How to remove the trailing newline at the end of a DOS batch file? - China DOS Union Forum

DOS 7.1

When a batch processing bat file is executed, there is always an extra command line at the end:
C:\> (This line is redundant, resulting from the 0D0A at the end of the bat file)
C:\>

The same situation occurs with AUTOEXEC.BAT. As long as it is edited with q, qe, or edit, the last lines after execution are always: (two lines)
C:\>
C:\>

Although it doesn't affect much, it always looks unpleasant.
Although using @ECHO OFF can turn it off, I am used to ECHO ON
I once used Pctools to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT in binary, replacing 0D0A with 0000, but this process is more troublesome. And every time after editing with qe, I have to edit with Pctools.

1. Is there a simple binary editing software under DOS? Simply changing 0D0A to 0000, will the file structure table not be damaged?
2. Or is there a DOS text editing tool (q, qe, edit don't work) that allows the end-of-file character 1A to be directly after the text characters?

[ Last edited by proof on 2021-3-29 at 16:26 ]

Floor1　proof	Posted 2021-03-29 15:56
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DOS 7.1 When a batch processing bat file is executed, there is always an extra command line at the end: C:\> (This line is redundant, resulting from the 0D0A at the end of the bat file) C:\> The same situation occurs with AUTOEXEC.BAT. As long as it is edited with q, qe, or edit, the last lines after execution are always: (two lines) C:\> C:\> Although it doesn't affect much, it always looks unpleasant. Although using @ECHO OFF can turn it off, I am used to ECHO ON I once used Pctools to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT in binary, replacing 0D0A with 0000, but this process is more troublesome. And every time after editing with qe, I have to edit with Pctools. 1. Is there a simple binary editing software under DOS? Simply changing 0D0A to 0000, will the file structure table not be damaged? 2. Or is there a DOS text editing tool (q, qe, edit don't work) that allows the end-of-file character 1A to be directly after the text characters? [ Last edited by proof on 2021-3-29 at 16:26 ]