Echo a blank (empty) line to the console from a Windows batch file

Question

When outputting status messages to the console from a Windows batch file, I want to output blank lines to break up the output. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Any of the below three options works for you:

echo[

echo(

echo. 

For example:

@echo off
echo There will be a blank line below
echo[
echo Above line is blank
echo( 
echo The above line is also blank.
echo. 
echo The above line is also blank.