Calling for /? in the command-line gives help about this syntax (which can be used outside FOR, too, this is just the place where help can be found). In addition, substitution of FOR variable references has been enhanced. You can now use the following optional syntax: %~I – expands %I removing any surrounding quotes (“) … Read more
1. Debugging a batch file For debugging a batch file to find syntax errors in code it is recommended to run the batch file from within a command prompt window after having each echo off modified to echo ON or removed from batch file or commented out with command REM. By default Windows command interpreter … Read more
Another useful tip is to use %* to mean “all”. For example: echo off set arg1=%1 set arg2=%2 shift shift fake-command /u %arg1% /p %arg2% %* When you run: test-command admin password foo bar the above batch file will run: fake-command /u admin /p password admin password foo bar I may have the syntax slightly … Read more
1. Documentations for the Windows commands I suggest bookmarking in your browser: Microsoft’s command-line reference An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line (SS64) There can be get help for each Windows command by running in a command prompt window the command with /? as parameter, for example if /?, set /?, … The … Read more
:EOF is a predefined label as Microsoft explains in documentation for command GOTO. The help output by running in a command prompt window goto /? explains also this special label for End Of File. But this predefined label is supported only with command extensions being enabled as by default. The help output by running in … Read more
Preface Much of the information in this answer has been gathered based on experiments run on a Vista machine. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, I have not confirmed whether the information applies to other Windows versions. FINDSTR output The documentation never bothers to explain the output of FINDSTR. It alludes to the fact that matching lines … Read more
Assigning a value/string to an environment variable It is best to use following syntax with command extensions enabled to define or modify an environment variable: set “var=text” The command is set and the parameter is “variable=value”. The parameter string can be enclosed in double quotes as on all commands as long as command extensions are … Read more
Get-ChildItem -Path D:\Plans | ForEach-Object { If ([Int]$_.BaseName -le 1980) { Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination ‘D:\1900s\’ } If ([Int]$_.BaseName -ge 2000) { Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination ‘D:\2000s\’ } } This should get you started on the direction you want, but your question isn’t very clear.
It is not possible to do with batch files, but look into VBScript, it has a “SendKeys” function which is like a typer and you can click in sertain positions. Which means you could create a program that clicks in the comment box and types, then presses “Post”.
The script was supposed to put each line of test.txt into a separate variable. @Echo Off SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion Set “i=0” For /F “UseBackQ Delims=” %%a In (“test.txt”) Do ( Set/A “i+=1” Set “line[!i!]=%%a” ) For /L %%a In (1,1,%i%) Do Echo=!line[%%a]!