Step 1: Open up cmd.exe (note: you may need to run it as an administrator, but this isn’t always necessary), then run the below command: netstat -ano | findstr :<PORT> (Replace <PORT> with the port number you want, but keep the colon) The area circled in red shows the PID (process identifier). Locate the PID … Read more
This is an excellent question! Let’s concentrate on plain for command for a moment. There is a known bug related to this command when it is used to rename files. For example: set i=0 for %%a in (*.txt) do ( set /A i+=1 ren “%%a” !i!.txt ) In this case is frequently that certain files … Read more
In this answer the ERRORLEVEL values returned by all internal cmd.exe commands are described; they are grouped by the way the value is changed and presented as quick reference tables. I reviewed other similar tables in order to assemble this one, but filled the missing values via tests performed in a Windows 8.1 computer. I … Read more
Using set and the /p parameter you can echo without newline: C:\> echo Hello World Hello World C:\> echo|set /p=”Hello World” Hello World C:\> Source
The reason operators like > are not used is because they have special meanings in shell scripts. The > is used to redirect output; < used to redirect input, etc. The documentation from Microsoft lists the following operators: Operator | Description EQU | equal to NEQ | not equal to LSS | less than LEQ … Read more
A pseudo environment variable named errorlevel stores the exit code: echo Exit Code is %errorlevel% Also, the if command has a special syntax: if errorlevel See if /? for details. Example @echo off my_nify_exe.exe if errorlevel 1 ( echo Failure Reason Given is %errorlevel% exit /b %errorlevel% ) Warning: If you set an environment variable … Read more
Another solution: for /f “tokens=2 delims==” %%I in (‘wmic os get localdatetime /format:list’) do set datetime=%%I It will give you (independent of locale settings!): 20130802203023.304000+120 ( YYYYMMDDhhmmss.<milliseconds><always 000>+/-<minutes difference to UTC> ) From here, it is easy: set datetime=%datetime:~0,8%-%datetime:~8,6% 20130802-203023 For Logan’s request for the same outputformat for the “date-time modified” of a file: for … Read more
You can do multicolor outputs without any external programs. @echo off SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion for /F “tokens=1,2 delims=#” %%a in (‘”prompt #$H#$E# & echo on & for %%b in (1) do rem”‘) do ( set “DEL=%%a” ) echo say the name of the colors, don’t read call :ColorText 0a “blue” call :ColorText 0C “green” call :ColorText … Read more
Like this on all Microsoft OSes since 2000, and still good today: dir & echo foo If you want the second command to execute only if the first exited successfully: dir && echo foo The single ampersand (&) syntax to execute multiple commands on one line goes back to Windows XP, Windows 2000, and some … Read more
Enjoy: forfiles -p “C:\what\ever” -s -m *.* -d <number of days> -c “cmd /c del @path” See forfiles documentation for more details. For more goodies, refer to An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line. If you don’t have forfiles installed on your machine, copy it from any Windows Server 2003 to your Windows XP machine at %WinDir%\system32\. … Read more