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Normally echo. is used when a single string&data line should print on display. But, some times a huge number of lines, like when echo. is called from inside a loop, clog display because of data warp on screen.
How to print on screen without echo. or avoiding the CR/LF at each line?
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I have one equipment sending status on rs-232, sent data is arranged for vt-100 terminal display. I need to peek fields data and process further, either using third-party or build-in batch. I need only rx (actually i neither know if communication is bidirectional). I use plink.exe to open the rx com...

Me too, , i am not in my mother language, beg pardon Actually: what if you have a repeating process that takes 20min to complete each run and you want to stop before it starts again with another instance? My guess:(1) use the set /p or combination of goto and set /p to quit the loop at next iteratio...

To amel27: so there is no special meaning for '$', or it has?

hi to all, I would need to have a main slow repeating process inside a loop to make it running or stop it. The batch idea to use a set /p on top or bottom of the loop, waiting for a key to stop, is good but as process itself could last hours i do not know if keyboard cue is read during the steady u....

Thanks amel27, effectively i was watching code wandering how i miss something, i will try soon as it looks promising as it has a call to process instead of embedding it. As asked on the other topic on white spaces, here again i feel i have to learn how escapes works in dos/cmd batch. I.e, what's the...

Thanks to orange_batch for picking typo, of course it did not work the way i wrote; my testing was made on (literaly): for /f "delims=" %%j in ('dir /b /o:d ^| findstr /I "%ftype%"') do (set /a Litems+=1 & echo %%j>>!flist!) with just "delims=" missing. Now is fine,...

Hi, in the following example for /f %%h in ('dir /b /o:d | findstr /i ".txt .doc .dat" ') do ("example=%%h" & echo !example!>>tmp) fails if filename has an inner white space, i.e, "Copy of blabla.txt" is redirected as "Copy". Otherwise, if the command part...

Hi, i need to break down a long file in chunks of fixed items. I.e, if file test.txt have 906 lines, i need to have 23 blocks, 22 of 40 lines and 1 of 26 lines. Using: set /a count=0 del tmp for %%g in (test.txt) do ( echo %%g>>tmp set /a count+=1 if !count! equ 40 ( set /a block+=1 <job process wit...

Probably already solved, how to set a default answer in menu? User should just hit enter to carry on (if he agree) or type what he wants, overriding the offered answer, and press enter.
Of course, no choice support...

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Thank's dbenham
the question was put raw but you got the point.

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Hi, i know white spaces are used as string delimiters, but how to avoid the last byte in environment variable equal to space? Ex.: ECHO ON & SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion & SETLOCAL EnableExtensions FOR /F "delims= " %%G in ('DIR /S /B ^| FINDSTR ".ex1 .ex2 .ex3 .ex4"')...

Hi, i am trying to scan daughter folders chasing for unique name.ext files and make some conversion on them (before doing more). Actually i am trying to embed some GOTO inside a FOR IN DO loop, using delayed expansion, but i get weird result: ECHO ON SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion & SETLOCAL En...