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test.bat for /R c:\ %%I in ("ipconfig.txt*") do @echo %%~tI ... %%~zI ... %%~fI Note the asterisk. This gives (run from c:\, but I assume the /R parm makes that a moot point) the correct 2 files 01/20/2018 09:59 PM ... 8424 ... c:\ipconfig.txt 01/20/2018 09:59 PM ... 8424 ... c:\foo\ipconfig.txt Tha...

Thank you. I would have never thunkit.

I want a compact DIR output that has path, name, size and date on the same line, like "Details" view of F3 search results in Windows. DIR /S FOO.TXT | FINDSTR /C:":" achieves the compact wish, one line per filename, but of course size and path are missing because they're not on the same line in stan...

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Just to illustrate the other option for trailing space elimination with parentheses, echo 1 > bad.txt (echo 1) > good.txt It is already obvious to some of you, but note that the following do not produce the same result > one.txt (echo 1) > two.txt echo 1 as the second of this pair redirects the extr...

elzooilogico, those are things that I had not even considered, so your post is helpful to me - on each point - so thank you for the additional explanations.

Sorry - I only avoided them because I incorrectly thought that the code tags would eat whitespace, instead of the other way around. (I think some types of code tags on programming forums do that, anyway.) No excuse though - all I had to do was try it with Preview. Thanks for the fix. (Actually, the ...

Thank you. That makes sense and your explanation is very logical to follow, and contains information I did not know. For readability I sometimes use whitespace to align commands, like (if this shows up the same for you as it does for me on the forum post) echo 1 > foo echo 12345678 >> foo but as you...

@aGerman does that here. That's the first time I've seen it in that sequence, and I can't find it documented. I suppose I am wondering what is the difference between echo > a.txt which is how I always thought redirection was done, and > a.txt echo which seems to yield similar or identical results in...

Okay, and thank you for confirming that I wasn't just badly misunderstanding the sequence or missing something painfully obvious. Although I've only begun using delayed expansion for a couple of days I've spent something like 8 hours intensely googling and tearing into experiments with it - but it s...

My interpretation here is that the second "group" display (of the 6 lines in a parenthetical block) in the output, is that they are echoing what is "about do be" done "as a group" rather than echoing what actually happening post-expansion. That is, that the assignment and expansion of environment va...

For the code shown below I want to normally have echo off, but turn echo on to test and debug, and not have to modify individual lines for that - just make that one change to ECHO, and run. In particular I want to see the current (delayed expansion) value of !state! when echo is on, else display not...

Pretty elaborate stuff there! I need to try your File Manager. I'm hanging on to Elftree on the XP (which is incredible but only with 8+3); I haven't figure what to use for 7/8/10 - explorer and folder windows are so ridiculously lame. "Folder size" 3rd party tool looks interesting.

Thank you very much Aacini, though I'm unsure if that will get me there. Jeez, I find it hard to believe that env size info is not provided without having to run something. Even just having to check file contents (like config.nt) feels like too much work (for some; I don't mind it myself), because I...

Hi npocmaka_, I like this. Thanks. A couple of minor comments... I found that the closing % is in fact needed at the end of the block, as post #1 is currently written, otherwise giving The system cannot find the batch label specified - /% For the same reason, if the first block has the closing % but...