How to write in the first line of a text file with cmd?

Question

I searched but I did not find the answer I want.

I have an existing file that contains several lines and I want to write a line that will now be the first line.

Example : echo toto >> file.txt written at the end of the file, I want to write it at the beginning.

Only with cmd / powershell (no Cygwin or other)

Any ideas ?

Thank you :)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20107814/how-to-write-to-first-line-of-a-text-file-in-dos — , Feb 16 '17 at 15:16

TechSpud · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-16T15:26:06.790

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In DOS/CMD:

echo "toto" > TempNewFile.txt
type file.txt >> TempNewFile.txt
type TempNewFile.txt > file.txt
del TempNewFile.txt

In PowerShell

@("toto") + (Get-Content file.txt) | Set-Content file.txt

edited Feb 16 '17 at 15:26

answered Feb 16 '17 at 15:22

TechSpud

Yes it works and I use that, but there is no special order or argument for the echo command? – Feb 16 '17 at 15:24
@Carlinto, what do you mean by no special order? – TechSpud Feb 16 '17 at 15:25
I want say "special command" sorry :p – Feb 16 '17 at 15:28
Ah. Not that I'm aware of, sorry. – TechSpud Feb 16 '17 at 15:29

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