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by miskox
06 Mar 2024 10:18
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: How to debug this bat file
Replies: 6
Views: 518

Re: How to debug this bat file

So, did you try it? Does it work? Start here: https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-esc.html Escape Character ^ Escape character. Adding the escape character before a command symbol allows it to be treated as ordinary text. These characters which normally have a special meaning can be escaped and then treated ...
by miskox
05 Mar 2024 12:08
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Macro for Dummies
Replies: 16
Views: 6495

Re: Macro for Dummies

Thank you all for all the info! I really appreciate it. I will go thru these posts in the following hours/days and post back.

Saso

(as mentioned I've been offline for some time)
by miskox
05 Mar 2024 10:48
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: How to debug this bat file
Replies: 6
Views: 518

Re: How to debug this bat file

Been offline for a while.

Maybe you should remove this line

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Rem (if command errors) || (exec this command)
or add ^ infront of the problematic characters (, ), |.

Maybe there are more.

Try this and let us know.

Saso
by miskox
10 Feb 2024 14:13
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Macro for Dummies
Replies: 16
Views: 6495

Re: Macro for Dummies

Thanks a lot T3rry. But I think you should go back some more steps and start with the basics. I tried to understand this batch/macro you posted - too complicated. No luck. We would need something like 'hello world' and then go from there. Something like this: @echo off set helloworld=echo Hello Worl...
by miskox
19 Jan 2024 06:25
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: How to copy a txt file into multiple txt files in a destination folder
Replies: 3
Views: 2207

Re: How to copy a txt file into multiple txt files in a destination folder

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copy file.txt folder\file1.txt
copy file.txt folder\file2.txt
copy file.txt folder\file3.txt
copy file.txt folder\file4.txt
I wanted to use FOR but you take a look: viewtopic.php?p=38525#p38525

Saso
by miskox
11 Jan 2024 10:18
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Faster batch macros
Replies: 17
Views: 7637

Re: Faster batch macros

I didn't understand a thing Jeb wrote.

I tried to learn how to make/use macros. No luck. A 'macro for dummies' should be posted by someone who can do it.

Saso
by miskox
06 Jan 2024 13:26
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: to dir or not to dir
Replies: 1
Views: 2521

Re: to dir or not to dir

2B OR NOT 2B=FF

Saso
by miskox
21 Dec 2023 11:17
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Why for loop wmic get processid return an extra invalid value?
Replies: 3
Views: 2894

Re: Why for loop wmic get processid return an extra invalid value?

Looks like wmic returns an extra empty line and this is what you get.

Saso
by miskox
30 Nov 2023 01:26
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: dism.exe isn't running.
Replies: 6
Views: 16613

Re: dism.exe isn't running.

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If "%Drive%"==C:
should be

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If "%Drive%"=="C:"
Maybe you could add /I to the IF statement.

Same goes for other IF statements.

Saso
by miskox
15 Nov 2023 06:23
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: [Solved] Move file to incremental subfolder based on file name prefix
Replies: 3
Views: 11141

Re: Move file to incremental subfolder based on file name prefix

Aacini's solutions are always so clever and short. I'm speechless.

Saso
by miskox
11 Nov 2023 09:35
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: ECHOing to a file without a trailing space
Replies: 6
Views: 15218

Re: ECHOing to a file without a trailing space

@jeb: your solution does not work. I have ( and ) in my data so I get

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34567891) was unexpected at this time.
@batcher: your solution:

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echo>file5.txt %field1%;%field2%;%field3%
works.

Thanks.
Saso
by miskox
10 Nov 2023 11:27
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: ECHOing to a file without a trailing space
Replies: 6
Views: 15218

ECHOing to a file without a trailing space

Hello all! @echo off set field1=a set field2=(a set field3=2 set field4=34564119 echo %field1%;%field2%;%field3%>file1.tmp echo %field1%;%field2%;%field3%>file2.tmp echo %field1%;%field2%;%field3% >file3.tmp echo (%field1%;%field2%;%field3%;%field4%)>file4.tmp Results: file1.tmp and file2.tmp are em...
by miskox
10 Nov 2023 11:11
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: space is added to the file if it is after the extension
Replies: 2
Views: 11093

space is added to the file if it is after the extension

See this:

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@echo off
set str=some text
echo %str%>tmp.tmp &REM space before the & sign!!!
result:

After the 'text' there is a space.

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some text 
Strange.

Saso
by miskox
03 Nov 2023 10:47
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Is it worth learning Powershell?
Replies: 10
Views: 26026

Re: Is it worth learning Powershell?

I'm surprised you aren't using VBScript for that Easy answer: because I don't 'speak' VBScript. I must say that PS (ImportExcel cmd-let) does the job but I am always open for new (faster?) options. Update: did some searching: there are ome VBScripts. I only have to export *one* column to csv. Saso