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amel27

Hi All! some more constraint of "ECHO." with explanation in DelayedExpansion mode: echo !str:~-2! echo.!str:~-2! echo:!str:~-2! echo. echo !str:0=9! echo.!str:0=9! echo:!str:0=9! echo. echo !str:~0,-2! echo.!str:~0,-2! echo:!str:~0,-2! result: 90 90 90 1234567899 str:0=9 str:0=9 12345678 s...

amel27

avery_larry wrote:echo.y|xxcopy

It would be too simple, but unfortunately XXCOPY not work with StdInput...

amel27

Escape special characters,
read this: http://www.dostips.com/?t=Snippets.Escape

amel27

by "^" symbol before ">"

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echo tree ^>nul>>test.bat

amel27

try this complicated batch file (with JS inside) - not tested, because I can't reproduce your problem in my environment - replace "xxcopy /?" to your xxcopy calls (lead ECHO command required!) - replace "Press any key" to any other key text if need - your own BAT code must be bet...

amel27

another problem - replacing substring with "=" char w/o char by char reading,
for example, remove substring ",var2=2" in string "var1=1,var2=2,var3=3"

amel27

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in (file_inp.txt) do (
  >>file_out.txt echo %%a
)

amel27

In the for %%D in .. line, how to skip "*myfile*.txt files that has the word "EPQ" in them?. for %%D in (*myfile*.txt) do ( findstr "EPQ" "%%D">nul|| for /f "tokens=1 delims=+" %%H in ("%%~nD") do ( echo %%H ) ) - "goto do" command in...

amel27

That just converts certain OEM to UTF-8... hmm... interesting, for me it convert OEM to UTF16, but without BOM ( Byte order mark ), BOM can be write to file before text output If you want to see what I mean, try experimenting with this Japanese character I think, before experimenting destination lo...

amel27

orange_batch wrote:
amel27 wrote:TYPE command may use for read UTF16/UTF8 files with BOM for convert to OEM/ANSI

Example please?

of course mistake for UTF8, but work for UTF16 with BOM:

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(for /f "delims=" %%a in  ('type utf16.txt') do echo.%%a
)>oem.txt

amel27

I did extensive research into unicode in relation to Command Prompt for my own purposes recently. It can receive unicode arguments from explorer.exe/Windows OS. It can write unicode to a text file in UTF-16LE format. Use "cmd /u" and redirect ">" / ">>". But... It can'...

amel27

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dir /b/s|sort

amel27

Excellent!.. From this follows quick code for string up to 255 chars: set "str=%1" call :strLength result str echo %str% length is %result% goto :eof :strLength setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion REM broken into multiple lines by forum moderator to address forum readability issue. FOR BETTER ...

amel27

akshunj wrote:how I could compare multiple strings in the same command.

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set "OR_Cmd=set var=X"
if not string1==string2 (if not string1==string3 (if string1==string4 %OR_Cmd%) else %OR_Cmd%) else %OR_Cmd%

amel27

if you start separate BAT job you can use:

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start "Job 1" CMD /C "Job_1.bat"

if you start BAT within current job you must use CALL

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CALL "Include_1.bat"

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