Echoing '|' Doesnt work

[phillid]

Hello all. I've been trying to set one of my batch files screen output so it is easier to read. I've decided to have tables made out of + - | etc, but I encountered a problem:

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echo | Output

This didn't work because the | is meant to be used like:

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help command | MORE

So I put a ^ like this:

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echo ^| Output

This still doesn't work.

Please Help!

Thanks,
Phillid

[aGerman]

What exactly does output mean? Your standard output is the the batch window. The pipe (|) is for redirecting the stdOut of one command to a second command.

Regards
aGerman

[phillid]

I mean It will put something like the following on-screen:

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+--TITLE--+
|Data     |
|Data     |
+---------+

But I stuffs-up when trying to echo a |

[DosItHelp]

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@echo off
for %%A in (
  "+--TITLE--+"
  "|Data     |"
  "|Data     |"
  "+---------+"
) do echo.%%~A

DosItHelp?

[avery_larry]

echo.^| whatever ^|

[aGerman]

Another possibility could be to use frame characters. Try this

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@echo off &setlocal
chcp 437>nul
echo.
echo ÉÍËÍ»
echo º1º2º
echo ÌÍÎ͹
echo º3º4º
echo ÈÍÊͼ
echo.
echo ÚÄÂÄ¿
echo ³1³2³
echo ÃÄÅÄ´
echo ³3³4³
echo ÀÄÁÄÙ
echo.
pause

Regards
aGerman