Step 1
Open command prompt and
create a text file to where ever
location you want or create a
text file using windows GUI (in
this example we have created
our text file with name raj.txt and
saved it to the Desktop).
Step 2
Go to the location where the file
has been saved and use “type”
command to view the content of
the file.
Step 3
Here comes the main step of
hiding secret information. A
hidden / confidential file is now
been created through Echo
command and the confidential
information is being saved in it.
Syntax: echo > host text file
(raj.txt in our case) :
We have saved our confidential
file (secret.txt) containing
confidential data within our host
file (raj.txt)
Unhide
Step 4
To view the content of this
hidden file, we need to use the
following command after
entering into the directory
containing host file (raj.txt)
Syntax : start .\ :
Open command prompt and
create a text file to where ever
location you want or create a
text file using windows GUI (in
this example we have created
our text file with name raj.txt and
saved it to the Desktop).
Step 2
Go to the location where the file
has been saved and use “type”
command to view the content of
the file.
Step 3
Here comes the main step of
hiding secret information. A
hidden / confidential file is now
been created through Echo
command and the confidential
information is being saved in it.
Syntax: echo > host text file
(raj.txt in our case) :
We have saved our confidential
file (secret.txt) containing
confidential data within our host
file (raj.txt)
Unhide
Step 4
To view the content of this
hidden file, we need to use the
following command after
entering into the directory
containing host file (raj.txt)
Syntax : start .\ :