DosTips.com

Thank a lot! It worked fine.
I tried the for comand too before asking but I was misswriting the syntax, basically because of the use of apex ^.
Thanks again

Hi programmers, I'm facing the following task: I have the file "c:\folder\a.txt" with the following content: a b a b c So I use the following batch: find "a" < c:\folder\a.txt >> c:\folder\b.txt and I obtain the c:\folder\b.txt with the following content: a a Now, what if I want to add a string afte...

...Thanks

Hi programmers, I encountered an issue with taskkill command: I first wrote the following code: start notepad.exe timeout 5 taskkill /IM notepad.exe pause it worked properly, so I tried: start chrome.exe timeout 5 taskkill /IM chrome.exe pause then the error message: "ERROR: it's impossible to termi...

This suits perfectly! Thanks a lot

Thanks evefrybody for the tips :) . Still I encountered anoter problem! I wrote the following working code: :labely start notepad.exe SET /A watch=%RANDOM% %% 2400 timeout %watch% goto labely Then I need to insert it in a bigger program, here the full example code: @ECHO OFF title BulBot color 70 :m...

Of course! Thanks a lot! :lol: ...........................................________ ....................................,.-'"...................``~., .............................,.-"..................................."-., .........................,/...............................................":, ...

Goodevening programmers, here I have a trouble with a .bat file I'm working on: I want do make an action (for example: start notepad.exe) over and over with a "random" timeout with the following code: :label start notepad.exe timeout %RANDOM% goto label Now I need to "set" the random number, for exa...

Hi, thanks a lot for the precious answer. I searched infos about FOR and SET comands, still I'm not sure how it can be helpfull for edit a .txt :cry: some practical example would be very usefull to me, but I haven't found one, just more ore less theorical explanatioms I'm not "ready" to understand p...

Hi programmers, here's my today goal: I would really be amused to learn how to edit a .txt file just using batch comands without using a text editor. Easy things just like the following steps: 1) open file.txt 2) replace all the letters "a" with the letter "b" 3) save file.txt 4) close file.txt Than...

It worked! thanks a lot

Hi programmers, I encountered the following problem: I wanted to create a batch file able to create another batch file, here's the code: echo @ECHO OFF >> BulBot.bat echo title BulBot >> BulBot.bat echo color 70 >> BulBot.bat echo :masterlabel >> BulBot.bat echo set /P input= >> BulBot.bat echo IF %...

Got it, thanks everyone!
anyway, even if I really, really, really wanted to do it, I wouldn't know how

Hi, thanks for the answer. So now I wonder... what level of "freedom" can I have to interact with non-bat files? For example, I know that DOS can create and edit txt files, or even edit a previously existing file. I made experiments using the following code: set /P input= echo %input% >> output.txt ...

Hi everyone, I'm a self-taught (nice way to mean "noob") programmer and that's my first approach to DOS comands and .bat files. I've already written a couple of .bat that can do basic things with inputs, so now I wonder: is it possible to make a .bat program opens an .exe and interact with it? For e...