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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
Is this common Linux sequence utilizing an EOF label possible in Windows?
cat "foo1.bat" EOF command 1 to go into the batch file command 2 to go into the batch file EOF cat "foo2.bat" EOF command 3 to go into the batch file command 4 to go into the batch file EOF For an instantly understandable example of "why" you might want this, consider the Windows timezone utility being used to create 137 unique batch files named to Windows time-zone standards, as defined by: tzutil.exe /l list-of-time-zone-commands.txt Such that those 137 batch files can be used to randomize the system clock (e.g., to forestall browser fingerprinting based on time-zone id bits). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tzutil Clarifying (for only 2 of those 137 batch files) the goal would be to utilize the EOF tag similar to how it would be used below: cat "Eastern Standard Time.bat" EOF REM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) tzutil.exe /s "Eastern Standard Time" EOF cat "Pacific Standard Time.bat" EOF REM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) tzutil.exe /s "Pacific Standard Time" EOF Note: For WindowsXP, the "tzutil" command is substituted by something like: runDLL32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,/Z (GMT-5:00) Eastern runDLL32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,/Z (GMT-8:00) Pacific Windows commands that could create the 137 tz randomizer files are many: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001676.htm http://www.trytoprogram.com/batch-file-commands/ https://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchcommands.php etc. *But how can we tell Windows batch files to stop output at the EOF tag?* -- Usenet is a place for adults to gather to politely discuss solutions. |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
Arlen,
Is this common Linux sequence utilizing an EOF label possible in Windows? No. .... Which you would have known if you would have tried it yourself. Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat untilthe end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
On 14.04.2020 11:50, Arlen Holder wrote:
Is this common Linux sequence utilizing an EOF label possible in Windows? cat "foo1.bat" EOF command 1 to go into the batch file command 2 to go into the batch file EOF cat "foo2.bat" EOF command 3 to go into the batch file command 4 to go into the batch file EOF I suppose that is not what you really want. Clarifying (for only 2 of those 137 batch files) the goal would be to utilize the EOF tag similar to how it would be used below: cat "Eastern Standard Time.bat" EOF REM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) tzutil.exe /s "Eastern Standard Time" EOF cat "Pacific Standard Time.bat" EOF REM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) tzutil.exe /s "Pacific Standard Time" EOF I suppose this is what you want: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set t=0 for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('tzutil /l') do ( set /a t=t+1 set b=!a! set a=%%i if !t!==2 (echo REM !b!"!a!.bat" echo tzutil.exe /s "!a!""!a!.bat" set t=0)) |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
In response to what Herbert Kleebauer wrote :
I suppose that is not what you really want. Hi Herbert Kleebauer, Thank you for being a purposefully helpful person, with Windows knowledge. Yes, you are correct in surmising that the ultimate goal is something anyone can use to make it just a bit more difficult for timezone browser fingerprinters by randomly switching the system time zone. Since the system time zone will fluctuate, I've already solved the problem of displaying a static local time clock on the Windows taskbar which is completely independent of the system time zone. o Tutorial for duplicating a Windows taskbar clock in any desired timezone https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.freeware/LmfYs2a4o0Q/PWjh38zQBwAJ Where both the spoofed and actual system time can easily be displayed: https://i.postimg.cc/9f6KJx4f/clock02.jpg I suppose this is what you want: THANK YOU! o That's perfect! https://i.postimg.cc/J0mLXN73/tz02.jpg I'm no programmer where I had been struggling in vain using the syntax of ":EOF" labels & "goto :EOF" commands to mimic the cat EOF capability. *Your dozen-line script created 137 timezone-setting files*: @echo off rem maketzfile.bat setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set t=0 for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('tzutil /l') do ( set /a t=t+1 set b=!a! set a=%%i if !t!==2 (echo REM !b!"!a!.bat" echo tzutil.exe /s "!a!""!a!.bat" set t=0)) exit 0 *This dozen-line script randomly executes just _one_ of those 137 files: @echo off rem setrandomtz.bat setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion cd .\tzfiles set n=0 for %%f in (*.*) do ( set /a n+=1 set "file[!n!]=%%f" ) set /a num=%random% %% 137-1 "!file[%num%]!" exit 0 Now all I have to do is figure out how to run that script at random times. o How do I schedule a task at a random time via batch file? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22941468/how-do-i-schedule-a-task-at-a-random-time-via-batch-file That random scheduling solution is hairy, but I can run it manually by making a shortcut whose target runs the random time zone script above: TARGET = setrandomtz.bat STARTIN = c:\path\tzfiles I can use some of the tricks in this tutorial to make GUI access easy: o Tutorial to get batch command shortcuts working perfectly on Windows https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1PzeGP4KMTU/tTbcd9zxAAAJ The only trick left is to figure out how to randomly schedule it to run: https://ss64.com/nt/schtasks.html THANK YOU very much Herbert Kleebauer, for helping a fellow Windows user! (And, by extension, helping everyone who wants a random command executor.) -- Note being able to run a command at a random time which randomly runs one of 137 timezone commands is, in a general sense, useful, where, in this case, the goal is to make browser timezone fingerprinting a bit less uniquely determinative. |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat untilthe end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
On 15.04.2020 03:34, Arlen Holder wrote:
Now all I have to do is figure out how to run that script at random times. But why do you create all these batch files? Just do all in a single one: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion :loop set /a n=137*%random%/32768*3+1 for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('tzutil /l^|more +%n%') do set a=%%i& goto :l1 :l1 echo. echo. echo setting time zone to: %a% tzutil.exe /s "%a%" :: wait 6-24h set /a n=20864+(%random%*2) set /a h=%n%/3600 set /a m=(n-(%h%*3600))/60 echo waiting %h% hours, %m% minutes timeout %n% goto :loop |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
In response to what Herbert Kleebauer wrote :
But why do you create all these batch files? Just do all in a single one: Hi Herbert Kleebauer, https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.msdos.batch/azQbz6D_v0Y/AjEBAyveEAAJ Thank you again, on behalf of everyone reading this, now, or well into the future long after we, ourselves, are long gone for this helpful solution! https://i.postimg.cc/5NLJCznK/tz03.jpg @echo off rem tzrandom.bat randomly sets the Windows system timezone rem by Herbert Kleebauer, 20200415, alt.msdos.batch setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion :loop set /a n=137*%random%/32768*3+1 for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('tzutil /l^|more +%n%') do set a=%%i& goto :l1 :l1 echo. echo. echo setting time zone to: %a% tzutil.exe /s "%a%" :: wait 6-24h set /a n=20864+(%random%*2) set /a h=%n%/3600 set /a m=(n-(%h%*3600))/60 echo waiting %h% hours, %m% minutes timeout %n% goto :loop exit 0 Your purposefully helpful suggestions to randomly change the Windows timezone worked perfectly out of the box, and, indeed, is a rather elegant solution to the stated problem set, which is now happily added to our Usenet archives as: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.msdos.batch/0EE2VwfKwYc/xuiab8zMAAAJ Where these are the permanent web-searchable public archives I know of: o http://tinyurl.com/alt-msdos-batch o http://tinyurl.com/windowsxp-general (there is a 30-character limit) o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10 And, for posterity & future leverage, at... o http://alt.msdos.batch.narkive.com o http://microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.narkive.com o http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com Yours is a general purpose solution which many can benefit from instantly, which allows them to add one more level of protection against browser by raising the randomness of each of our timezone localization fingerprinting! https://i.postimg.cc/Gh62bnq0/tz04.jpg What's interesting is you consistently correctly surmised a general purpose solution to the problem set, where, as you noted, there's no need to create separate timezone command files just to randomly change the system timezone. @echo off rem tzfiles.bat creates named files to set Windows to a given timezone rem by Herbert Kleebauer, 20200414, alt.msdos.batch setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set t=0 for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('tzutil /l') do ( set /a t=t+1 set b=!a! set a=%%i if !t!==2 (echo REM !b!"!a!.bat" echo tzutil.exe /s "!a!""!a!.bat" set t=0)) exit 0 However, to answer your specific question, there is still much value in creating the 137 timezone files (or 137 shortcuts setting these timezones). https://i.postimg.cc/J0mLXN73/tz02.jpg This essentially creates an instant easily accessible timezone GUI: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.msdos.batch/azQbz6D_v0Y/AjEBAyveEAAJ In addition, once we have the 137 timezone command files, at any given time, a single command can randomly set the timezone out of a smaller selection of timezone files via this script posted earlier: @echo off rem tzset.bat randomly sets Windows timezone based on available files setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion cd .\tzfiles set n=0 for %%f in (*.*) do ( set /a n+=1 set "file[!n!]=%%f" ) set /a num=%random% %% 137-1 "!file[%num%]!" exit 0 In summary, both methods have their value, where your purposefully helpful script can run permanently in the background to set the timezone randomly (but roughly about every few hours). And where your wonderful timezone file creation script can be used to selectively cull the available timezones into a folder for either random selection, or simply WinXP style cascade menu accordion style selection, which, I note, never left Windows 10. There are a few housekeeping chores to tidy up the interface, but the hard work was done by you such that I thank you for contributing a general purpose solution for any Windows user to randomly change their timezone to make it just a little bit harder for browser fingerprinting to work. Thank you for being a fellow purposefully helpful adult on Usenet! -- REFERENCES for improving the GUI to switch to random timezones graphically: o Can windows 10 be made to look like XP? https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/GIEGzBnB1SA/lvxBoSJaBQAJ o Why does anyone bother to install Classic Shell on Windows? https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/dTHKXIdlqcw/6e7e7dq_AQAJ o How can we further IMPROVE the efficiency of the Windows left-side desktop pane? https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/OoKl4lKrFUc/vw8ozQdkAQAJ o Please follow this cut-and-paste tutorial to get batch command shortcuts working perfectly on Windows https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1PzeGP4KMTU/tTbcd9zxAAAJ o What Windwos freeware adds powerful "phone Susan" & "vipw" commands? https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/ySVGbayhLSk/zXK3PjijAwAJ o Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/eWU-jOkFRtU/lkVU8yolBQAJ etc. |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
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In this thread, we created a few methods of randomly setting timezones: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg For completeness, we should summarize a few methods of timezone display: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg Namely... 1. Synchronize Windows 10 system time a. Windows Settings Time & Language Date & time Related settings b. Add clocks for different time zones Internet Time (tab) c. [Change settings...] d. [x]Synchronize with an Internet time server Server: time.windows.com 2. Display additional Windows 10 clocks a. Windows Settings Time & Language Date & time Related settings b. Add clocks for different time zones Additional Clocks (tab) c. [x]Show this clock (Clock 1) Select time zone [choose desired tz] d. [x]Show this clock (Clock 2) Select time zone [choose desired tz] 3. Set Windows 10 system time zone a. Windows Settings Time & Language Date & time Related settings b. Add clocks for different time zones Date and Time (tab) c. Time zone [Change time zone...] [choose desired system tz] Freeware tested: 1. clocx adds a simple but large round desktop clock of a chosen timezone. http://www.clocx.net 2. dsclock adds a configurable desktop digital clock of a chosen timezone. http://www.dualitysoft.com 3. T-clock simply replaces the taskbar clock (same system timezone choice). https://github.com/White-Tiger/T-Clock/releases If desired, we can modify the taskbar system clock display using freewa o T-clock https://github.com/White-Tiger/T-Clock which also has "line spacing" options that dsclock freeware doesn't offer. https://windows-cdn.softpedia.com/screenshots/T-Clock-Redux_11.png and which has a checkbox option to display the meridiem indicator or not: https://windows-cdn.softpedia.com/screenshots/T-Clock-Redux_10.png but, as far as I'm aware, T-Clock freeware is bound to the system clock. Related threads: o Do you know the font Windows 10 uses for the default Date & Time display? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/LmfYs2a4o0Q o Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.msdos.batch/0EE2VwfKwYc o What method do you prefer for scheduling a batch file to run silently [sans a command window displaying]? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/BDv1vWViJ80 Images for timezones: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg o https://i.postimg.cc/J0mLXN73/tz02.jpg o https://i.postimg.cc/5NLJCznK/tz03.jpg o https://i.postimg.cc/Gh62bnq0/tz04.jpg Images for clocks: o https://i.postimg.cc/Dy2mgsNq/clock01.jpg o https://i.postimg.cc/9f6KJx4f/clock02.jpg o Font = Segoe UI, semibold, 9, Western -- Usenet allows purposefully helpful adults to share technical solutions. |
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Can a Windows batch script perform the equivalent of a cat until the end of file delimiter (cat foo eof)?
In response to what Arlen Holder wrote :
In this thread, we created a few methods of randomly setting timezones: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg For completeness, we should summarize a few methods of timezone display: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg /Drat. (I accidentally copied the wrong first image). Correction below./ *In this thread, we created a few methods of randomly setting timezones*: o https://i.postimg.cc/Gh62bnq0/tz04.jpg *For completeness, we should summarize a few methods of timezone display*: o https://i.postimg.cc/pdV3pJCL/tz01.jpg As always, please improve so all benefit from every action on Usenet. -- Usenet allows purposefully helpful sharing of facts for common benefit. |
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