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The help for REN is Renames a file or files. RENAME [drive:][path]filename1 filename2. REN [drive:][path]filename1 filename2. Note that you cannot specify a new drive or path for your destination file. The last sentence shows your fault. You must not specify the drive and path in the second argument...

I'm not familiar with that FTP stuff. For that reason I normally avoid to reply to such topics. But in your case it's obvious why it doesn't work. You have to strictly separate the following: 1. Batch files are interpreted by cmd.exe. The commands in a batch file have nothing to do with the commands...

I experimented on my command prompt and found the same behavior: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. C:\windows\system32>prompt $g$s > rem what's the current codepage? > chcp Aktive Codepage: 850. > rem try to paste the registered t...

It depends on your locale settings which codepages are used. You will find them in the registry. @echo off &setlocal for /f "tokens=2*" %%i in ('reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage" /v "OEMCP"') do set /a OEMCP=%%j for /f "tokens=2*&qu...

Hi Ravk.

We always try to help but in your case I couldn't help skipping the reason behind. We won't solve your homework.
Further more this is a Batch forum and C programming is off topic.

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aGerman

Hi Alan. Please explain WHEN the quotes might be needed Well, it's only to protect you from trailing spaces. Your code should work as well, but that wouldn't ... set ln= & set /p ln= ... due to the space between equal sign and ampersand. I'm not sure about your second problem. You could try to w...

Interesting attempt

@jeb
For some reason it works by creating a "false" PATHEXT environment.

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set "PathExt=$"

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aGerman

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@echo off
if not exist "aaaa" (
  echo COULD NOT FIND 'aaaa' ABORT.
  pause>NUL
  goto :eof
)
:MENU
echo your stuff here ...
pause

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aGerman

Lets say I want to check if a parameter is a file. In this case you could also work with "%~1". If it is a folder or does not exist it should go to the else branch Call this code with a path as (first) parameter or drag/drop a file or folder on it. @echo off &setlocal set $isfile=1&am...

Now it dawns me

Thanks Dave

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aGerman

Hi Alan,
Have a look at this technique.
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setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
<%file% (
  for /f %%n in ('type %file%^|find /c /v ""') do for /l %%l in (1 1 %%n) do (
    set /p "ln="
    echo(!ln!
    set "ln="
  )
)>%out%
endlocal

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aGerman

That's amazing!
I don't understand the behaviour that ^& set argv=, is able to catch the argument but, however, it works just fine.
That's indeed a trigger to commence working with macros. Thanks to each of you three.

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aGerman (still impressed ...)

I need a batch file that finds a text string from a text file (both are internally specified, not user specified) and does something if it is found. If it is not found, the batch file jumps to the next point in the batch file. But it must also set the text next to it on the line as a variable (a st...

Indention is such a nice thing I absolutely agree. That snippet in indented style ... for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%G in ('dir /s /b "!fname!\*.*"') do ( set "contents=%%G" if exist "SummaryReport_!petsa!.csv" ( findstr "!contents!" "SummaryRepor...

now here is the tricky part, the third line has to be skipped as well don't know how that would be written, even though this line has "o" in it How should a batch file guess that? the 5th line would need to have a "!" put in front of it since the 5th line is part of the 4th line...

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