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- 03 Mar 2021 12:03
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Foxidrive has left us
- Replies: 42
- Views: 184465
Re: Foxidrive has left us
I don't know if you took the time to follow the link, but I feel he was almost saying farewell in that post...
- 03 Mar 2021 10:27
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Foxidrive has left us
- Replies: 42
- Views: 184465
Re: Foxidrive has left us
I just happened to reread this old post from foxidrive. It brings a tear to my eye every time I see it.
Dave Benham
Dave Benham
- 02 Mar 2021 06:49
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: .cmd/.bat file size limit? Yes. 2GB
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6029
Re: .cmd/.bat file size limit? Yes. 2GB
Nice investigation. I never dreamed of testing such a thing. I always thought of the file size as "limitless", actually meaning bigger than I could ever need. But it makes sense that there would be a size limit, given that cmd must keep track of the byte offset within the file, and push that offset ...
- 25 Feb 2021 22:26
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [How-To] Parse DateTime strings (PowerShell hybrid)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18966
- 25 Feb 2021 16:14
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [How-To] Parse DateTime strings (PowerShell hybrid)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18966
Re: [How-To] Parse DateTime strings (PowerShell hybrid)
If you include the ISO 8601 week number, then you should also add the week year. The week year and calendar year do not always match when dealing with a date within a week of january 1.
- 25 Feb 2021 15:44
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: [How-To] Parse DateTime strings (PowerShell hybrid)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18966
Re: [How-To] Parse DateTime strings (PowerShell hybrid)
The documentation should specify that the output always uses the local time zone. The offset from UTC should be added to the output, preferably as minutes offset. Not all time zones are offset by an integral hour. I was surprised the custom format string works for input. I thought it was only used f...
- 24 Feb 2021 15:09
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: "msg" command runs from CmdPrompt but not from batch script
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5140
Re: "msg" command runs from CmdPrompt but not from batch script
Perhaps your batch script is corrupting your PATH variable?
- 22 Feb 2021 15:48
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Colossal Cave Adventure in batch
- Replies: 24
- Views: 44230
Re: Colossal Cave Adventure in batch
I misremembered a bit. By default (behavior at start), the full location is given the first time you enter a room, and every 5th time you enter the room after that. If you use "look" (or "descr" for describe), then the long description will be prefaced with "Sorry, but I am not allowed to give more ...
- 22 Feb 2021 12:44
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Colossal Cave Adventure in batch
- Replies: 24
- Views: 44230
Re: Colossal Cave Adventure in batch
Enter the command "look" I think there may be a bug of sorts. I believe the original Don Woods version of the game always gave the full description every time you enter a "room", unless you issue the command "brief". After issuing "brief", you only get the full description the first time you enter a...
- 18 Feb 2021 22:52
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Apostrophe at beginning of file name
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6253
Re: Apostrophe at beginning of file name
Looks suspiciously like the symptoms of the FOR /F bug on XP when there are unescaped/unquoted token delimiters - FOR /F is mucking about with memory that it shouldn't (uninitialized pointer, or buffer overrun, or ...? ) https://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1972 I doubt you are using XP, an...
- 12 Feb 2021 19:26
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Find All Files with Same Filename But Different Extension
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10862
Re: Find All Files with Same Filename But Different Extension
I think you have a fundamental problem with your goal requirements - as currently stated, I believe you can have ambiguous situations. Given files abc.rec and abc1.pdf, your rules state that those should be a pair. But then what happens if later on abc1.rec is added? You could argue the pdf can be p...
- 10 Feb 2021 20:11
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Using RegEx on a pair of lines at same time?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5681
Re: Using RegEx on a pair of lines at same time?
You can easily add the file size to the JREN output by incorporating the size() function into the replacement value. You can left pad the number to a constant width by passing in a string of spaces with the desired width. For example: size(" ") pads the size to length 15 (no commas) FINDSTR characte...
- 10 Feb 2021 19:41
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: JREPL Usage - read text file with commas and replace empty value
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10729
Re: JREPL Usage - read text file with commas and replace empty value
Probably just a typo, but you are missing the closing double quote. Beyond that, you are excluding if "USE FOR TERM" appears anywhere on the line, not just the first column. The code I gave you doesn't work because I mistakenly thought the entire first column must exactly match "(USE FOR TERM)" to b...
- 10 Feb 2021 15:13
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Using RegEx on a pair of lines at same time?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5681
Re: Using RegEx on a pair of lines at same time?
Best to work on file systems that have short names disabled - they generally aren't needed unless you deal with very old lecacy programs. I imagine that would greatly simplify your problem. But sometimes you don't have control over the file system configuration. I know no DIR form that shows paths T...
- 10 Feb 2021 12:22
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: JREPL Usage - read text file with commas and replace empty value
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10729
Re: JREPL Usage - read text file with commas and replace empty value
Of course it is possible. :wink: You are already using the /EXC option to ignore the 1st line. It can accept a comma delimited list of exclusions. (Use JREPL /?/EXC to see the full documentation). You just need to add an additional exclusion for lines that begin with your string. Since your string i...