Hi, I have a file containing a single word surrounded by quotes. I want to get the word from the file minus the quotes and put it into a variable. This is my...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 1, 2001 7:33 pm
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 18:53:38 -0000 Subject: [BATCH WORLD] parsing off qoutes johnh@... wrote: This works under Win98 @echo off set test="abc" for %%a in...
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James Zagorski
zgreatwhite@...
Feb 1, 2001 8:25 pm
Forgive me, but I am unfamiliar with the /f switch of the for command.... for /? doesn't provide me any answers as well. Could someone inform me...
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Jim Knopf
jknopf@...
Feb 1, 2001 10:27 pm
The Text Parser FOR Command in NT Using the /F switch parses text line by line and then executes the interation command for each line of text. Syntax: for /f...
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Jim Knopf
jknopf@...
Feb 1, 2001 10:27 pm
Here's a Win9x/NT method: if %OS%/==Windows_NT/ set NTSwitch=/f "tokens*" for %NTSwitch% %%a in ("String enclosed in quotes") do echo %%a HTH __ _ _ ... ___|...
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johnh@...
Feb 1, 2001 10:44 pm
Yes that sort of works I have to do it like this: for /f %%a in (tmp) do set test=%%a for /f %%a in (%test%) do set test=%%a I also found another method that...
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John Koehler
Koehler@...
Feb 3, 2001 3:57 am
What is the name of the language you are all speaking and where can I get a good description of the commands and parameters of the language. Is it something...
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trondoc@...
Feb 3, 2001 9:27 am
my attempts at redirecting the output of forindo to a file show that the file names are the truncated DOS versions. (like mylong~1.fil instead of...
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trondoc@...
Feb 3, 2001 9:39 am
... I get a ... prompt ... John: Here are some good links about Batch programming and DOS in general. http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/ ...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 3, 2001 11:49 am
On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 09:27:11 -0000 Subject: [BATCH WORLD] forindo with Windoze Long File Names? trondoc@... wrote: @echo off lfnfor on for %%a in (*.*)...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 3, 2001 11:59 am
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:56:21 -0500 Subject: [BATCH WORLD] Newbie question "John Koehler" <Koehler@...> wrote: Joe has given you a list of links to follow,...
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katil no
katilno421@...
Feb 7, 2001 11:21 am
Hello, I want to write a batch file in which I have to rename some .txt file to .doc. I don't want to use the ren command. What I did was : for %% 1 in (*.txt)...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 7, 2001 12:07 pm
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 03:21:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: [BATCH WORLD] a little batch file help : urgent katil no <katilno421@...> wrote: Why can't you use the...
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Larry Piegza
piegz@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:06 pm
Hello everyone! I have two NT net user questions: 1) does anyone know how I can set up an account using net user so that the user must change their...
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Troy McCLure
jbias@...
Feb 8, 2001 5:26 pm
hey gang Anyone know why an environment variable would be valid if commands are typed manually from a dos prompt, but not when referenced from a .bat file? I'm...
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Asp, Peter
peter.asp@...
Feb 8, 2001 5:35 pm
I don't know what operating system your using (we use NT) but I use a freeware utility to do a similar function. Reg.exe can be found here... ...
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James Zagorski
zgreatwhite@...
Feb 8, 2001 6:12 pm
Troy, You may remember me.... By the way, I don't have a good answer. What OS are you using? What happens if you echo your variable to the screen? ... ...
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Jason Bias
jbias@...
Feb 8, 2001 6:17 pm
Yup! Sure do Win98, sorry forgot to include that. Jason ps - Troy McClure = B movie actor from The Simpsons. ... From: James Zagorski...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 8, 2001 7:04 pm
On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 17:26:48 -0000 Subject: [BATCH WORLD] environment variable output works manually, but not by .bat "Troy McCLure" <jbias@...>...
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Jason Bias
jbias@...
Feb 8, 2001 7:16 pm
Mic echo %username% works fine. I can't put the line at the beginning of the file because it's writing a registry file to be imported and I'm putting the...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 8, 2001 7:38 pm
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:10:30 -0500 Subject: RE: [BATCH WORLD] environment variable output works manually, but not by .bat Jason Bias <jbias@...>...
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James Zagorski
zgreatwhite@...
Feb 8, 2001 8:45 pm
Do you just have a problem with the variable USERNAME , or are you unable to get it to work with ANY variable? Perhaps USERNAME is a reserved name??? Have...
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katil no
katilno421@...
Feb 9, 2001 2:34 am
Well, I can use rename command to rename files but I would like to do it via. move. is it possible to put the same in a for loop and execute it to rename *.txt...
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Michael Marquart
micm@...
Feb 9, 2001 12:19 pm
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:34:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: [BATCH WORLD] renaming of files ... This sounds like school work kat... There is more than one way to achieve...
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ziggard@...
Feb 13, 2001 11:57 pm
I'm trying to get my first Batch file to work using error handling. I'm working on an NT Server and the batch file now works fine to shut down the services...
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Belinda Sloan
belinda@...
Feb 14, 2001 8:04 am
I am running several batch jobs from Norton Program Scheduler for NT. I have tried various commands inside the batch file to ensure the window closes after...
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rmccann
rmccann@...
Feb 14, 2001 8:20 am
After the last entry of your batch file, put a period, that will close the window ... From: Belinda Sloan To: batchworld@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
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arian.muijs@...
Feb 14, 2001 1:00 pm
Use the next syntax to end your bat-file cls @exit ^Z ( use <CTRL>Z. you won't see this code it in your batchfile but it is still there) met...
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sohail18@...
Feb 14, 2001 1:32 pm
hi, I want to be able to check a registry entry through a batch file. Does anyone have any idea as to how to do it. Please respond ASAP as this is very...
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Lamar Morris
LamarMorris@...
Feb 14, 2001 1:49 pm
Lamar Morris wrote: The following requires reg.exe out of the NT resource kit. The below snipit gives you version and sp level of NT4.0. REG QUERY...
