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+27 A:

I believe you can break up long lines with the caret ^ as long as the next line starts with a space.

copy file1.txt file2.txt

would be written as:

copy file1.txt ^
 file2.txt

Wayne 2008-09-16 03:06:37

You can start the next line without a space if you add a space just before the `^` and after your command text.

Joseph Daigle 2008-09-16 03:21:46

Note: that a caret ^ after copy and file1.txt on a new line won't work.

Gavin Miller 2008-11-10 22:01:19

**Thanks Joseph**. I fiddled with this a little before and could not use more than one added line. With a space before the caret, it works.

Jay 2009-09-08 16:47:40

**@LFSR Consulting:** I just tried **"copy test ^[enter]test_2"** and it did work, at least for XP.

Jay 2009-09-08 16:50:44

Seems to be limited to just the first two additional lines?

Seba Illingworth 2010-07-31 02:47:56

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