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- 02 Nov 2013 08:58
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: ctrl-z blues
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8578
ctrl-z blues
Hello All! Imagine a test file called hi.txt with the contents “hi there” (no quotes and no newline). It’s possible to print out the characters of the file one by one using a little trick I learnt from Judago : cmd /d /u /c type hi.txt | find /v "" h i t h e r e This would be extremely use...
- 23 Oct 2013 12:03
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: FTP Download only new files any file type
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
Re: FTP Download only new files any file type
Hi Thlockler, Sorry for not replying sooner. I was on my holidays! Anyways, I don’t fully understand your question. The script makes two connections to the ftp host. On the first pass, it builds a list of all files matching the findstr pattern. On the second pass, it downloads only those files that ...
- 16 Sep 2013 15:35
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: reverse string without goto
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4136
reverse string without goto
Building on what I learnt from Dave Benham’s demonstration of escaping special characters inside a for /f loop’s in (…) clause , and Aacini’s use of a for /l loop called by a cmd subshell to emulate a while loop , I’ve cobbled together an alternative method for reversing a string that does not requi...
- 10 Aug 2013 15:50
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: strimmer: a string trimmer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3495
Re: strimmer: a string trimmer
Thanks for the explanation, Jeb! 
- SB

- SB
- 10 Aug 2013 13:40
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: vagaries of for /f loops
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2119
Re: vagaries of for /f loops
Thanks Penpen and Dave! In the second example, multiple parameter separators (, ; = <SP> and <TAB>) are indeed replaced with a single space… but not dots. Note that if you quote the string, any leading whitespace and the opening quote itself will be stripped away and the rest of the string will be d...
- 07 Aug 2013 09:15
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: strimmer: a string trimmer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3495
- 03 Aug 2013 16:20
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: strimmer: a string trimmer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3495
strimmer: a string trimmer
Hi All! 
Below is an alternative technique for trimming leading and trailing spaces and tabs from a string…
Edit: Please read revised code.
- SB

Below is an alternative technique for trimming leading and trailing spaces and tabs from a string…
Edit: Please read revised code.
- SB
- 01 Aug 2013 08:22
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: vagaries of for /f loops
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2119
vagaries of for /f loops
Dear DosTips, I came across something puzzling while researching an alternative method of trimming whitespace (spaces and/or tabs) from the head and tail of a string. To trim any whitespace on the left of a string, simply do this: for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ("%string%") do set &quo...
- 09 Jul 2013 18:40
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: how to read input from a pipe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4533
Re: how to read input from a pipe
Hello Sambasiva! 
I recommend the find or findstr prompt issue topic. See my contribution at the end.
If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
- SB

I recommend the find or findstr prompt issue topic. See my contribution at the end.

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
- SB
- 09 Jul 2013 18:26
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Some Explaination on these
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2944
Re: Some Explaination on these
Hello Flora! This line of code is a clever but ugly hack: SET v=%v:;=&rem.% It has the effect of discarding everything in the string after the first occurrence of semi-colon (inclusive). It is the opposite of: SET v=%v:*;=% which removes everything before the first occurrence of a semi-colon (se...
- 09 Jul 2013 17:58
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: FTP Download only new files any file type
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
Re: FTP Download only new files any file type
Hi Again! I tinkered with your version of the FTP script and eventually got it to work: @Echo Off & setlocal enableextensions Set "FtpCommand=ls" Call:extractFileSection "[Ftp Script 1]" "-">"%temp%\%~n0.ftp" Set "FileList=" For /F "Delims=&...
- 08 Jul 2013 09:13
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: batch programming help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1663
Re: batch programming help
Hello VVomble! 
Um… what’s wrong with… ?
Or am I missing something? And why are you using set /p? What are you trying to achieve? Please explain your task in more detail.
- SB

Um… what’s wrong with… ?
Code: Select all
set "hex1=02ac08"
echo(%hex1%
Or am I missing something? And why are you using set /p? What are you trying to achieve? Please explain your task in more detail.
- SB
- 08 Jul 2013 09:04
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: FTP Download only new files any file type
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
Re: FTP Download only new files any file type
Hi Again!
Please post your source code. Trim comments and remove usernames and passwords. But one thing I did notice—and this is a long shot—is a missing quote before the ls command.
Good luck!
- SB
Please post your source code. Trim comments and remove usernames and passwords. But one thing I did notice—and this is a long shot—is a missing quote before the ls command.
Good luck!

- SB
- 06 Jul 2013 15:44
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: FTP Download only new files any file type
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
Re: FTP Download only new files any file type
Hi CastorTroy! FindStr regular expressions are different from wildcard patterns. Try something like this: set FindStrArgs=/x "..*\...*" The above should output only filenames containing at least one dot. If it doesn’t, let me know. If that isn’t what you need, again get back to me and we’l...
- 06 Jul 2013 08:34
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Using setver with win98 boot disk and msdos 6.22 programs ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3206
Re: Using setver with win98 boot disk and msdos 6.22 program
Hi Again! 
Have you tried The CD Forum? The site is devoted to bootable CDs and boasts no less than 8 subforums. Surely one of the gurus there will be able to help you. And when he/she does, please come back and let us know what pearls of wisdom were bestowed on you.
- SB

Have you tried The CD Forum? The site is devoted to bootable CDs and boasts no less than 8 subforums. Surely one of the gurus there will be able to help you. And when he/she does, please come back and let us know what pearls of wisdom were bestowed on you.

- SB