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First the redirect character then the filename

- maybe I have the onset of dyslexia !
Thank you - this is simple and easy. I thought certain characters would cause issues with redirection to a file but I guess I am wrong. Maybe I am getting redirect confused with pipe...

One of the issues I run across is that I can read text lines from files fine but sometimes can't write out those same lines. I tried your example using this string but get the error you see in the output below: @ECHO OFF &SETLocal DISABLEDelayedExpansion FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%a I...

I've already said my bit and I'm just commenting that piecemeal adjusting of code is not very satisfying for the helpers. It's seeing an overview of a task and then coding to get the job done - is what many helpers find enjoyable. I guess you could split my proccess into two parts. 1: data declarat...

I'm working to get my head around macros and just wanted to ask if this thread contained the most recent developments / syntax conventions that you guys use. In particular, I'm relying on this post: http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2518#p12045 and hoping the info. is up to date. ...

You couldn't take the time to read the documentation or any of the countless examples within this thread sorry - I skimmed through the documentation, found the /V option and simply focused on that and stopped there. I've been trying to understand macros in order to get a couple of them written befo...

This is from the help output of "for /?" Remember, FOR variables are single-letter, case sensitive, global, and you can't have more than 52 total active at any one time. Can anyone explain what this means in practice? For example running the following code using %%a in consecutive loops se...

sorry for all of the posts today - just asking a bunch of questions that have been on the backburner... Looking for a function or macro that can safely write all strings to a text file - without having to manually escape characters. For example: set "x=1% 2% 3% 4^% 5% ) == & =. a! b! < c! d...

How do you guys handle your libraries of functions/macros/utilities? A couple of the types of things I'm looking for are: 1. How do you deal with updating shared macros/functions, etc. when your existing scripts (which rely on these) are working perfectly fine - when updating the shared code can ris...

Hello Dave, I have a feature request for your next release of jrepl Based on my most recent help request in this forum here: http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6044&start=195#p47986 Could you add a straight text SEARCH / REPLACE without using regex? Based on my prior issue wher...

I'm sure many of you guys use something like this but I thought I'd pass it along in case it helps someone (it helps me ). I use the following technique when writing scripts in order to get verbose output when I want and to simply turn it off when I don't want all the clutter: set lvlVerbose=0 SET &...

foxdrive, I tried out the code and it appears to work! I was skeptical that it could handle folders with special characters but my "test folder" passed: "folder = T:\aT1\1% 2% 3% 4^% 5% ) == & =. a! b! c! d^! e! ^ ^ 'n1 = n +2 -( )))" BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F) BUILTIN\Adm...

Soo, I will complete the macro code at SO:

Awesome! Thank you - I will be looking forward to it

At SO:preserving exclamation marks in variable between setlocals batch is a good example why you need it and how to use it. Link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29869394/preserving-exclamation-marks-in-variable-between-setlocals-batch Hi jeb, I have a question on the macro you linked over @SO (...

FYI, the newer versions of 7-zip are ADS aware and can archive them in certain types of archives - search for "streams" in the histoory log:
[url]http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt[/url]

Thanks penpen & aGerman for the info - I've incorporated these updates into my code. That path line in your sample text isn't normally there in icacls output is it? It is there, but only in the first line of output - that is the line I was asking for advice in how to parse out: C:\>icacls "...