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- 21 Jul 2020 17:30
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Problem with ELSE.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3290
Problem with ELSE.
Good evening, I have this code . . . set "Drive=" echo Which drive would you like to check for ERRORS? set /p "Drive=>Please enter the drive letter and press <Enter>: " if not exist %volume% %Drive%:\ ( echo ERROR: The drive does NOT exist^^! echo ^>Press ANY key to return to the Options . . . & pau...
- 18 Jul 2020 02:13
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] cmd prompt will not run maximized after CALL script ends.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2905
Re: cmd prompt will not run maximized after CALL script ends.
the primary program resumes from the point the call is made - If the :menu label occurs prior to the call, it will not be parsed. Thanks for the reply, it is appreciated. Seeing as the default cmd prompt size is 80 columns x 300 lines, I got round it like this which is enough lines for my needs . ....
- 17 Jul 2020 14:41
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] cmd prompt will not run maximized after CALL script ends.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2905
[SOLVED] cmd prompt will not run maximized after CALL script ends.
Good evening, I have a script where I want to CALL another batch script. call "%~dp0bin\Test_CALL_File.bat" The problem I am having is that the CALL ed batch script runs in a modified cmd prompt size using . . . mode con: cols=70 lines=9 & color 17 . . . and works great if it runs standalone. Now wh...
- 17 Jul 2020 01:41
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] Script closes when I press enter using set /p.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3740
Re: Script closes when I press enter using set /p.
By pressing enter, the variable is undefined. So when you are not using quotes the execution of the command becomes: if /i ==0 goto Exit_Program That is invalid syntax. The safe way to compare strings as you found out is to use quotes. Thank you Squashman, it is appreciated. I also solved that if l...
- 16 Jul 2020 18:06
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] Script closes when I press enter using set /p.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3740
[SOLVED] Script closes when I press enter using set /p.
Good evening, I hope everybody is OK and keeping SAFE ! I have a batch script that works well, except, if I DON'T enter a number and press < ENTER >, it exits the script. Here is the bit of code that I think is affecting it . . . setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set "userinput=" set /p "userinput=>En...
- 09 Jun 2020 14:17
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Find will NOT find EXACT input!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3546
Re: Find will NOT find EXACT input!
Thank you for the reply ShadowThief , it is very much appreciated! I just came up with this . . . @echo off set KB_Number= set /p KB_Number=^>Enter the KB Number: if [%KB_Number%]==[] ( echo Invalid. pause goto :Exit ) else ( echo Checking if %KB_Number% is installed . . . ) wmic qfe get hotfixid | ...
- 09 Jun 2020 13:25
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Find will NOT find EXACT input!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3546
Find will NOT find EXACT input!
Good evening, I have the following which I have spent hours on . . . @echo off set KB_Number= set /p KB_Number=^>Enter the KB Number: KB if [%KB_Number%]==[] ( echo Invalid. pause goto :Exit ) else ( echo Checking if KB%KB_Number% is installed . . . ) wmic qfe get hotfixid | find /I "KB%KB_Number%" ...
- 09 Jun 2020 09:59
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Change position of environment variables output!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4780
Re: Change position of environment variables output!
Thanks for the reply T3RRY , it is appreciated! The FsUtil FSInfo drives works brilliantly. As far as the wmic logicaldisk get caption, volumename is concerned, I waant the output as it is but with a space in front of each line of the output . . . Caption VolumeName C: D: F: Image Thanks in advance.
- 09 Jun 2020 04:53
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Change position of environment variables output!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4780
Change position of environment variables output!
Good morning, I would like to adjust the position of two of the outputs of environment variables, if possible that is! [1] The first is fsutil fsinfo drives , which outputs on a seperate line Drives: C:\ D:\ F:\ for example. I would like it to output on the same line as the text below . . . echo The...
- 07 Jun 2020 15:02
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4910
Re: Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
OK, this actually works . . . ) else ( cls del "%Input_File%" type "%tmp%" | findstr /I /G:"%Filter%" >> "%Input_File%" del "%tmp%" echo. > "%Output_File%" & echo ERRORS FOUND . . . >> "%Output_File%" & echo. >> "%Output_File%" for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (%Input_File%) do ( find "%%a" < "%Out...
- 07 Jun 2020 11:51
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4910
Re: Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
Thanks for the reply, it is appreciated. I have tried all different ways of getting this to work but I get at least one error on the PS side. One being . . . Method invocation failed because [System.Object[]] doesn't contain a method named 'ToLower'. At line:1 char:97 + $Contents=Get-Content 'C:\Use...
- 07 Jun 2020 10:08
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4910
Extract UNIQUE rows ONLY from .txt file.
Good afternoon, I hope you are all keeping well and safe ! I have a .txt file that gets produced with many lines of text, which could include many duplicates. Here is the part of the code that creates the .txt file . . . type "%tmp%" | findstr /I /G:"%Filter%" >> "%Output_File%" [1] I want to exclud...
- 27 May 2020 03:14
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8484
Re: Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to my request, it is VERY much appreciated!
- 24 May 2020 17:22
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8484
Re: Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
What I would finally like to do is to search a .txt file for the following sentences and have the rows that they appear in output to a file. The code below works great when finding "The drivers for this device are not installed". . . . @echo off Set "msinfo="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft S...
- 24 May 2020 17:02
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [SOLVED] Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8484
Re: Extract data to .txt file and then sort new file.
Thanks Phil, that does exactly what I was after!