Summary: Hello. I'm trying to write a batch file that can pull the contents (just a single word) from a text file. I am currently using a batch file to outpu...
Summary: I booted my Win98SE computer in pure DOS (Command Prompt mode). I selected a small 35 KB text file in my root directory named "My Saved Messages.txt" ...
Summary: Does anyone know of a method to copy files from a list stored in a text file? It could be a Command Prompt like: c:\ copy < source_files.txt c:\destin...
Summary: I have a text file with a list of names. How do you create a batch file to get each name and create a directory the same as the user name. I know par...
Summary: Can anybody help me get portion of the text string inside the file? For Ex: FILENAME.EXT 1234WEEK01120603; I would like to get the 120603 from the con...
Summary: Hello, I was just trying to set a variable to the contents of a file in a batch file. For example... I did a CD>Current_dir.txt to find out where I a...
Summary: I have a text file named demo.txt with the contents similar to this c:\a\b\e\e.inp c:\a\1\2\2.inp c:\a\x\y\y.inp c:\a\t\o\o.inp c:\a\n\a\a.inp As you ...
Summary: Can anyone help me with this problem i am having. I am trying to get this stupid Batch file to work on an NT machine. How do I make an enviromental va...
Summary: To get thew first line of a text file into a variable under DOS 6.22 see FAQ #25 at www.batchfiles.co.nr but pay attention the script requires to run ...
Summary: Greetings, I'm trying to write a text batch file for NT that tracks user logins by creating a file called %username% evertime a user logs in. I then r...
Summary: Hello everyone, my interest is that if I write a batch file to copy files from one location to another location. The as the batch file is running we...
Summary: Hi.... I need some help with a batch to extract only part of a text string in a file..eg: Myfile.txt has lines consisting of "this is a text line" I n...
Summary: Hi, I am having trouble creating a batch file to break down a text file into several smaller text files. I have a text file that consists: %MPFxxx abc...
Summary: i have a text file with about 2000 lines. how can i sort the lines (based on first alphabet in each line) and then extract block of text starting from...
Summary: There are a number of ways. I find it best (when in dos), type EDIT and press enter. This will allow the creation of a text file which can be used as...
Summary: 1. Is WinME Dos7? Yes. WinME is actually Win98 a little bit modifyed (they've added some extra bugs hehe) 2. Does the max line length differ from Dos6...
Summary: I have a batch file which copies the info in ipconfig to a text file then ftp's this text file to some webspace so i can use for SSI. anyway, the poin...
Summary: I don't know details about this particular virus but formatting will not get rid of a boot sector virus. You need to scan all your floppies and the ha...
Summary: There is a trick to using pipes and redirection for getting the contents of a text file into an environment variable, at least in XP. When I get to wo...
Summary: I'm talking about programming it in DOS... All I want is to be able to catch the contents of a text file and store it on a variable. For example... ...
Summary: TYPE - Displays the contents of a text file or files. TYPE [drive:][path]filename Try type c:\config.sys Do you not know if the file is on your hard d...
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