>> write command help needed

[RandomGuy]

how would i code this to give "HELLOWORLD.txt" specific attributes such as hidden or read only?

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@echo off
>"c:\documents and settings\%user%\desktop\HELLOWORLD.txt" echo this is line one
>>"c:\documents and settings\%user%\desktop\HELLOWORLD.txt" echo this is line two
at the moment all i know is how to write stuff from batch, but not how to change the attributes of the files i write.  can somebody show me how?

[Dias de verano]

You use the attrib command, and you can pass it up to 4 parameters which can be + or - r, a, s or h for readonly, archive, system, or hidden.

thus attrib +r helloworld.txt makes that file read only and attrib +r +a -s -h helloworld.txt sets the readonly and archive bits, and unsets the system and hidden bits