Command Window

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window
it is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

On 6/24/2019 3:14 PM, Freepy wrote:

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window
it is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

Create a shortcut to the batch file. Then request the properties of the
shortcut. The properties of a shortcut to a batch file are different
from the properties of other shortcuts. In this case, you want Layout
tab, where you can specify the width and height of the command window.
For this to work, you run your batch file by selecting the shortcut and
not the batch file itself.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

Donald Trump lied his way onto the Forbes 400 richest people list.
https://tinyurl.com/yx9ebrqz

In message , Freepy
writes:

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

Try in the command window

mode con: cols=x

.. (Con: is short for console!) Back in the days of real hardware, x
could only take certain values (80 and 132 were usually OK, I think 40
and 20 might have worked too); these days where the command window is
just GUI-generated, I think x can be anything.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window
it is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

If your executable is fred.exe, and you are calling it with something
like

fred [some parameters]

, then try

fred [parameters] log.txt

; that may or may not work.

If you're actually there to see the error messages, try

fred [parameters] | more

, which will pause them a screenful at a time. (That's the character
which in the default font in command mode will look like a vertical line
with a break in it.) "More" will pause; hitting space will get another
screenful, hitting enter will just get another line.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Play dirty. If a fellow contestant asks the audience if they've got any
requests for what he or she should play, reply, "Yeah... Monopoly."

On 6/24/2019 6:14 PM, Freepy wrote:

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window
it is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

Nirsoft nircmd.exe" win setsize (free utilities)
--
Zaidy036

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:53:01 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Freepy
writes:

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

Try in the command window

mode con: cols=x

. (Con: is short for console!) Back in the days of real hardware, x
could only take certain values (80 and 132 were usually OK, I think 40
and 20 might have worked too); these days where the command window is
just GUI-generated, I think x can be anything.

I had no idea "mode con:" was still supported in the command window,
but sure enough.

I tried cols=150, and it also increased the number of rows.


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:14:39 -0700, Freepy wrote:
These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?


https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...t-windows-cmd-
stdout-and-stderr-to-a-single-file

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

Stan Brown wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:14:39 -0700, Freepy wrote:
These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?


https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...t-windows-cmd-
stdout-and-stderr-to-a-single-file


If you need a "tee", you can get one as part of Coreutils.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm

( http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html )

Then the command might be

dir something 2&1 | tee dir_out.txt

That puts a copy of the output into a file for you,
as well as displaying it in the Command Prompt window.

To make that work, you need

tee.exe from Coreutils bin ZIP file
libiconv2.dll from Coreutils dep ZIP file
libintl3.dll from Coreutils dep ZIP file

and they have to be in your path, like, dumped
into the current working directory. If you use
the packages as delivered, they might add an
element to the path for you.

Anyway, it's something to play with. If you just
redirect directly, then you don't get dumpage into
the Command Prompt window.

dir something dir_out.txt 2&1

I typically go to the trouble of setting up "tee"
when some sort of command line build is happening,
and I don't want to lose any output.

make world | tee X11build.txt

Paul

In message , Stan Brown
writes:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:53:01 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
Try in the command window

mode con: cols=x
[]
I had no idea "mode con:" was still supported in the command window,
but sure enough.

mode /?

will bring up some nice nostalgic feelings (-:

I tried cols=150, and it also increased the number of rows.

Yes, me too (well, I tried 200). I was surprised. The full is
MODE CON: COLS=c LINES=n

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If you want to make people angry, lie to them. If you want to make them
absolutely livid, then tell 'em the truth.

"Freepy" wrote in message
...

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window it
is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

If the command window stays open until you manually close it, right-click on
the title bar and select Properties. You can change the window width there.
Whatever you change it to will remain as the default width for any command
window after that, though.

Or, go the the .bat propertieslayout and check "Wrap text output on
resize", if wrapping would help you out.

HTH!
--

SC Tom

On 6/26/2019 4:45 AM, SC Tom wrote [in part]:


Or, go the the .bat propertieslayout and check "Wrap text output on
resize", if wrapping would help you out.

HTH!

Windows 7

Layout would be in the Properties of a shortcut to the .bat file, not in
the Properties of the .bat file itself. However, even with the
shortcut, I do not see anything about wrapping.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

Donald Trump lied his way onto the Forbes 400 richest people list.
https://tinyurl.com/yx9ebrqz

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:45:37 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Freepy" wrote in message
...

Using a batch file to open a command window.

BUT I cannotget the command widow to expand horizontally.

How do I do this.

So much stuff is generated for the .EXE I call using the command window it
is very difficult to read.

These are error messages the .EXE is generating.
Is there a way to redirect them ?

If the command window stays open until you manually close it, right-click on
the title bar and select Properties. You can change the window width there.
Whatever you change it to will remain as the default width for any command
window after that, though.

There are two options in that context menu, Properties and Defaults.

If you select Properties, you're only adjusting the properties of the
current Command Prompt window. Other Command Prompt windows that you
open later won't be affected.

If you select Defaults and adjust the properties in there, the current
window plus any subsequent windows will be affected.

In both cases, if you already have other Command Prompt windows open,
they won't be affected by any of the changes described above. These
Command Prompt windows only pick up their settings during window launch.


--

Char Jackson

In alt.windows7.general "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Stan Brown
writes:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:53:01 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
Try in the command window

mode con: cols=x
[]
I had no idea "mode con:" was still supported in the command window,
but sure enough.

mode /?

will bring up some nice nostalgic feelings (-:

Indeed. And more to the point, how else could we configure the right
Code Page in a Command Prompt window!? :-)

rem Code Page 28591 is the ISO-8859-1 charset:
mode con: cp select=28591