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Program output to variable
Name: astroraptor Date: April 28, 2003 at 07:48:44 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: 1.6GHz/512Mb
Comment:
Is there a way to output: DIR *.MP3 | FIND /C "MP3"
to a batch variable? I tried it with some code I found on the net but all it can store is one file, so the count is 1 no matter what. Can someone help?
Name: astroraptor Date: April 28, 2003 at 08:58:01 Pacific
Reply:
I answered my own question. I have to use FIND /C "mp3" because the filetype is written in lowercase. It only used to find the directory name "MP3s" before. My program is now nearly flawless! :D
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Name: astroraptor
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