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How to input automatically in BATch file on DOS?
I want to run a command that prompt for an argument, can I do a BATch file that run this command and then wait for a sec and "write" or "type" automatically (like a live person) the argument? Thanks.
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taskkill - end tasks with window titles ending with a specific string
I need to write a batch program to end all MS office communicator tasks with window titles (usually ending with pattern "- Conversation" .
I tried
taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq *Conversation" /IM ...
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batch file put if inside for loop error
I have a working for loop to print all zip file's name under one working directory:
@echo off
setlocal
for %%i in (*.zip) do (
echo %%i
)
I have another working if block to check and print ...
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How to list all files on all hard drives with output in MS-DOS batch?
How can I list all files (including system and hidden) on all hard drives (not removable drives)?
I think in something like a:
dir -a -h *.* /s > file.txt
but this is for the specific drive ...
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Substring a variable with two percent in a .bat file
I faced a problem trying to implement a .bat file and I didn't find an answer.
I try to display all folder names without the system path.
I've tried something like that but it doesn't work.
@echo ...
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Log date and time accurately with batch file
I have a batch file that backups my files and works nicely, however I wanted to be able to log the exact time each task starts, but it is not working as I expected.
@echo off
> C:\log\%date:~3,2%-%...
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Use Batch findstr for files with whitespaces
I'm trying to search for a string in a given file. This file can have whitespaces in its name and I'm having trouble with the Batch file.
I can easily do this by console getting the correct results:
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Variable Assignment for arguments with a for loop [closed]
Alright, so, I've searched quite a bit on how to do this but I've given up as I simply couldn't find anything.
So, I have a code (below); it's main purpose is to get 9 arguments and assign them as a ...
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Why is change directory not working when SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION is used
I have an existing windows batch script (named as test1.bat) as below :
@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set nop=4
for /l %%z in (1, 1, %nop%) do (
set x=%%z
echo !x!
)
chdir /d D:\app\
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Running file from batch file
I am working in Windows 10.
This is my code saved in .bat file:
%windir%\System32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\...
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Run SOX batch on files in a relative folder
I have a windows batch script that runs a SOX command on various files, but I don't know how to get the batch to run on files in a relative path to that of the SOX executable. Currently all the files ...
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DOS batch file to display netsh channel output
I'm trying to get wifi Channel output from netsh command to be 2.4GHz or 5GHz
The following provides me with Channel output:
netsh wlan show interface name=Wi-Fi | findstr "Channel"
Output ...
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How to discover the page code to show a specific character in MSDOS/Batch?
I made a batch-file snake game and inserted some special characters via HEX to ANSI conversion in Notepad++.
It worked normally. But I noticed that there was an update to the Consolas font and two of ...
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How do I download the RSS Feed XML file in dos command batch mode?
I have a specific requirement that I need to download the RSS feed file (it is in XML format) from the given link using dos command.
I have tried the following command and it keeps giving me syntax ...
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How to read files name last character and and rename them by running a batch file
I have 3 files in a folder which are:
XXX_a.txt
XXX_b.txt
XXX_c.txt
The filename can be varied, only the last character of the 3 files
a, b and c are not changed
I need to rename the files as below:
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