DOS is a family of operating systems for IBM PC compatibles of the 1980s and 1990s, including MS-DOS which was then displaced by Windows. For Windows batch files and command line, use the tags [windows], [batch-file] or [cmd]. For DoS as in denial of service, use [denial-of-service].
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how to assign the output value of a command to a variable DOS
DOS QUESTION...I want the output value of this command
wmic logicaldisk where "DeviceID='C:'" get FreeSpace
to be assigned to a variable which I can use in a IF condition.
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Windows batch comparing strings with case sensitivity
I am trying to compare a string that needs to be a case-sensitive compare in a DOS batch script. I cannot figure out how to turn ON the case sensitivity in a IF statement. Here is what I am doing ...
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Redirecting standard output and standard error to somewhere on an Excel workbook
I have a process written in VBScript that writes to the standard output and standard error streams.
It has a fairly elaborate command line interface and I provide (following persuasion by colleagues) ...
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How do I put files in respective folders as per date (part of filename) in DOS/Batch?
I'm trying to sort some thousand files on a Windows server into multiple folders. File names are Extract_YYYYMMDDHHMISS.dat where YYYY is the year, MM is the month and DD is the date. I want to move ...
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Running a Dos Command from PHP
I am trying to use a command from PHP to print a file using cygwyn. Below is my code. I am able to use this from command line however, when I run this from the PHP, it does not work.
exec ...
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truncating leading characters of the value stored in the %%a variable
In DOS, I am trying to take the output from a command and assign it to a variable, then take the output and truncate the first two lines of the string. Here is a snippet of what I am trying to do:
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Sort directory in DOS and grab first n files
I need to sort a directory alphabetically and then grab the first n files in the folder. This is all in DOS.
I was using this as a start:
for %a in (*.tif) do (
bla bla
)
NOTE: all files in ...
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Safe way to concatenate DOS variables to avoid unseen tab characters causing a double execution of a DEL command?
I have a batch file:
C:\zzzztemp\zzzBUG_TEST.cmd
set backup_folder=.\BUG_TEST
echo %backup_folder%\*.*
del %backup_folder%\*.*
pause
...whose output is:
C:\zzzztemp>set backup_folder=.\BUG_TEST
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DOS Batch file - Copy file based on filename into folder
I would like to use a batch file to put them into default folder, but the account name is in the middle of the folder. Have any script I can use in dos command prompt?
888123AA.pdf
888123BB.pdf
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Batch file, loop on folder seems to freeze
I need to delete with a batch a list of directories (and subdir) which name starts with a number.
My tree is something like that:
|- root
|--event=aaa
|--photo
|--123
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need to run 72 x 24 programs in an AUTOMATIC sequence of events, with each event executing 6 programs in parallel
I have to run different programs (72 in number) for each of testinputs (24 in number).
I want if i can run 6 programs at one time in parallel for 1 testinput.
Further, its needed that automatically ...
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Find files NOT matching *_abc.*
In dos, when I wanted to get a list of files matching a specific filter, I could use something along the lines of:
*.* - Means return everything
*.txt - Means return all files with a .txt extension
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Get Server name of batch file from within batch file
MachineX is calling a batch file through UNC path to either MachineA or MachineB, depending on server failover status:
If everything is good, the batch is called via path \\MachineA\files\Batch1.bat.
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nested for loop in DOS
I need to write a simple program with DOS, I've never used it before but I have experience with UNIX and other programming languages.
The program takes 208 pictures in a folder and then arranges ...
