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@Aacini: Thank you for your code although it does not work but the idea is good. I adjusted the code a little: @echo off setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set "files=aaaa.dat;bbbb.dat" set "older=" for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.dat /B /O:-D') do ( echo current a=%%a if "!files:%%a=!" neq "%files%" s...

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Assume I have 2 files aaaa.dat and bbbb.dat

How can I find out from DOS batch file which of the two files has an older last modified timestamp?

In a DOS batch script I wrote a command to start a powershell command: Powershell.exe -noprofile -noexit -command "& {D:\tmp\testargs.ps1 %args%}" As long as the filename does not contain any blanks the command above works. As soon as it contains blanks I have a problem. The following does not work:...

How can I easily (!) copy timestamps (created, last modified) from file 1 to another file 2?

Again: I don't want to copy file 1 itself but only the timestamps

As you know Windows 10 has special user folders for each user e.g. MyDocuments Downloads MyPictures MyMusic ..... They point all to sub folders of the current user profile e.g C:\Users\<username>\.... But these are only symbolic links to the real folders. How can I change the target folder for e.g. ...

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At the bottom of this posting you can see a complex command to let Windows 10 show a couple of version+build info about the current WinOS. It works when directly entered at the command prompt. But when I put it into a batch script a couple of errors occur. What do I have to change to be able to run ...

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Ok, I could move one or multiple files or folders on the command line in a batch script by a command like move /y \"%1\" \"D:\mydata\\" Unfortunately all files/folders are moved regardless if the target files/folders exist or not. How can I extend the command above so that a prompt appears if the fi...

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Yes, 1000%.
I copied again the whole path from File Explorer into batch script
...same error.

And I verified it in another way:

if I eliminate the blank in path in File Explorer folder name and in script variable assignment
.... it works

Sorry, same problem with your suggestion

Assume I want to execute a command like the following from within a DOS batch script: for /F "Tokens= Usebackq" %%G in (' "D:\some\path\with blanks inside\myprog.exe" -p "......" %1') do set "....." then I get an error like: 'D:\some\path\with' is not recognized as an internal or external command,op...

You should test, whether or not the error text really is misleading. Since the buffer is set first, it might be smaller than the actual window size at that point: powershell.exe -noprofile -command "&{Write-Host "initial WindowSize $(get-host).UI.RawUI.WindowSize"; $w=(get-host).ui.rawui;$w.buffers...