I am using Windows 7 64-bit. I could not find a command that enables me to write a text file in the command prompt. Is there a command for this on Windows 7 x64? I tried edit but it is not supported by Windows 7 x64. Is there another command to do this?
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Execute copy con note.txt
and type text, finish with Ctrl-Z.
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There is none. EDIT is a 16-bit DOS program, and Windows 7 x64 doesn't support 16-bit applications. If you need to edit text files via the command line in 64-bit Windows, you will need to use a third party application like VIM.
If you are looking for a replacement console text editor, Brief Basic is a single .exe file and uses pretty standard keyboard shortcuts.
The original 16-bit version of Brief was widely used in the MS-DOS days.
answered Jan 24, 2011 at 9:18
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1Brief requires installation; Edit did not; I do not have administrative privileges.– AlexOct 16, 2014 at 17:20
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@Alex Brief does not need installation. It's just a single .exe file that needs to be added to any directory in your
%PATH%, and any user can edit their user%PATH%. Oct 17, 2014 at 10:44 -
1That might be the case; but, their website's Download link brings me to downloading Brief450.msi , which is pretty obviously an installer. Hmm, for some reason SU removes the [at]paradroid at the beginning of my text...– AlexOct 26, 2014 at 1:14
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@Alex That's because I get a notification anyway, as the comments are under one of my answers. Oct 26, 2014 at 16:40
notepad filename.txtshould do the trick, although I freely grant that it's noteditand will launch a separate window. (wordpad, I believe, is not on the path by default, although you may need to use it if editing *n?x-originated files.)edit. (I think when the links were broken, Windows couldn't edit them anymore--or maybe I was just curious.) Trying to edit them from within a GUI just followed the shortcut. This still works from the command prompt:notepad whatever.lnk.