Summary: To expand on M2's answer: variable is just the word 'variable' (but see below). %variable% gets "expanded" i.e. translated to its value and literally ...
Summary: I’m just getting started with VB Script and I need to figure out how to compare two text files for duplicate numbers and then echo those duplicates....
Summary: Glad I could sort of help a little.. I think... Yeah you do have to watch out for some characters in batch. I once had a script that couldn't find lab...
Summary: Hello! CD (or ChDir) fails in my batch files when used with variables. I want my batch files to use variables to navigate the directory structure rela...
Summary: Ok, I have a folder which contains a lot of files, each starting with a unique, 2-digit number, followed by their name. My code contains: set /P FILEN...
Summary: One other thing. If you do this: echo One more line>>file.txt Then that opens the file, appends a line to it, and closes it. All in one command. Even...
Summary: GNU find looks easier to me. By the way, I usually rename GNU find to gfind.exe to prevent confusion with Windows find.exe. Also, M2's "512000" should...
Summary: I would like to make a batch file, which I think would be easiest, to create a text file named userinput.cfg. In userinput.cfg, I want it to create ...
Summary: I don't know what you call 'installed' but pkunzip is one file, an exe, pkunzip.exe which can either be somewhere in the PATH or you can tell windows ...
Summary: oh man sounds amazing i want his anal blood all over my wiener... does he ever have u s--- in his mouth? cause ive done that with guys and they say i...
Summary: I can't really test it but perhaps your after something like this: @echo off :begin setlocal disabledelayedexpansion set machine= :check set /p machi...
Summary: I think you have a good idea. antivirus "pattern recognition" has always seemed klunky and too much overhead (constant updates of "virus pattern datab...
Summary: Hi, Am tryin to develop a dos based application for displaying time in the taskbar when the window is minimized. The code goes like this. @echo off :t...
Summary: XmlMax will do this using an xpath expression. It will do it in a single pass using the unqiue file names option, but it does not run in batch mode. I...
Summary: this place is great! thanks for all the response.. now ill try to comment and clarify.. first of... fsum is a checksum program... creates sums and ver...
Summary: There are many people who read this forum who can help. Just post whatever code you have come up with so far (put your code inside the 'pre' tags af...
Summary: Okay test to see if this will work for you. Instead of using the basename, I changed it to split the filename by using the .'s as the delimiter and s...
Summary: maybe try using "success"/"fail" as the delimiters? then test for value not null and if not null, increment a counter. something like: set delayed exp...
Summary: The reason you get the error is that you are not using a caret (^) but some other obscure character instead (ˆ) - whatever that character is, it's no...
Summary: What I need to do is search one ROOT DIR (FTP) and find all files listed in any DIR with a filter for MODIFIED DATE > 9/1/2008. I thought to use a bat...
Summary: I would like to make a batch file that kind find the largest file in a directory and launch it. I have basic batch creation knowledge and I can find t...
Summary: I agree with ghostdog's advice as I feel you are going on a rough lane that leads to nowhere. Batch scripts are not suited to replace facilities bett...
Summary: Hi I have to import a file.txt with real E notated (like 2.3E-12) numbers in 2 columns in it (coordinates basicly - x and y) in to C or C++ Do you act...
Summary: I found a batch script to search all drives and delete the autorun.inf file on this forum I want that method but change it up a bit. I would like to S...
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