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- 16 Dec 2023 21:57
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: How to make an underscore variable "-----" with the length of the argument variable?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6017
Re: How to make an underscore variable "-----" with the length of the argument variable?
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
- 15 Dec 2023 12:13
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: How to make an underscore variable "-----" with the length of the argument variable?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6017
Re: How to make an underscore variable "-----" with the length of the argument variable?
Start by using the String Length function from the Dostips Library. https://www.dostips.com/DtTipsStringOperations.php#Function.strLen Then you have a few options from there. You could use a for /l loop to build the underscore variable to the correct length. You could also have a predefined undersco...
- 05 Dec 2023 12:49
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Copy cmd window and write to .txt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 15658
Re: Copy cmd window and write to .txt
You were told 7 years ago by the now deceased Foxidrive on alt.msdos.batch.nt that those programs output as unicode. And Foxidrive showed you how to use the TYPE command to translate them back to ASCII.
- 05 Dec 2023 12:38
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: dism.exe isn't running.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19958
Re: dism.exe isn't running.
And you have been warned about not using quotes with IF comparisons at least twice previously.
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- 05 Dec 2023 12:26
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: dism.exe isn't running.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19958
Re: dism.exe isn't running.
Thank you both for the reply... That solved that problem. I have run into another problem that I can't figure out. C:\>C:\Batch\SetACL.exe -on "C:\Temp" -ot folder -actn ace "n:Win10BootRepair\Gary;p:full" ERROR in command line: Invalid object type specified: folder! Like when you posted this same ...
- 05 Dec 2023 12:11
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: My syntax is not correct
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11459
Re: My syntax is not correct
Thank you very much. That's great to know. It's very nice of you to share your knowledge. Straight from the help file for the findstr command. Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed with /C. I have seen a pattern with some of your questions and it seems like ...
- 05 Dec 2023 11:59
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch file to replace - with . in file name
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14171
Re: Batch file to replace - with . in file name
Anyone know how to make a batch file to replace all dashes (-) in a file name with periods (.)? I basically have a ton of PDF files that are named like this: HN TALLY 11-18-23.pdf HN TALLY 11-19-23.pdf REG 11-20-23.pdf EW CAR 11-21-23.pdf and so on.... I would like it to rename the files like this ...
- 22 Nov 2023 20:39
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Change to upper case and add a :
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16158
Re: Change to upper case and add a :
I would like to make sure the input letter is upper case and I would like to add a : the code below doesn't add the colin. setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set /p Drive=Please enter drive letter. Example C call :Uppercase Drive set "colin = :" set "Drive &= %colin%" Echo %Drive% cmd /k You cannot be...
- 16 Nov 2023 11:38
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [Solved] Need help to convert single line xml file to sequential line
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20398
Re: Need help to convert single line xml file to sequential line
This should get you started. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33077104/batch-script-for-formatting-xml-files-search-for-strings-and-comment-them-out Hey thanks, but this doesn't skip the first 2 tags and I don't want it to be format like this <xml> <tag> <othertag> </othertag> </tag> </xml> Wasn...
- 10 Nov 2023 15:59
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Problems working a script
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19621
- 10 Nov 2023 15:51
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [Solved] Need help to convert single line xml file to sequential line
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20398
Re: Need help to convert single line xml file to sequential line
This should get you started.
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- 03 Nov 2023 05:18
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Foxidrive has left us
- Replies: 42
- Views: 166356
Re: Foxidrive has left us
7 years. Your contributions and comraderie are missed.
- 31 Jul 2023 22:25
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Info about deletion lies when no items were deleted when dealing with sub-folders
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2425
Re: Info about deletion lies when no items were deleted when dealing with sub-folders
Set a variable inside the loop. The variable will only be defined if the execution of the FOR command has data to parse. Then echo if the variable is defined. @echo off set "ITEMS-IN-THIS-FOLDER-WILL-BE-DELETED=C:\q\Corel Draw - CDR Auto-Backup Files\" set "file_flag=" for /r "%ITEMS-IN-THIS-FOLDER-...
- 31 Jul 2023 22:05
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch file works fine. When converted to exe it doesn't
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2277
Re: Batch file works fine. When converted to exe it doesn't
Search the forum. This topic has been covered ad nauseam. Those threads will discuss the basics. 1) You are not creating an executable. You are creating a self-extracting file. It first extracts all the data to a temporary folder before executing. 2) The exe extracting the batch file to a temporary ...
- 31 Jul 2023 22:01
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: escaping powershell in batch loop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2421
Re: escaping powershell in batch loop
Remember you are using a batch file. So any special characters need to be escaped. The closing parentheses thinks you are closing the FOR argument so it thinks the hyphen is a command. You need to escape them. for /f "usebackq tokens=1-3 delims=- " %%a in (` powershell.exe -Command "Get-EventLog -Er...