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Hello! I have files in a folder: Listing-01-01.txt Listing-01-02.txt Listing-02-01.txt Listing-02-02.txt Listing-02-03.txt Listing-03-01.txt 50 more similar files. I need to rename them to be: L01-01.txt L01-02.txt L02-01.txt L02-02.txt L02-03.txt L03-01.txt and do the same for all the other 50 file...

Thanks, everyone! The Powershell solution is what I need. Assembly program looks interesting, I'll read about it. (FWIW: If you continue to fire and forget your threads, whithout giving feedback to the volunteers if you even read their responses, I'm going to stop answering your questions. Just sayi...

Hello! I've read that batch %RANDOM% is not very random. I thought it would be nice to have a .exe written in C programming language, which will return random number upon execution. I've downloaded and installed Code::Blocks and tried different examples from the web, but all of them aren't producing...

Hello! for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b') do @echo %%a for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%a in (`dir /b`) do @echo %%a If I understand correctly, these 2 code samples output the exact same result. I've been examining different scripts and found that almost always usebackq is used with operations where fo...

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08 Jul 2021 16:21

There are a couple more. However, these should already protect you from most pitfalls.

Can you please provide the information about those too?
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Also, what's the difference between goto LABEL and goto :LABEL?
Is is better to use : symbol with the name of the label?

Hello! I'm reading the book "The personal trainer: Windows command line". It says that I need to use @ symbol to begin nested IF statement. Use @ symbol to designate the start of the nested if statement. if "%1"=="1" ( @if "%2"=="2" (hostname & ver) else (ver) ) else ( hostname & ver & netstat -a ) ...

"no<<<<<" Launches notepad.exe, but in the top left corner of notepad window the icon does not look like notepad's. Also in the taskbar, the notepad window does not have the notepad icon. "notepad.exe" Launches notepad.exe with the normal notepad icon. Maybe there are other side effects of "no<<<<<"?

Hello! If I am getting strings with 100 random symbols in them, how can I find duplicates in them? From string "ABCDDEFGH##12345..." the script should return "DD" and "##", from string "1223..." the script should return "22", and so on. All strings are 100 characters in length: "R#6-O0W9OXRi&FQSf1&Z...

This is interesting. I've read that in Linux they have tools like base64 and gpg to make encrypted files. Is there a way to make encrypted file or directory in Windows, using cmd.exe or powershell, without third party apps? Something like a text file with your passwords, but you have to type the mas...

... Virustotal scans of version 8.0: x86: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/cac2e97bac2489a72a61522a3a8c12dfb80ec637c7a6f864514ccf96d1c78c7a x64: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8a5d492282458ec11a3246599740f15d96622399183af9cbcecc18f7ee9a5385 Steffen Are those false positives, or the program ...

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In interactive cmd.exe prompt: The result is: I expected it to be: What's wrong here?
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Hello! On my home computer I have a file effacer.ps1 on my desktop with contents Set-Clipboard $null which clears Windows clipboard on double click. At my work the computer refuses to run Powershell scripts, I can't change the execution policy. Is there a way to achieve the same thing with cmd.exe: ...

Hello! How can I make cmd.exe to run this code at startup to set the color prompt automatically every time I launch cmd.exe?
Windows 10
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