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- 2021-Jul-26, 8:43 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: Is there a better option than DIR or LS for listing files?
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Is there a better option than DIR or LS for listing files?
20 Feb 2021 04:23 Rekrul Many years ago, on the Amiga, I recall having a Dir/LS command that had a staggering number of options. You could format the output in pretty much any way you could think of. I've tried all the options in Dir and I've even downloaded a couple different ports of the Unix LS c...
- 2021-Jul-26, 8:37 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: Want to use some PS command in Cmd script to set a var
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- Views: 5021
Want to use some PS command in Cmd script to set a var
28 Nov 2018 20:08 be :: In cmd script, this line results in display of the text PowerShell "54321" :: In PS console, these twp lines :: result in creation of var and display of its content $x = "54321" $x :: In cmd script, these two lines result in nothing. PowerShell $x = "...
- 2021-Jul-26, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: If branching doesn't work
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- Views: 4736
If branching doesn't work
12 Nov 2019 03:12 Shane Greetings, I'm trying to use IF DEFINED to control branching, but it doesn't work. I will start with an example setLocal if defined _var ( :: _var is NOT defined, so the next line should not be executed if %_var%=="test" echo %_var% is defined ) endLocal Processing ...
- 2021-Jul-26, 6:17 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: ARGH!!! Someone please shoot me now and put me out of my misery!!!
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- Views: 3867
ARGH!!! Someone please shoot me now and put me out of my misery!!!
08 Sep 2019 10:12 Rekrul The more I try to write complex scripts, the more I have a burning hatred for whoever designed this broken mess. I have this code in my script; if !width! gtr 640 set width=1280 if !width! gtr 540 (if !width! leq 640 set width=640) if !width! gtr 500 (if !width! leq 540 set ...
- 2021-Jul-26, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Windows PowerShell
- Topic: Where-Object gives two different results using a equivalent syntax
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14698
Where-Object gives two different results using a equivalent syntax
16 Dec 2020 22:55 RedHut I'm trying to understand why I get a different result from the two equivalent where-object syntax. Basically I get a different result from using ? {$_.CreationTime -lt $_.LastWriteTime} versus ? CreationTime -lt LastWriteTime on a file object. Here is the test case which giv...
- 2021-Jul-26, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: How to eliminate NUL (0x00) characters from file or from a string.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3949
How to eliminate NUL (0x00) characters from file or from a string.
21 Feb 2021 02:18 nomad My dilemma starts with the output of WMIC command. I am trying to get the whole command line of a PID with this command : wmic process where processID=12345 get commandLine > command.txt and the output I get looks something like this: _C o m m a n d L i n e n o t e p a d q . ...
- 2021-Jul-26, 7:48 am
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: Substring operations don't work with spaces?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2491
Substring operations don't work with spaces?
22 Feb 2021 10:47 Rekrul I'm writing a routine to reformat numbers to include commas as dividers and I've run into something odd; @echo off set size=1234 set size=xxxxxxxxxxxx%size% echo %size:~-9,-6% set size=1234 set size= %size% echo %size:~-9,-6% The first one prints "xxx" as it should...
- 2021-Jul-26, 12:17 am
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: IF/ELSE vs. multiple IFs?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2629
IF/ELSE vs. multiple IFs?
11 Feb 2021 09:03 Rekrul When testing multiple conditions, is there any advantage to nesting multiple IF comparisons using ELSE, rather than simply using multiple IF lines? In other words, is there any advantage to using this; if x equ %1% (echo ONE) else (if %x% equ 2 (echo TWO) else (if %x% equ 3 ...
- 2021-Jul-25, 11:55 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: FOR /F command bug: unexpected tokenization of "equal" character
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2734
FOR /F command bug: unexpected tokenization of "equal" character
06 May 2021 09:11 dvx Something in the FOR /F processing of a 'command string' is eliding the = character. The command is ECHO, with the string A=5 C:>ECHO A=5 C:>A=5 But when used as a FOR /F command string, the '=' character is converted to a space: C:>FOR /F %R IN ('ECHO A=5') DO ECHO %R C:>ECHO ...
- 2021-Jul-25, 11:46 pm
- Forum: Windows CMD Shell
- Topic: Please explain this: for %%a in ("%path:;=" "%") do @echo %%~a
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3049
Please explain this: for %%a in ("%path:;=" "%") do @echo %%~a
20 Jan 2018 01:30 ronczap I know this works great to parse the PATH environment variable and shows each path on a separate line but I don't understand the syntax or how it works. It obviously is parsing the path variable using the semicolon to split the string. I can't find any info on Microsoft Tec...