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How can you find and replace text in a file using the Windows command-line environment?
I am writing a batch file script using Windows command-line environment and want to change each occurrence of some text in a file (ex. "FOO") with another (ex. "BAR"). What is the simplest way to do ...
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7answers
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How to wait in a batch script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Sleeping in a DOS batch file
I am trying to write a batch script and trying to wait 10 seconds between 2 function calls.
sleep 10
does not wait for 10 seconds.
I am ...
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4answers
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Script to associate an extension to a program
My customer is replacing MS Office with OpenOffice in some workstations. My program export a file to Excel using the .xml extension (using open format) and opens it using the current associated ...
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7answers
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Can Windows' built-in ZIP compression be scripted?
Is the ZIP compression that is built into Windows XP/Vista/2003/2008 able to be scripted at all? What executable would I have to call from a BAT/CMD file? or is it possible to do it with VBScript?
I ...
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8answers
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batch file to delete files older than a specified date [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Batch file to delete files older than N days
How do I create a batch file to delete files older than a specified date?
This does not seem to work;
:: ...
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11answers
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batch scripting iterating over files in a directory
How could I iterate over each file in a directory using for? And how could I tell if a certain entry is a directory or if it's just a file?
41
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13answers
38k views
Windows batch: sleep [duplicate]
How do I get a Windows batch script to wait a few seconds?
sleep and wait don't seem to work (unrecognized command).
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5answers
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How expand a CMD shell variable twice (recursively)
Using the Windows XP CMD command-line I can expand a variable twice as follows:
set AAA=BBB
set BBB=CCC
for /F "usebackq tokens=*" %i in (`echo %%AAA%%`) do echo %i
will echo CCC. I.e. AAA has been ...
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8answers
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Batch File input validation - Make sure user entered an integer
I'm experimenting with a DOS batch file to perform a simple operation which requires the user to enter a non-negative integer. I'm using simple batch-file techniques to get user input:
@ECHO OFF
SET ...
2
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3answers
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How do I write a batch file to delete folders and files on a time basis?
Exact Duplicates:
How to write a batch file to delete the files which are 5 days or older from a folder?
write a batch file to delete 6 days older files from a folder
write a batch file to delete 5 ...
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5answers
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How to create batch file in Windows using “start” with a path and command with spaces
I need to create a batch file which starts multiple console applications in a Windows .cmd file. This can be done using the start command.
However, the command has a path in it. I also need to pass ...
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5answers
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How to automate a process with the sqlite3.exe command line tool?
I'm trying to bulk load a lot of data ( 5.5 million rows ) into an SQLite database file.
Loading via INSERTs seems to be far too slow, so I'm trying to use the sqlite3 command line tool and the ...
11
votes
8answers
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CMD.EXE batch script to display last 10 lines from a txt file
Any ideas how to echo or type the last 10 lines of a txt file?
I'm running a server change log script to prompt admins to state what they're doing, so we can track changes. I'm trying to get the ...
16
votes
10answers
29k views
How do I get the result of a command in a variable in windows?
I'm looking to get the result of a command as a variable in a Windows batch script (see how to get the result of a command in bash for the bash scripting equivalent). A solution that will work in a ...
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votes
6answers
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Running a CMD or BAT in silent mode
How can I run a CMD or .bat file in silent mode? I'm looking to prevent the CMD interface from being shown to the user.
