>something^</a^>^</center^> >> index.html

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cybersaga agrees: Nice! I knew there had to be something like this, but I couldn't find it. Thanks for posting your
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Echo html in a batch file

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