Batch file - write any text to file

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Need write to file %variable%, instead of its "value". Basically what I have:

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@ECHO OFF
SET variable=2
ECHO Some text... > file.bat
ECHO %variable% >> file.bat
ECHO More text.. >> file.bat

WHAT I GET, file.bat:
Some text...
2
More text...

WHAT I WANT, file.bat:
Some text...
%variable%
More text...

Posted 18-Oct-13 3:51am

Updated 18-Oct-13 4:00am

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xmark1rax · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-18T04:04:00

I found a solution: Instead of %variable%, write %%variable%%.
So in order to display/write one %, write ECHO %%.

Posted 18-Oct-13 4:04am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Oct-13 10:28am

5ed.
—SA

thatraja 18-Oct-13 11:19am

Take a 5!