"Frequently Asked Questions about CMD.EXE Command Line Scripts"

David Candy wrote in message :

`Huh?

Hu Hu Hu HU

--
Marco

What?

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`Huh?
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Hu Hu Hu HU
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Marco
`Huh?

Flush

--=20
Marco

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

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"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam.
=20
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
=20
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are people =
supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's and =
Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to drive =
traffic to you site.

Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).

Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone refer =
anyone else to your site.=20

I've certainly not ever been.

Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private product =
support NNTP server off your list.

Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private servers) =
means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all know =
finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html

--=20
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,

Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question please =
be
aware of the information and solutions material already available, =
such
as

94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html

The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given below.
For more command line script or near information sources please see

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of

1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip

--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a FOR =
loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo -n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing %myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text file?
--------------------------------------------------------------------

All the best, Timo

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Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20



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And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco

David Candy wrote :

We all know finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous ally.

Are you Jew?

Racially I'm partially jewish, though my family mostly angelised in =
early 1700s. I'm High Anglician, British race (after 300 years I think I =
am), Australian nationality. Though people with names like levy kept =
marryng in to at least 1850. Refugee to london where family changed =
name to street in jewish quarter. My family also used to own the suburbs =
that is now sydney's jewish quarter. A lot of the streets were I live =
are named after my family.

But I love the wermacht and wish I was prussian. I know I could take =
moscow. My dream now is Australia will spill out through indonesia, then =
malaysia, thailand, burma, taiwan, japan, then into russia and moscow =
here we come.

Napolean couldn't, the turks couldn't in WW1 (they all froze), hitler =
couldn't. But it's Australia manifest destiny to rule moscow.=20
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"jim" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote :
=20
We all know finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough =
a tratorous ally.
=20
Are you Jew?
=20

The spammer is a person who puts a lot of effort into helping people. I =
only object to the spamming, which is not major, only benefits his ego =
not his wallet. Others here do the same and I ignore it for reasons of =
not making waves (as the person is an ok person and I don't want to make =
this particular person an enemy).

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"anonymous" wrote in message =
...
David, report this smuck to his ISP for abuse with spam and be done =
with it!
=20
----- David Candy wrote: -----
=20
What?
=20
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And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
`Huh?
Hu Hu Hu HU
--=20
Marco
`Huh?
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
Over the years I've watched your spam.
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are =
people supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's =
and Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to =
drive traffic to you site.
=20
Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone =
refer anyone else to your site.=20
=20
I've certainly not ever been.
=20
Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private =
product support NNTP server off your list.
=20
Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private =
servers) means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all =
know finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
=20
--=20
All the Best,
Kelly
=20
Microsoft-MVP Windows=C2=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award
=20
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
=20
Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
=20
=20
"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,
Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question =
please be
aware of the information and solutions material already =
available, such
as
94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi
In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo =
archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html
The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given =
below.
For more command line script or near information sources please =
see
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript
This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of
1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip
=
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from =
closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime =
stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a =
FOR loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a =
folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no =
choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo =
-n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing =
%myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a =
script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a =
script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and =
tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a =
text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into =
LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so =
on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a =
script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 =
days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, =
hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a =
decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my =
file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command =
window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a =
script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for =
wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about =
it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly =
quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing =
it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a =
file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to =
another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted =
string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files =
in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are =
identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an =
argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines =
inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text =
file?
=
--------------------------------------------------------------------
All the best, Timo
--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives =
193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of =
Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, =
Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at =
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20
=20
=20
=20
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the =
record.
Flush
--=20
Marco

David Candy wrote in message :

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

Flush

--
Marco

`Huh?

Flush

--=20
Marco

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam.
=20
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
=20
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are people =
supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's and =
Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to drive =
traffic to you site.

Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).

Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone refer =
anyone else to your site.=20

I've certainly not ever been.

Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private product =
support NNTP server off your list.

Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private servers) =
means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all know =
finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html

--=20
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,

Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question please =
be
aware of the information and solutions material already available, =
such
as

94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html

The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given below.
For more command line script or near information sources please see

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of

1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip

--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a FOR =
loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo -n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing %myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text file?
--------------------------------------------------------------------

All the best, Timo

--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20



--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco

David Candy wrote in message :

`Huh?

Hu Hu Hu HU

--
Marco

What?

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
`Huh?
=20
Hu Hu Hu HU
=20
--=20
Marco
`Huh?

Flush

--=20
Marco

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam.
=20
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
=20
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are people =
supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's and =
Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to drive =
traffic to you site.

Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).

Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone refer =
anyone else to your site.=20

I've certainly not ever been.

Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private product =
support NNTP server off your list.

Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private servers) =
means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all know =
finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html

--=20
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,

Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question please =
be
aware of the information and solutions material already available, =
such
as

94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html

The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given below.
For more command line script or near information sources please see

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of

1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip

--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a FOR =
loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo -n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing %myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text file?
--------------------------------------------------------------------

All the best, Timo

--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20



--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco

Well, well. We seem to have a real live one at our hands.

David Candy wrote:
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/crackpot.html

finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/abusive.html#godwin

All the best, Timo

--
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html

David Candy wrote in message :

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

Flush

--
Marco

The spammer is a person who puts a lot of effort into helping people. I =
only object to the spamming, which is not major, only benefits his ego =
not his wallet. Others here do the same and I ignore it for reasons of =
not making waves (as the person is an ok person and I don't want to make =
this particular person an enemy).

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"anonymous" wrote in message =
...
David, report this smuck to his ISP for abuse with spam and be done =
with it!
=20
----- David Candy wrote: -----
=20
What?
=20
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
`Huh?
Hu Hu Hu HU
--=20
Marco
`Huh?
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
Over the years I've watched your spam.
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are =
people supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's =
and Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to =
drive traffic to you site.
=20
Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone =
refer anyone else to your site.=20
=20
I've certainly not ever been.
=20
Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private =
product support NNTP server off your list.
=20
Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private =
servers) means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all =
know finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
=20
--=20
All the Best,
Kelly
=20
Microsoft-MVP Windows=C2=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award
=20
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
=20
Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
=20
=20
"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,
Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question =
please be
aware of the information and solutions material already =
available, such
as
94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi
In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo =
archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html
The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given =
below.
For more command line script or near information sources please =
see
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript
This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of
1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip
=
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from =
closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime =
stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a =
FOR loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a =
folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no =
choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo =
-n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing =
%myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a =
script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a =
script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and =
tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a =
text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into =
LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so =
on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a =
script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 =
days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, =
hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a =
decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my =
file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command =
window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a =
script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for =
wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about =
it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly =
quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing =
it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a =
file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to =
another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted =
string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files =
in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are =
identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an =
argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines =
inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text =
file?
=
--------------------------------------------------------------------
All the best, Timo
--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives =
193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of =
Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, =
Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at =
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20
=20
=20
=20
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in =
message ...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the =
record.
Flush
--=20
Marco

`Huh?

Flush

--=20
Marco

Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Over the years I've watched your spam.
=20
And you have not used the killfile.Are you a masochist?
=20
--=20
Marco
Go away!
You bother me even more with your pathetic snipping. How are people =
supposed to follow what this is about. But your post and Jerold's and =
Jim's have been ****ting me for years. AND IT IS SPAM designed to drive =
traffic to you site.

Lets take kelly. She doesn't spam. As a result I reckon she gets =
thousands of referals by other users to her site (certainly a few =
hundred times a day I read a post saying go to K's site).

Over the years I've watched your spam. I've never seen anyone refer =
anyone else to your site.=20

I've certainly not ever been.

Perhaps you should only post to usenet and leave this private product =
support NNTP server off your list.

Of course your stupid crossposting (across usenet and private servers) =
means I have to click through dialogs to even send this. We all know =
finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
ally. No ticker, no morals.
--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html

--=20
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Timo Salmi" wrote in message=20
...
Dear Readers,

Before posting a CMD.EXE command line script related question please =
be
aware of the information and solutions material already available, =
such
as

94268 Mar 31 2004 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

In case of grave difficulties in getting this file from Garbo archives
see
Sites with permission to mirror Garbo archives
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garbmirr.html

The contents of the FAQ-like script tips collection is given below.
For more command line script or near information sources please see

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

This file TSCMDIDX.TXT lists the contents of

1CMDFAQ.TXT NT/2000/XP CMD.EXE Script Tricks
in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
Alternatively available with the version number as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd19.zip

--------------------------------------------------------------------
1} How get today's date elements into environment variables?
2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from closing?
3} How can I customize the Command Prompt Window with script =
commands?
4} How can I test is it on MSDOS/Win3..9x/Me or NT/2000/XP?
5} How do I get a fully qualified path name of my script?
6} How does one get yesterday's date?
7} How can I test if two files agree in size and datetime stamp?
8} How do I find all the files made at of after YYYYMMDD HHMM?
9} How can I suppress script error messages altogether?
10} How can I change the environment variable values within a FOR =
loop?
11} How do I retain my original code page in these scripts?
12} How can I rename all my .JPG files sequentially in a folder?
13} How do I get the current day of the week?
14} Help! My old batch files won't work since there is no choice.
15} Is it possible to echo without linefeed like the Unix echo -n?
16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
17} How can I avoid the potential "ECHO is off." in echoing %myvar%
18} How does one build re-usable script function modules?
19} How can one build a delay / sleep / wait procedure for a script?
20} Is is possible to right-justify numbers or words in a script?
21} Do you have pointers to additional script material and tips?
22} How do I capture the current folder name into a variable?
23} How do I get the n:th, the first and the last line of a text file?
24} How do I get the m:th item on the n:th line of a text file?
25} How can I quote with e.g. " " an entire message?
26} How do I get the length of a string into a variable?
27} How can I remove all the blank lines from a text file?
28} How to convert a file written in IBM PC characters into LATIN1?
29} How do I drop the first two characters of a string, and so on?
30} Can one calculate the difference between two times in a script?
31} How many days ago was 31.12.2003? What date it was a 100 days ago?
32} How can I convert a decimal number to binary, octal, hexadecimal?
33} How can I convert a binary, octal, hexadecimal into a decimal?
34} How can I remove the quote characters from a line?
35} How can I substitute the second field on each line of my file?
36} I start a program from my script and it hogs my command window.
37} How can I insert a line in the middle of a file with a script?
38} How can I set and test the errorlevel within a script file?
39} Is there a subroutine to convert a variable into uppercase?
40} How do I get the number of arguments given to a script?
41} How can I create a zero-byte file? How do I test for it?
42} What is the subroutine for testing a filename for wildcards?
43} Is there a way of counting the number of files in a folder?
44} How do I get the first 68 columns from a text file?
45} How can I find out how many days old a file is?
46} Is a program available in the default folder or at path?
47} Is it possible to echo the redirection symbol in a script?
48} Why do some comment lines cause errors? What can I do about it?
49} I need to reverse a text file. How do I do that fairly quickly?
50} How do I get the position of a substring in a string?
51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
52} How can I enter a password into a variable without echoing it?
53} How can I test if a disk device is ready or not?
54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
55} How to get the creation, last modified and last access of a file?
56} How to find and move more recent files from one folder to another?
57} How do I get a list of all my empty folders on c:\ ?
58} How do I best combine two quoted arguments into one quoted string?
59} How do I find if a folder exists? How about visible files in it?
60} How do I delete all but most recent 20 files in a folder?
61} How can one devise a command line calculator?
62} How can I compare within a script if two files are identical?
63} How to perform a command on each line of file as an argument?
64} How to count the number of lines in a file, empty lines inclusive?
65} How do I add text in front and after each line in a text file?
--------------------------------------------------------------------

All the best, Timo

--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html=20



--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Marco Maier Said" wrote in message =
...
David Candy wrote in message =
:
=20
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
Flush
=20
--=20
Marco

I canceled your spam.

--=20
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aldon/74121.html
"Timo Salmi" wrote in message =
...
Well, well. We seem to have a real live one at our hands.
=20
David Candy wrote:
Don't snip f*ckhead. I fixed you attempts to mislead the record.
=20
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/crackpot.html
=20
finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous =
=3D
=20
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/abusive.html#godwin
=20
All the best, Timo
=20
--=20
Prof. Timo Salmi ftp & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/ ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html

David Candy wrote :

We all know finland. NAZI collabarator and when the going got tough a tratorous ally.

Are you Jew?