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Waw, hard to believe I missed that!
The 1st line in my DOS box is always "Usage" (which is the 3rd output line for /?), but still...

Thx,

BG

Steffen, does ConvertCP have a built-in feature which allows to know which version it is? Can't find anything of the kind in the tool's syntax, but maybe there's an easy workaround? The "ConvertCP.exe" file which I occasionally use, could be any version... It might be easier to check the version of ...

The error message flashing by when my batch crashed, is indeed sth. like " ( was unexpected at this time." Which I couldn't figure out at all until now, thx to your highly appreciated clarification. And sort of confirms that the weird cmd.exe design --- if any --- is really rocket science! :? BG

Weird, but nice catch!
And good to realize that it just may be worth to try & change the comparison order if that block unexpectedly makes one's batch crash.

BG

Hi Steffen, I finally decided to work back from the code I posted in Message #21 . This code works alright, as you confirmed. Next, I re-introduced some of the variables which I had replaced by constant values for easier reading. I.e. set "find_equ==" set "replace_equ=¡" and the test line IF "%name1...

It might be helpful if you tell us about your Windows version, text editor, and encoding you used to save the code. Windows version was mentioned already (Win7 Ultimate, x64). Batch is written in Notepad, and is a proper ANSI txt file. (as required for batches, if I'm not mistaken) BatchGuy EDIT: r...

Hi Steffen, I'm still not sure if my issue is Code Page related. Granted, my on-screen display is blurred by rubbish displayal of both "exotic" characters I use, but whatever I try, I cannot get this test string (ULR) correct on my screen. My machine's CP is 850, but none of the regular CP values I ...

This is another, simpler method: @echo off set mystring=example :loop if defined mystring ( echo(%mystring:~0,1% set "mystring=%mystring:~1%" goto loop ) Hi, I may be late for even the afterparty, but maybe it's worth reviving. I tried to adapt Aacini's most elegant technique to browse through a te...