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I want to follow this one guide and I am going to provide the link to the guide. I use Windows only and don't use any other OS like Linux. This guide is using the commands on Linux, but once done transferring the work to Windows. My questions are, could I enter the same exact commands in CMD in Windows 7 instead of using Linux?


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549357


Quick answer is NO.
Linux has shell that differs from windows in many respects.
For one, Microsoft never wanted Windows to be just another UNIX CLONE. It is different by design.
But if you must,you can get a collection of GNU tools that on Windows.
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
The link above explains more derail that I can.

Most of this could be done on a Windows PC.
The rm command is just deleting files and the cmd prompt has a command to do that.
The only thing you would really need is a program that can create TAR files and md5 checksums. You can download free utilities to do both.

How can I disable 'BOOTSAFE' in Boot.ini from DOS? Safe MODE does not work.Quote

How can I disable 'BOOTSAFE' in Boot.ini from DOS? Safe mode does not work.

How do you extract the tags from filenames? I wanting to iterate through a folder of image filenames, SENDING the filename and associated tags to a TEXT file. I can't find any references to EXTRACTING file properties such as tags.

Steve.If you are talking about EXIF tags in image files, it isn't the filename that contains the tags, it's the file. You can USE a 3rd party tool such as ExifTool

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/


Thank you, I'll have a LOOK at that.

1. My GOAL is to install windows os through LAN
2. in my LAN i have two pc - PC1 and pc2


on pc1 i have cdrom with os installation files
on pc2 i do next
1. Start from flop
2. Repartition disc
3. Restart
4. FORMAT c disk usign command - format c: /s


after all this tasks i try to install network. FIRST i install my repotec network adapter.

Second i install microsoft lan client for dos and after restart i cant ping anybody .

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can anybody to tell how to correctly install network support in dos and where can i see vhivh version of dos i have after format c: /s .






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1. can anybody to tell how to correctly install network support in dos and
2. where can i see vhivh version of dos i have after format c: /s .

Hello,

How to upload DOS commands?

When I TRIED to edit, for example, autoexec.bat, the computer said 'EDIT' is not recognized as an INTERNAL or EXTERNAL command, operable program or batch file.

BTW, I am running Windows XP.

Thank's a lot for your help.

LeoEDIT does indeed come with XP. Try using notepad or wordpad instead. You should find ONE or both in the accessories section of the START menu.

Hello,

Is it posible to send files over an serial port (com to com) between 2 computers? Can i do it with te net-command?

GreetingsIs it possible? Yes, it requires a special cable (crossover serial cable). Can you do it with the net command? Not easily.

Windows itself has the ability to connect 2 computers via serial, and so do products like pcAnywhere.

I need to do this with a old pc (there is only dos on that pc) and a laptop with windows. Is that possible on a simple way? Where can i find information about that?

Here is a link to a few software packages, some free, some very inexpensive, that will do what you want between DOS and Windows.
http://www.simtel.net/category.php?id=47
The top one on the list, PC Link 1.9 looks promising.

You will still need the crossover serial cable though.ZIP221 on this page http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files3/XFERPROT/ is a free serial TRANSFER package that runs under MS-DOS. It's SMALL enough to run from a floppy boot disk.Ok, next question:

Is it posible to install dos on a pc with a emty hard disk. And this over a null-modem cable.
I try to do this from a laptop with windows 98.
If I use ZIP.COM, its possible to transfer files, but you must have installed dos before.The short answer is no, the computer cannot communicate over the serial port without an OS loaded.

It is possible, with newer SYSTEMS, to actually boot to a network drive with no OS loaded and run the OS from the network, but I suspect that is beyond the scope of this thread.

Mind if I ask what your final GOAL in this QUEST is?

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The short answer is no, the computer cannot communicate over the serial port without an OS loaded.

It is possible, with newer systems, to actually boot to a network drive with no OS loaded and run the OS from the network, but I suspect that is beyond the scope of this thread.

Mind if I ask what your final goal in this quest is?

I am slowly BEGINING to understand the SYNTAX of the NET USE command... when do you use it? Before you boot the COMPUTER... as in the autoexec.bat or before you load a DOSS program. I am hopefull that you can use it just before you load your program.

Thanks for any help.

ScottYou can use it anytime you like after you network has been loaded.

In one of my scripts there is a command to map a network drive to the next available drive letter. I'd like to create a shortcut to this drive mapping on my desktop. To do this I thought about setting the drive mapping equal to a variable that I COULD then POP into a VBScript that creates the shortcut.

This Code: [Select]net use | find "<part of unc path>" allows me to identify what drive letter was assigned to the mapping and after that I think I need to use a for loop to set the variable equal to the output of the net use command but I'm wondering if there is a better way to do it?

Thanks

MJ

This will map a temporary letter and let you execute batch commands - if you have permissions to access the share.

Code: [Select]pushd "\\server\share"
dir
pause
popdThanks foxidrive, I use pushd/popd in most of my scripts so I can run them from the NAS . We can even use it for this example - how would you create a shortcut on the desktop to the drive mapping created by pushd?

Thanks,

MJI'm not sure what your task is. If you have permissions to access the share then
create a shortcut to this batch file, it will tell you the drive letter and pause. When you hit a key it will disconnect the drive letter.

Code: [Select]@echo off
pushd "\\server\share"
set "drive=%cd:~0,2%"
echo "%drive%"
pause
popd
Thanks again foxidrive. I think I can use what you gave me.

I'll explain a little about my script. I keep a shortcut to it on every server I maintain. When I log onto the server I run the script and it configures a number of things for me so I can get around on the server, get out to the Internet, etc. RATHER than add the dozens of little utilities that I use to a menu in the script I map a drive to the folder where all the utilities are stored.

I don't always need utilities here so it's a bother to have the drive mapped then automatically opened.
I don't like clicking Start > Computer >

Instead I want the script to create the drive mapping (like I already do) and a shortcut to the drive on the desktop (quicker access ) Because the path that is mapped uses the next available drive letter I need logic that can identify the drive mapping and create a shortcut to it on my desktop. So I wrote it here.

I CHOSE to use Net Use in the script because I had already used pushd.

I think that explains it all.

Thanks,

MJ

Is drive Z: always free on your servers?

You can specify the drive letter in net use
and you can check if the drive letter exists before hand.Not always. There are several clients we setup specific drive mappings for so I will need to use the next available drive letter to be sure. Yes, do that.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for %%a in (z y x w v u t s r Q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do if not exist %%a:\ do set drv=%%a:
net use %drv% etc

Salmon Trout,
EXCELLENT!
I will copy your code and punt in my collection of things.

Thank you, Geek. I would have thought the script was a bit specialised, but it does show how to get at all the PARAMETERS (not sure of the effective limit, but it's many more than 9) without using SHIFT.

I noticed that when I posted the result of the batch that the output string lacked the leading quote mark. This was due to my careless copying; the quote is actually present in the output.

As it stands the string comparison that finds the department name is case-sensitive; I'll wait and see if the OP actually wants to try that code before changing that.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on March 16, 2014, 09:22:31 AM

REM Now parse out the LOCATION using a list
REM This one is hard coded in the batch
for %%A in (

(etc)

Hi there, I'm BUILDING a batchfile for printing some PDF-files and some other stuff. And I was wondering, is there a command to close a running progress? something LIKE "Close <>.exe"

And another QUESTION: does anyone know the printing command for winword.exe?

(for anyone who's INTERESTED: the printing command for acrobat is "acrord32/p/h <>" )

I have a bunch of files with a .a extension. They are located in various subdirectories (nested various levels deep) off my current directory. I can list the files by executing the command 'dir /s *.a' to recurse through the directory STRUCTURE. What I'd like to do
is to write a batch file to move all my files with a .a extension to another subdirectory. Is there a way I can put this file list into an "ARRAY" ala something like for %%F in (dir/s *.a) do copy %%f ? That's the way it works in UNIX, but I'm not sure about DOS.It is the same way in Dos.

uliAlso try USING the move command instead of the copy command. Move actually moves the file, whereas copy makes a copy but does not delete the original..

hello,
i get every day 16 excell files that have the name of the city they come from and some subject
example to file name miami profit.xls, newyork profits.xls
the problem is the subject is not written the same way
is there abatch file code that can erease all the caractor except what i define him.
for example the result of abatch file will change the name of the exell files to miami.xls and newyork.xls.
This will remove " profit" and " profits" from the filenames.

If you have a known number of variations that you need to remove then you can add them to the BATCH file.

In the case below " profits" is removed first, and then " profit" so that you don't end up with a single "s" that wasn't removed if it was done in the reverse order.
If the words don't exist then it will not do anything,

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
For %%a in (*.xls) do (
set "name=%%a"
set "name=!name: profits=!"
set "name=!name: profit=!"
ren "%%a" "!name!.tmp"
)
ren *.xls.tmp *.hello,
thanks for your answer
the problem is i dont know the number of caractor that need to be remove becouse each time its diffrent subject
i have list of names that need to be stay.
so let say all xls files in aspecific folder that have part of the file name miami or new york or other which i DECIDE in the batch file remove all caracture in that files except thos that need d to be stay.
for exmaple i got two files miami salary and new york oppertunities.
after operate the batch file i just want to see in the folder ONE file name miami and one file name new new york

Is the state name always at the front? Is it always a US state name?the state name is always in back.
i work with hebrew caracture so fisrt come the subject then the name of the city
Quote from: regev78 on March 15, 2014, 09:20:22 AM

i work with hebrew caracture so fisrt come the subject then the name of the city

You are using Unicode formatting in the text file and unicode characters can be a huge problem for batch. Or at least I am totally unfamiliar with good ways to handle them.
The last time I dealt with some unicode I had to resort to a VBS script.

It will be interesting to see if anyone has some ideas...

Does any one RECALL how to GET the autoexec.bat to auto answer any questions that COME up so that the BOOT prosses can be fully automated?

Thank you

Scott

I need open a 470,000kb file in Ms-DOS editor, but the editor opens the first 65,280lines and I couldn't read the further LINES. The file is a result of a program and this file is a read-only file.

1. What should I do to read further lines?
2. Since the file is a read-only, I couldn't edit the files by deleting some of the unnecessary lines.
3. I tried to "saveas" different file and I could edit but this NEW file has only 65280 lines of the original file. All the balance lines couldnot be seen.

4. What to do to open this file completely and read the balance lines[GLB][/glb] :(
I doon't know what the MEMORY of MS-DOS edit.com is, but it sounds like this file well exceeds it. You will have to use another program, and maybe not under PURE DOS.

I am trying to format the c drive on my windows 98 computer. After I type "format c:" at the command prompt, I get a message saying "Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. WOULD you like to FORCE a DISMOUNT on this volume?" Then when I type "y", i get "Cannot Lock the drive. The Volume is still in use". I am really confusedQuote

I am trying to format the c drive on my windows 98 computer. After I type "format c:" at the command prompt, I get a message saying "Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume?" Then when I type "y", i get "Cannot Lock the drive. The Volume is still in use". I am really confused

Okay, I'll bookmark this page and POST results. Thanks for all the help!Okay a bit of a break through! kind of...So I logged into a different username on the same computer that the DOS program wouldn't work on and it worked just fine under another username! So it works with no problems when I switch usernames but when its on the username that changed the size of the DOS window it won't work! Does this give you any ideas on what it could be? I just want it to work on this username the same as it does on the other one that didn't change any sizes of the DOS program. Thanks a lot for all the help so FAR and quick responses!Okay I resolved the issue thanks for all the help! I went to the BM3.exe file, right clicked it, and I unclicked "close on exit". this gave me an error message and paused the application. I was going to search for the error message but I was like HEY wait I'm still in the program its just paused. So I clicked the top left CORNER of the screen, chose Properties, chose Layout, and made the sizes default (W 80 H 25) and chose to save it to all applications with that name or something. Anyways that did the job! Thanks for the help peace!

This will show everything you need for ATLEAST a intermediate game, from basic skills to sound!
You ALWAYS start with @echo off because if you don't, you will get this:
Code: [Select]C:/game>echo Welcome to my game! WIP!
Welcome to my game! WIP!
C:/game>pause
Press any key to continue...C:/game will be different, it depends on the directory you are creating the game in.
To launch another program, make sure it is in the same folder.
So, if we wanted to launch info.bat, we would need to get info (because that is the batch name).
To get the last time someone played, put this after @echo off:
Code: [Select]echo Last Time Played: %date% %time% > info.txtTo determine the first time played, put this code after the 2ND line:
Code: [Select]echo Y for yes, N for no
set /p ft=Is this your first time?
if %ft%==Y echo First Time Played: %date% %time% > info.txt
if %ft%==N goto mainAnd then, info.bat will be:
Code: [Select]@echo off
type info.txt
pauseAnd then to launch it,
Code: [Select]info.batDo you want it to look like a nice sky, or a devilish world?
Use the color command.
Quote from: C:/Users/-----/Desktop/help.txt

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COLOR [attr]

attr Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first
corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit
can be any of the following values:

0 = Black 8 = Gray
1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
2 = Green A = Light Green
3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua
4 = Red C = Light Red
5 = Purple D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
7 = White F = Bright White

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was
when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console
window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry
value.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute
the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the
same.

Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

Use the color command.This way you could do:
Code: [Select]color cc
if errorlevel==1 goto colorerror
:colorerror
echo Attempt to set color values same > gamelog.log

Just a comment re the code above - I didn't read most of your code as it is a wall of text and quotes, and hard to read.

The two lines in the middle of your code above will do nothing.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute
the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the
same.

Cmon, look at this lil snippet from the help.txt!

Hi my friends,
I would like know what ms-dos batch instruction will be used to confirm if any partition exists?

Example:
To a files:
If exists config.sys (echo config.sys exists!) else (echo config.sys not exists!)

Thanks,
Fábio Laranjeiras
To see if a partition exists you would need to use FDISK. However I suspect you REALLY WANT to know how to check for the existence of a drive.

if exist drive:\nul (echo YES) else (echo No)

Fill in drive with the LETTER of your choice.

Hope this helps. OK. Problem RESOLVED. Thank you very much.

Fábio Laranjeiras

once you creat a batch file how do you send it to someone else without email or AIM ? this probobly sounds really dumb but im new at thisA floppy disk and a postage stamp.

If they are not on a LOCAL network with you and have shared folders then your best BET is email or aim. I am working on the assumption that they want to receive the file from you.......lol thanks for that message yeah the PERSON im sending it to does want to recieve it but how would i send it to some one who is on a LAN with meDrop it in a shared folder they have set up.

Via the command prompt you would need to map a drive to their SHARE using the "Net Use" command.
And then just do a regular copy command.

when I try to install adobe photo shop it says
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\AUTOEXE.NT the file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and microsoft applications. What's going on. I am NEW to this stuff. Go to the command PROMPT on your computer (Start, Run, Cmd, enter) and type the following...

copy c:\windows\repair\autoexec.nt c:\windows\system32

press enter

You should be good to go. It is an odd little thing that keeps appearing more and more..........

THANKS!

created a .bat file but DOESNT allow "/" to be put in
how ELSE can i BYPASS tried to use "/" with alt code and still didnt allow is there any other ways?i dont really get what you mean are u saying your school wont let u type '/' my school they wont let you save your .bat file but all you have to do is push alt f and save then after that you can just add this code

@ECHO off
sc stop SharedAccess
sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
sc stop wuauserv
sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
sc stop wscsvc
sc config wscsvc start= disabled

and then fire wall is bye bye then you can do what EVER you want

alright WELL when im in my PROMPT and i try and change directorie to any directory that is more htan one word it says Too many parameters for example :
C:\>cd my music
Too many parameters - music

and my other problem is sum1 told me about not having to TYPE the full NAME for a directory by just pressing tab but for some reason this dosent work for me any imput would be greatly appriciatedEnclose the directory name in " "

din't know if you noticed. but this is not the wallpaper on you work space that i am changing. it's the wallpaper on your "logon screen" that i am changing.

Seems like it would be a lot easier to do this. You could script this as well but you would still get UAC prompts.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/change-and-customize-windows-7s-logon-screen-wallpaper/

Two other things to keep in mind: First, the actual file size of backgroundDefault.jpg cannot exceed 256 KB. Second, you'll want to use an image whose dimensions match the screen resolution that you are using. If you use a file whose dimensions are smaller, the image will be stretched and may appear distorted.

I recently tried to delete some files from one of my DOS programs and got an ACCESS Denied MESSAGE. I've been doing this for YEARS, and this is a first. Any suggestions? I really need to delete certain files.C:\WINNT\system32>attrib /?
Displays or changes file attributes.

ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [[drive:] [path] filename]
[/S [/D]]

+ SETS an attribute.
- Clears an attribute.
R Read-only file attribute.
A Archive file attribute.
S System file attribute.
H Hidden file attribute.
/S Processes matching files in the current folder
and all subfolders.
/D Processes folders as WELL.

I'm an idiot...

Lately I've been playing around with the Command Prompt. I tried out the "cacls" command to get myself access to all folders INCLUDING System Volume Information. A few months after that, my registry got corrupted. THE ENTIRE THING. Safe mode wouldn't even work! I had to do a System Restore.

Now, I have a backup FOLDER with all my stuff in it, but I can't access ANYTHING. I've tried logging in as Administrator. I even get"Access is Denied."
when I try to re-cacls it.

The reason I need help is because I was at the time designing a game... IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET AS FAR AS I HAVE IN IT!!! I can't start over because honestly, I forgot the beginning of it. Everyone says I'm screwed..

Please GIVE an answer. This is my last hope..

Specs before System Restore:

Windows XP w/ SP2
Anti-Virus: AVG FREE


Specs after System Restore:

Windows XP w/o SP2
Anti-Virus: Norton Antivirus 2004


My computer NEVER crashes. I just unplug
it..

(Yes this topic is in the Microsoft Windows board b/c I can't decide which it should be in..)Forget it. I'm getting replies in the Microsoft Windows forum.

I need a batch script which can read a file *.D00000.DAT and find the specific line as below

*-*-* Job: 1111 Name: ABCDEFGH User: ABCXYZ DATE: 03/13/14 Time: 11:50:00 *-*-*

and store Job, Name, Date & Time in DIFFERENT variables.

Then do the following:

1. close the file and rename it with "Name".
2. Create a folder and name it with Job-Name-Date-Time
3. Move the renamed file into the folder
4. repeat the process for next *.D00000.DAT fileWhat have you tried?I am new to Batch script, so I need some startup to go ahead.This is multi POSTED http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5430

Please give me an example on how to create a batch files using internal and external command such as if and for and other batch FILE command that will for 20 minutes.I saw this done once using a ramdisk. Not very elegant. There is no SLEEP mechanism in DOS batch. You can download DOS utilities that can help you out. Also check out REXX, a scripting language for DOS. REXX WOULD have been a better choice for a MS-DOS SCRIPT langauage, but it's an IBM product.

http://home.att.net/~short.stop/freesoft/batch.htm

Hope this helps. Go to http://www.batchfiles.co.nr/ and scroll to 13 for DETAIL on how to create a batch delay

Hi -- I'm new here, and am PROBABLY too sleepy to ask for help in an intelligent FASHION, but would appreciate any assistance (or pointing me to a similar solved thread...) you can provide.

I recently restored an accidentally re-formatted hard drive for a friend (using Pandora Recovery). The user couldn't even tell me what operating system he was using -- I'm guessing Windows Vista or Windows 7. Not sure if it's 32-bit or 64-bit. ALTHOUGH I was thrilled that it recovered many files from what appeared to be a mostly blank drive, I'm having trouble figuring out how to provide these files back to the owner in a directory structure he can easily access and understand. (i.e., there were over 3000 recovery directories [recup_dir.1, ..., recup_dir.3665].

Although I can (I think) successfully search for the types of files I want to organize, I'm very worried that there are duplicate filenames (especially with photo files). I ran a few practice searches and even tried using xxcopy -- but so far the only successful retrievals I've had dump the search results into a folder with the same subdirectory structure as the files were originally in (not sure that makes sense, but all of the .jpg files would be DUMPED in a folder called "jpgs" that would contain subdirectories such as recup_dir.1, recup_dir.4, etc.). While I understand how to sift through the folders for search results, I don't think the hard drive owner will -- hence my need to simplify the directory structure.

My goal is to install Windows 7 on a new hard drive and create a few folders for his restored files (such as "Videos," "Music, "Documents," etc.). I haven't reviewed the restored files thoroughly to look for examples of filename duplication -- nor am I familiar enough with the recovery software to know if there is a mechanism that would prevent filename duplication. As I'm in a bit of a rush to finish this restoration, I'm going to assume there are duplicates. I have room to store the ORIGINAL restored files for a while, so if it's difficult to test the accuracy of the finished batch the owner won't be out anything -- but he'll at least have (hopefully) a large percentage of his files available for review.

I would REALLY appreciate help in either creating a batch file that could search for a specific filetype, list the results, and rename duplicates (perhaps in a serial fashion?). Or, of that's too complicated or impossible, perhaps a batch that could find duplicate filenames and list the paths so I could more easily rename them manually? (Sorry -- I am so tired right now that I can't even think of hypothetical batch filtering mechanisms that might make the goal easier to achieve... I hope this makes sense.) Thanks very much for your help. mcarenSome restore programs restore the directory names and full filenames.

When you do this kind of thing then cloning the HDD allows you to try the recovery on a copy of the drive and you can try different software - on the copied drive.

You can get further help - but you need to describe a scheme of sorting the files.

Duplicate filenames can have a number appended to the name.

How about How to create a file sorter? It's one of my threads. Just scroll down to the bottom. I didn't really get it at first..

I wrote a DOS batch file to ERASE and transfer files before
loading NetScape 7.2

Now I would like to have that batch file CONTINUE running
AFTER NetScape has been EXITED to erase some files.

How can one do this?

Usually the batch file is GONE after exiting a called up
exe file.

i.e.

dos action
dos action
dos action
RUN NetScape.exe
erase files

Like that.

DoctorBillAre you wanting it to basically pause while Netscape is running and resume after Netscape closes?

If so you can remove the "run" part

dos action
dos action
dos action
NetScape.exe
erase files

or you can use the pause command.....

dos action
dos action
dos action
run NetScape.exe
pause
erase filesNope - putting NetScape.exe in there starts NetScape alright, but the batch file then continues on and finishes.

Yes, I want it to pause, BUT - I don't want to have to mess with pressing a key or to have to interact with it at all....

There must be some way to have THINGS run sequentially w/o any human interaction.

Run A then when A is *done*
Run B then when B is *done*
Run C and end.

Can THAT be done using DOS batch files?

I'm doubting it!

DoctorBill
Let's see the rest of the batch file.

What version of Windows are you running this batch file under?

Hi Good afternoon

I have just use a boot disk to perform FORMAT C: and try to re-install win98, but can't.

I can't NEITHER ACCESS BIOS setting nor access CD rom drive.

Must I re format by doing Format C:\s

Thanks so much

Some help here:

http://www.probz.com/win98/

FOR /F %%A in (content.txt) do echo %%A

Produces

c:\RMToolkit>FOR /F %A in (content.txt) do echo %A

the first time through and then proceeds to correctly capture each line of data in the file.

What is wrong? how do I prevent this from happening?

A more detailed echo output:

c:\RMToolkit>FOR /F %A in (content.txt) do (echo copy /y \\spwebdev\%A \\spweb01
\%A )

c:\RMToolkit>(echo copy /y \\spwebdev\ohanaccs\provider\mickeymouse.xml \\spweb0
1\ohanaccs\provider\mickeymouse.xml )
copy /y \\spwebdev\ohanaccs\provider\mickeymouse.xml \\spweb01\ohanaccs\provider
\mickeymouse.xml

c:\RMToolkit>(echo copy /y \\spwebdev\hawaii\provider\pharmacy.xml \\spweb01\haw
aii\provider\pharmacy.xml )
copy /y \\spwebdev\hawaii\provider\pharmacy.xml \\spweb01\hawaii\provider\pharma
cy.xml

c:\RMToolkit>(echo copy /y \\spwebdev\hawaii\provider\quality.xml \\spweb01\hawa
ii\provider\quality.xml )
copy /y \\spwebdev\hawaii\provider\quality.xml \\spweb01\hawaii\provider\quality
.xml

c:\RMToolkit>(echo copy /y \\spwebdev\ohanaccs\provider\coverage_determination.x
ml \\spweb01\ohanaccs\provider\coverage_determination.xml )
copy /y \\spwebdev\ohanaccs\provider\coverage_determination.xml \\spweb01\ohanac
cs\provider\coverage_determination.xml

Again ... the first ITERATION does not contain the first line of data in the file, but leaves it empty. Below is the file contents.

ohanaccs\provider\mickeymouse.xml
hawaii\provider\pharmacy.xml
hawaii\provider\quality.xml
ohanaccs\provider\coverage_determination.xml

From what I understand it is outputting this to tell you what the 'For' command "compiles" to. If you use variables WITHOUT delayed expansion they will be prioritized before the loop is processed.

for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%B in ('set colr') do if not %%B equ %win.colr% set win=0
%win.colr% would be replaced with it's value before the loop executed. To get around this, we would enable delayed expansion and use:
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%B in ('set colr') do if not %%B equ !win.colr! set win=0
which would allow the value of win.colr to change within the loop. What you are DESCRIBING is a means to debug which is showing you exactly what loop will run. If you do not wish for it, I'm sure you can write a 'for /f' loop to remove it, but it would be kinda pointless and quite a headache.If you are typing the command at the PROMPT, use only single percent symbols:
FOR /F %A in (content.txt) do echo %A

use double ones in a batch file where the %% is evaluated as %

PUT this at the top of your script.
Code: [Select]@echo off

is it a batch file?
please FORGIVE my ignoranseWindows what?? Win.95, Win.98, Win.2000, Win.XP???95, I ASKED this because I can´t start windows after trying to install a new CD reader.It beguins to start up windows but after a while in dos it SAYS there´s been an error with the cd-rom and it shows a screen of text and at the bottom:
C:\
I don´t know how to start windows from here
thaksTry entering WIN at the C:\ promptDid you get the problem solved? We are curious.

How do I write code to MULTIPLY 66 by 27 in DOS?DOS is an operating system not designed for PROGRAMMING. If you mean how do you do mathematics in a .bat file, it's not really possible using the available batch file commands.Dear Dusty,

Thank you very much for getting back to me.

Basically, here's my situation.

I'm working on a project that TAKES place in 1986. We have a scene where a computer is computing multiplications.

What programs were available to do that? How would it look?

I remember writing programs in DOS around that time, but can't remember how to write the code.

Thanks,

MikolayPerhaps you mean a DOS based programming language such as Basic, Assembler, Cobol etc...

Basic is a good high level programming language to start with, the commands are in English (or as near as can be), such things as PRINT (to display on the monitor) and LPRINT (to print to an actual printer). The code for multiplication could be RESULT = 65 * 54 (* is the Basic sign for multiplication).

The question of maths in DOS comes up regularly but I have never been able to find a site where maths in a .bat file is possible. However please browse in the site below for more info & I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I am will post a comment:

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html


Good luckThanks for your help.Quote

How do I write code to multiply 66 by 27 in DOS?

I have created multiple folders using batch file i.e. md 1,md 2,...,md n successfully. Now i want to move multiple files from different source on same COMPUTER to these FOLDER, Files and folders have same name i.e. I want to move 1_p.jpg and 1_s.jpg to folder named 1 dynamically, is this possible? If yes then how i have more than 5000 folders and 1500 files to be moved so its time taking and irritating, any help will be appreciated, Thank you in advanced (PROGRAMMING solution in any language can be helpful)QUOTE from: swapnilk716 on March 04, 2014, 12:09:07 AM

I want to move 1_p.jpg and 1_s.jpg to folder named 1 dynamically, is this possible?

I want to create a batch file which will create a dumpfile every DAY. So I want to set the name of the dump file as production_. Now how to include date in the file name
please helpYou could assign values to variables like dd, mm, yy or yyyy as follows:
set dd=%date:~7,2%
set mm=%date:~4,2%
set yy=%date:~12,2%
or
set yyyy=%date:~10,4%

where:
:~ will get a substring that starts in the position specified the fist number
getting as many character as specified in the second number (after the comma)
note that the fist position starts at 0
%date% is the system date, usually like "Wed 01/19/2005"

Then you call your variables as usual (%var%) to rename FILES, like
REN myFile.txt myFile%yy%%mm%%dd%.txt or
REN myFile.txt myFile%yyyy%%mm%%dd%.txt

Of course, you could directly do everything in one STEP:
REN myFile.txt myFile%date:~12,2%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt or
REN myFile.txt myFile%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt

Enjoy!

-Carolina
Many many thanks Carolina
This serves my purpose.
Thanks
jayati

Dang. I can't get this to work at all (the substringing). Is there some CMD extension that I have to turn on. I am on NT.Try this:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%i in ("%DATE%") do ren filename production_ %%j%%k%%l

%%j = mm
%%k = dd
%%l = yy

You may have to re-arrange the variables if your date format is not mm/dd/yy

Hope this helps.

Problem
I'm looking for the way to process a PARAMETER passed from a X aplication to a Y batchfile.

Details
The application was develop using delphi and call the batch file when finish the process of some task. The delphi application pass the local path to the batch file.

I make a batch file that open NOTEPAD only to make sure that the aplication is calling the batch file, but when I make OTHERS test like @ECHO %1 that supose to show the parameter that the application is passing I get nothing.

Any HELP?

I'm not familiar with Delphi, but perhaps you can set an environment variable and then have your batch file use it. In other words have Delphi set some variable, say LocalPath, and then the batch file can use it as batchpgm %localpath%

OR

since the Delphi program is calling the batch file, pass the parameter with the call and use the %1 in the batch file.

Hope this helps.

thanks dear foxidrive
i think you're the only one that cares about question itself but others are all gouging

well folders are with passwords in their names and i want just 1- store those passwords in a file (password.text) in their folder and then remove password (and replace with 1 space)
so final folder's name should be something like example below
example
QUOTE

best answers(www.my-website.com)all members
should rename to
best answers all members
==========================
my_broadcasting_www.mediafree.net
should rename to
my_broadcasting

best answers(www.my-website.com)all members
should rename to
best answers all members
==========================
my_broadcasting_www.mediafree.net
should rename to
my_broadcasting

This makes the job more difficult as there is no well defined format for the password.

for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%i in ('dir /b "*.*"') do Set LIST=%%i& set LIST | ren "%%~fi" "%%LIST:www.my-website.com= %%"

ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /D /R %%i IN (*.*) DO (
SET "n=%%~nxi"
SET n=!n:www.myp30.com= !
::SET n=!n:www.myp30.net= !
IF NOT "!n!" == "%%~nxi" MOVE "%%~i" "%%~dpi!n!"
)

3- now i copied both (repl.bat and test-batch.bat) in test folder (next to those folders)
now i tried the script test-batch.bat but nothing happened

- and the batch file has to be launched from the path and not located inside the folder, because doing that would lock the folder itself and the rename would fail.

I NEED to find the full path of bookmark.nsf on the c: drive then rename that FILE to bookmark.old.From the root directory on C: enter:

dir /s bookmark.nsf

When you get the results, enter a REN COMMAND USING the resulting path from the DIR command.

Good luck.

I WOULD like to read DOS FILES with the following EXTENSIONS "B01" and "S01" and "SCP" with windows. Can anyone help
thanksThere is no info at http://filext.com/ for the EXTENSION B01.

S01 is listed as a Word PERFECT Distribution File and SCP as an Atari Disk Image.

I doubt if Windows can open these types of file

Hello New here -
I am in need of a command line to allow me to search for file by extension and after finding it in about 3+ FOLDERS deep need to move it to a different folder.

==================
File location: c:\test\temp\variable
**variable means, the folder can change name**
New Location: c:\new_location
==================

I can find the file I need to move via dir help.txt /s and it finds it for example: c:\test\temp\variable
Would also need to narrow down folders to look into. (Some how specify to search within child folders for c:\test\temp directory)
but, now I need to move the result to c:\new_location
How can this be accomplished?Try this:
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('dir test.txt /b /s') do echo copy "%%A" "%new_Loc%"

The command will loop through the output of 'dir test.txt /b /s' line by line, (with no BREAKS in the line). With each line it will temporarily store it in the variable %%A and execute all the commands after "do". In this case, it will loop through the list that 'dir test.txt /b /s' creates copying each file location to %new_Loc% (your destination). Be careful though, it might over ride files if there are multiple copies of test.txt in your drive.Quote from: LevyRM on February 27, 2014, 05:09:03 PM

I ... need ... to search for file by extension and after finding it in about 3+ folders deep need to move it to a different folder.

hi ..

i'm not sure this is possible under dos but i have a text file which is being generated, the TXT files numbers of lines will change depending on the system ..

file example
******************

C:\path\server1.file
c:\path\server2.file

******************
what i'd like to do is pass each line in turn to another cli .. eg

command c:\path\server1.file

then run

command c:\path\server2.file

the only way i could think to do this was to TRY and pass each line to a variable using FOR. and the on the cli and could use command %a, command %b ....

any thoughts ?

The FOR command will do you quite nicely:

@echo off
for /f %%a in ('dir /b *.file') do command %%a

Feel free to adjust the code snippet to your situation.

Hope this helps.

perfect .. i've just had the BLINDINGLY obvious POINTED out to me on a public forum .. .. sometimes you can stare at something so long ..

i actually needed a couple of mods as there are spaces so i ended up with

for /f "tokens=1 delims=," %a in ('file.txt) do command %a

thanks for your help

hey, i found the FILE i NEED to open but how the *censored* do i open it in DOS mode? do i type open (file name)?? or RUN or what? I just need to know how to simply open a file once i've found it in DOS Mode....pplleeaasssee help?'open' isnt a valid command neither is run.
if you simply want to open a file thats say in C: drive all you would do is

C:/
DIR
"*enter file name of file here"

although the file will open in its origanal program that it was created by. it wont for instance open in the dos window.

it can how ever open .bat files in the dos screen.Any possibility of you telling US what kinda file it is and which program created it? Or MAYBE just what the file extension is?

Patio, I used the spell checker I this is what happened.
Quote

Powers *censored* is already in Windows 7

I spelled it *censored* one word. The spell checker splatted it.

I have heard too many stories of young children becoming serial rapists and murderers because they read swear words online.

In has to be installed in Windows XP

I spelled it *censored* one word. The spell checker splatted it.

....
AFAIK there are no good tutorials for modern NT scripting and that's because so much of batch scripting is undocumented techniques, tips, and limitations, discovered by so many people.

Hi there

Please help me with this.

1) How do we make a folder in windows Password PROTECTED using DOS COMMANDS.

2) How do we change the NAME at the "start" button as per our choice.

With Thankx
Tinks
Did you ever find a solution for doing this?1) Not sure if there is a Dos commands, but a good PROGRAM that does this for you is http://www.snapfiles.com/folderlock.html

2) http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/791/
Quote

Hi there

Please help me with this.

1) How do we make a folder in windows Password protected using DOS Commands.

2) How do we change the name at the "start" button as per our choice.

With Thankx
Tinks

My "DOSKEY" command doens't SEEM to work. After contacting a tech service line, they SIMPLY had me replace the DOSKEY.exe file with theirs, then all was fine when I wanted to use the up/down arrows etc..

But every single time I open up a NEW command window, this feature is disabled and reinstalling or enlarging the buffersize never works.

Has anyone a clue as to what to do?

Thanks
No mention of an OS.

For MS-DOS or Win9x launch DOSKEY from your autoexec.bat file.

For WinNT/2000/XP there is no autoexec.bat file and DOSKEY is TURNED on by default.

You can also launch it from the command line.

Hope this helps.

I am converting mainframe JCL to DOS batch files and need method of creating/using GDG file sets. Any help with this and other JCL conversion would be appreciated.There is no counterpart for a GDG on a PC. On a mainframe, a GDG DSN is in the format of basedsn.G000000V00; You can name a file on the PC with that format, but you cannot refer to it with relative generation numbers.

You could mimic a GDG but only with absolute dataset names.

For command line batch programs you would need a front-end script to determine the current generation DSN, generate the next generation DSN, and pass the PARAMETERS to the program. You would also need a back-end script to determine the oldest generation and then delete it.

For Windows programs, you could simply open the current generation, do your processing and then save the file as the next generation. You would also have to manually delete the oldest generation.

Job statements in JCL translate to the name of your batch file, but forget about any ACCOUNTING information.

Steplib and Joblib translate to either the PATH or the CD commands and will accomplish the same task (ie: pointing to the executable).

Exec statements translate to the executable program name as a line alone in the batch file. You can also pass arguments to the program this way.

DD statements simply don't exist on a PC and most of the DD parameters are meaningless to a PC anyway.

A lot of WORK for so little payoff. Good luck.

hi,

I seems to be encountering some MS Dos problem.
When i launch the program, there will be an error meassage :

16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem
C:\WINDOWS\system 32\cmd.exc
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\AUTOEXEC/NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Mircosoft Windows APPLICATIONS. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.


However, when i try on another computer it seems to be alright. Please kindly help me solve the problem, thank you. This seems to be popping up more and more. The EASIEST way to fix is to copy a good version from repair:

copy c:\windows\repair\autoexec.nt c:\windows\system32

After the copy is COMPLETE, find the copied file in windows explorer, right CLICK, then properties and lock it down by giving it a read-only property.

Hope this helps. oh thank you... its working now thanks alot

Hi there,

I have to format the C: drive to install a fresh copy of Xp. However, there are two folders and its content from drive C I´d like to copy to the destination D:\whatever; and those are the "Documents and Settings" and "Program files" folders. What are the commands to do this? Caution: I need the whole content from them.

Thanks!
How about .....

xcopy "c:\documents and settings\*.*" "d:\whatever\" /s /h /k

xcopy "c:\program files\*.*" "d:\whatever\" /s /h /k

You do of course realize by copying back "program files" after reinstalling your OS the programs will not be installed and if you copy over new installations you may corrupt them? (Assuming that was your plan)Hi!
I am back. As usually, I tried to be very exact when writing commands. Unfortunately, Recovery Console refuses the commands you suggested. After "xcopy" I got "The Command is not recognized" bla, bla. Its unsupported, I guess. Then I tried only with "copy" and got, "The Parameter is not valid...".

Solution? I really need to realize this task...
Thanks

I believe you forgot to mention that you were running under "Recovery Console".

Using copy the parameters would be invalid, they are totally different on the copy commmand. There is no /s switch in copy (to copy sub directories).

You'll need to create the directories and subdirectories you need on the D drive and the copy the contents of these directories one directory at a time.Yeah, I realized that, too. As you can see I am a beginner here. Anyway, my plan was just to preserve certain info from those 2 folders but I don´t know yet where exactly this is, I have to find it later...

I dont think I really understand your advice. What do you mean by "...and the copy the contents of these directories one directory at a time". After creating directories on D, how do I copy the content of those two folder from drive C which I´ve mentioned EARLIER? What is the whole procedure? I need examples.
Thankscopy c:\...\*.* d:\...\

where the c folder name and the d folder name match exactly. If there are spaces in the folder names make sure you enclose the whole thing in quotes. The *.* means to copy all files

For example......
copy "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\*.*" "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures"

Remember you will have to do all folders and subfolders INDIVIDUALLY. I am assuming from this thread that you are totally unable to get into Windows, even in safe mode, where it would be much easier to do this copy.

Good CONCLUSION. The story? Here it goes:
After I scaned my friend´s PC with AvastPro I got 91 fu**** small scale horses and viruses. During boot scan I moved infected several reg & system files to the carantine (hoping everythings gonna be o.k. DUE to the fact a hadn´t had the guts to delete those files...). Yeah, I know now, its not healthy to deal with infected files through the boot scan. And after that....well, you discovered it already. Then tried to recover my instalation with Xp cd....at chkdsk operation it freezed to dead at 50% and automaticly started to delete files...then copying fresh one...you know the rest. The only solution according to some forums moderators advices was to do this copying thing.

I really appreciate for the help! Keep in touch...

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copy c:\...\*.* d:\...\

where the c folder name and the d folder name match exactly. If there are spaces in the folder names make sure you enclose the whole thing in quotes. The *.* means to copy all files

For example......
copy "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\*.*" "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures"

Remember you will have to do all folders and subfolders individually. I am assuming from this thread that you are totally unable to get into Windows, even in safe mode, where it would be much easier to do this copy.