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greenfinch

Quotes won't help (or hinder) here - you need setlocal enabledelayedexpansion:

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set q=this^&that
echo %q%
set q=!q:^&=or!
echo %q%

greenfinch

Quotes around long filenames need to enclose the whole thing:

"C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows x86)\Crash_Mode*.*"

greenfinch

I'm sure it's possible but my immediate thought was to use something like RenameMaster:
http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108

It's free and very handy

greenfinch

Could you post a bit of the text file? It will be useful to see how the columns are separated.

Please post a bit within [ code ] tags

greenfinch

This is a bit of a kludge using a temp file but it works: setlocal ipconfig | find "IP Address"> "%temp%\ipline.txt" set /p ipline=<"%temp%\ipline.txt" for /f "tokens=1-14 delims=: " %%a in ("%ipline%") DO set ipline=%%n

greenfinch

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echo.>>filename
echo *********>>filename
echo.>>filename

Remember, > will create a file (overwriting anything you had before) and >> appends to the file.

greenfinch

Ah, your date format is a bit different to mine - this will reformat it to YYYY-MM-DD: FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1-4,* delims=/ " %%a IN ('%date%') DO (set datestring=%%d-%%b-%%c) The tokens in your date format here are Wed 09 10 and 2008 - I ignore the first and rearrange th...

greenfinch

I think the problem with a cmd script modifying itself is that the system locks the file in use. You could certainly do it with an external text file, which the batch file read in at the start, and writes out again at the end. You can use SET /a for simple counters: m This is handy to read in a text...

greenfinch

In a batch file you need %%x for tokens. If you're just typing into the comand line you need %x. So try this in the command line: FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,* delims=/-" %a IN ('%date%') DO (set datestring=%c-%b-%a) When you put it in the script, use the original with %%...

greenfinch

Not sure - could you post the whole of your current script, with that line in it?

greenfinch

It depends what your date format is (try running date /t) but start the whole thing with something like: FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,* delims=/-" %%a IN ('%date%') DO (set datestring=%%c-%%b-%%a) set logfile=c:\%computername%-Sophos-AV-Scan-%datestring%.log Then direct th...

greenfinch

Just found this freeware tool: m NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your...

greenfinch

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SETLOCAL

set filecount=1
for /f %%a in ('dir /on /b *.jpg') do (call :rename %%a)
GOTO :EOF


:rename
ren %1 %filecount%.jpg
set /a filecount+=1
GOTO:EOF

This will sort by filename (dir /on) - run dir /? for other options

greenfinch

Try %computername% - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmen ... ft_Windows

As for the date - where do you want it? How do you want it to look (e.g. did you want something like computername-Sophos-AV-Scan-YYYY-MM-DD.log ?)

greenfinch

This very site is as good as any for learning: m FOR help: m GOTO will go to wherever you point, then continue 'down the page'. Only usable within a file. CALL can be used within a file, but can also call other batch files: CALL :subroutine or CALL anotherbatch.cmd If used in to call a subroutine (C...

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