I want to explain better what should be used with an example as the answers posted up to now work only with current working directory being the directory containing the batch file file.bat. There is a directory structure as follows: C:\ Temp Folder 1 Folder 2 Example.bat Parent.bat The current working directory is C:\Temp on executing … Read more
If you want to change the console font size programmatically, see this page and this page. You basically have to copypaste that module source from the technet page into a new file called SetConsoleFont.psm1 on your local machine. Put it into a folder of the same name without ext (so it becomes SetConsoleFont\SetConsoleFont.psm1). From the … Read more
Answer This will do what you want. Let me know if you have any questions. All you have to do is follow the two steps listed in the script. Script :: Hide Command and Set Scope @echo off setlocal EnableExtensions :: Customize Window title My Menu :: Menu Options :: Specify as many as you … Read more
@echo off Set filename=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Dostips.cmd For %%A in (“%filename%”) do ( Set Folder=%%~dpA Set Name=%%~nxA ) echo.Folder is: %Folder% echo.Name is: %Name% But I can’t take credit for this; Google found this at http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=409
Use chcp to manage your code page. Like Mofi said, specifying the following would help your case: chcp 1252 Use this line of code before you print echo æøå.
You can execute commands in parallel with start like this: start “” ping myserver start “” nslookup myserver start “” morecommands They will each start in their own command prompt and allow you to run multiple commands at the same time from one batch file.
I generally find the conditional command concatenation operators much more convenient than ERRORLEVEL. yourCommand && ( echo yourCommand was successful ) || ( echo yourCommand failed ) There is one complication you should be aware of. The error branch will fire if the last command in the success branch raises an error. yourCommand && ( … Read more
MC ND is 100% correct on all counts within his answer, and also his follow-on comment. Each instance of CMD.EXE initializes the random number generator upon startup using a seed that is derived from the current time with 1 second resolution. All CMD.EXE processes that launch within the same second will get identical random number … Read more
If all you want is to request the URL and if it needs to be done from batch file, without anything outside of the OS, this can help you: @if (@[email protected]) @then @echo off rem **** batch zone ********************************************************* setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion rem The batch file will delegate all the work to the script engine … Read more
A seemingly undocumented trick is to put a * at the end of the destination – then xcopy will copy as a file, like so xcopy c:\source\file.txt c:\destination\newfile.txt* The echo f | xcopy … trick does not work on localized versions of Windows, where the prompt is different.