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If the character(s) are in a known position in the variable you can use the substring function of the set command. Follows is a partial copy out of the Help for Set. May also specify substrings for an expansion. %PATH:~10,5% would expand the PATH environment variable, and then use only the 5 charac...

Hi all, I need help with finding characters within a variable. I need to identify if the user typed a network path (\\[server]\[sharename]) or a drive and path (C:\[folder]). Basically I need the file to determine if the variable that was set through the SET /P command (user input) contains "\\...

Is it possible to call one batch file from another batch file and start from a certain label within the called batch file?

I like this program, however, I don't like how it repeats the process in order for the progress to refresh. I need the progress to update with the progress of the process being executed, not after the process is completed and then executing it again until the bar reaches 100%.

Hello,

I want to echo a string from a command as it updates in real-time. For instance, I want to echo the progress of diskpart.exe in a batch file without showing all of the other stuff. Is this possible?

Thanks for any input.

Thanks Ed! It works perfectly!

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Is there a way to send the "Backspace" key in a batch program? I know it would be easier to use a VBScript file and incorporate it into the batch program, but I'm not entirely sure how to do that and I would like for the program to stay one file. Thanks for any help.

I'm making a batch file that will add a string to a file of it doesn't exist in that file. Is this possible?

DUH! I totally forgot about AUTOEXEC.BAT! Lol thanks!

I know this is a Windows XP forum, but I have a quick DOS 7.1 question.

I want to run a simple batch file from my CONFIG.SYS file, but it doesn't seem to work. The file just freezes leaving me to force shutdown my computer. I'm using the command Is this correct?

Hi all, I have a batch program that calls another batch program when a specific string is typed. In the called batch program, there is a lot of text. I tried using the "More" command to make it pause after each screenful of information, but all it does is type the raw text of the file, pau...

No it didn't seem to work.

The ASCII Character Set defines ^C as being "End of Text", which I guess is the same as "goto :eof"

Hey guys, Is it possible to add something similar to the "pause" command, but instead of being able to press any key to continue, the user must press "Enter" to continue? Or is there a way to quit the batch file by pressing "Esc" or some key combination other than "...

I believe the if not exist * is seeing the implicit . folder (current directory) that exists in every folder, therefore it will never test true. The FOR command can be used instead. Use this to see if the current directory contains any files: set "file=" for %%f in (*) do set file=1 if de...