Hello, how can I use ASCII Code with a Batchfile? thanks in advance for any help uli

Hi depends what you mean by use ASCII code. If you want to echo an ASCII key thats not on the keyboard, you could use... echo [followerd by holding the [ALT] down and entering it's ASCII number on the Numeric Keypad.

Thanks for help dtech. I want to echo an ASCII key which is not on the keyboard. (CR) ASCII 13. It works when I type it at the command line, but not in a batchfile. Tried to save it as unicode also. I need it for string substitution. uli

Hi uli, I don't quite get the idea of the echo working at the prompt but not in a BAT. Can you post exact results, like this: ::== uli.bat @echo off echo £ ::== DONE C:\temp\-\bigger>echo £ £ C:\temp\-\bigger>uli £ And it would help to know what you are trying to do. "I need it for string substitution." Can you explain that? If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Sorry for giving less information. I have a huge textfile like this: uli::glueck[BR]ritchie::blackmore[BR].... ([BR] means the html tag) I want to format it like: uli::glueck ritchie::blackmore .... I found out now how to substitiute the [BR] against a Carriage Return: set end=%var:[BR]=&echo.% Works, but not when html tags are in the textfile. I get a CMD.exe error when I try to parse the textfile with a for loop. 'the instruction in "0x013799da" refers to memory in "0x00000000" read couldn't complete at the memory"' my code: for /f %%A in ('type c:\test.txt') do call :SUB %%A goto :EOF :SUB %%A set var=%1 set var=%var:[BR]=&echo.% echo %var% Just using type or find at the commandline works. I don't have any idea what to do. Uli

Hi uli, I think it will take IVO or somebody smarter than me to do this with a BAT. What I do is use a 3rd party 'find & replace' utility. For files up to 30KB: Change Since you said the file is huge, you need: Change9.11 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi again, Note that those utilities are DOS utils, so the file to be handled must conform to 8.3 naming. Here's a BAT I wrote which temporarily renmes the file to change. I think you get the idea. ::== :main dir /b *.html > htmlLIST for /f "tokens=*" %%H in (htmlLIST) do call :sub1 %%H cls goto :eof :sub1 ren "%1" "workFILE" change.com workFILE "www.microsoft.com" "www.apple.com" ren "workFILE" "%1" goto :eof :: DONE If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2