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I recently switched to Windows 11 and I'm trying to use Windows Terminal (wt.exe) more instead of cmd.exe. In Windows 10 and Windows 7, I used to have many batch files that would launch cmd.exe and issue commands using the /c option. Like this: cmd.exe /c mkdir "c:\Users\mike\Desktop\newfold" & star...

I have a high pitch "tada.wav" file that I'd like Windows to play in the background whenever I call it in my batch file. I want the file to play without opening any window or launching an application ... just like the default way Windows plays "you-got-mail.wav" or "chimes.wav" or other files in C:\...

Hi DOS enthusiasts, I've got an image analysis software that spits out batch files and often changes the content and the name(!) and the location of the batch file for various reasons. So, very often, if I have a "DEL" command at the end of the file, the command doesn't execute because I don't have ...

All I need is the sum total of all the folders and subfolders and files in a directory. More specifically, if I run the "dir /s" command, I get these two lines at the last. How can I get just the total number of bytes in a folder? 125 File(s) 682,763,152 bytes 7 Dir(s) 17,952,768,000 bytes free Is t...

Hello, I'd like to find and open subfolder by name. I have the simple command line dir /a:d /s /b |find "amazon" |find /v "bak" That is, find (all) folders which have the word "amazon", but not with "bak" (e.g. I want "c:\mine\amazon" but not "c:\mine\amazon\bak" ) Then, I'd like to pipe this to sta...

Hi DOS fans, I am wondering if there's a way to locate cursor to a particular (x, y) in a DOS Console window to print an echo statement. I am trying to print something that constantly changes and don't want the output to be running on the screen. Also, on a related topic, is it possible to print in ...

Hello DOS folks, I was wondering if there's a way in DOS (or Windows 7 in general) to play a media file without invoking a software. Here's what I am looking for ... at the end of a batch file or a C++ program that takes many minutes to complete, I'd like to "beep" by playing the file "C:\Windows\Me...

Hello DOS pepole, I have a 1000 text files and would like to replace three (or more) empty lines with two empty lines. How could I do this? That is, I'd like to replace three (or more) new line characters with two new line characters. I'm sure there's an easy way in DOS than writing a c++ software. ...

Hello Fellow Batch File Enthusiasts, I am seeking help to write a batch file that lists only those .txt files modified on or since a given date, say 07/15/2018. Could you please help me? @echo off for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.txt /o:d') do ( set fileLine=%%a set fileDate=!fileLine:~0,10! if !file...

Hello, I would like to list files in a directory into a new text file. Each file name is 8.3 characters, with 8 characters for the primary file name, a dot, and file extension of 3 characters. For every file, I would like the primary file name in one line and file extension in the following line. Ho...

Foxidrive: Thank you. The "tokens=*" to "delims=" displays tabs. How about empty lines (consecutive new line characters?)

Hi folks, I am working on a simple script that can read a file and display contents line-by-line. The following script (from another thread here) doesn't display the new line and tab characters in the read file. My hunch is that the solution is rather simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. Could...