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I know how to set the title of a command window using "Title"

But is there a way for the batch script to know what the title of the window it is currently operating in is?

I am trying to rename files in a batch. But I want to use special characters in the file name like these ==> ♥♦♣♠ (ascii code 3,4,5 and 6) Is there a way to insert these into a file name using batch commands? Perhaps using a function that translates ascii code to a character?

I am trying to write a batch file that will iterate through the files in a folder. As soon as it hits the 4th one (and subsequent ones) it will move that file to a sub directory "OLD." Since I order the DIR command by date it will only leave the 3 newest files untouched in the folder. here...

Hi ghost,

ok, lets say I have the variable: %XXX% which contains:

c:\program files\some folder\program.exe

I would like the to extract just the file name from that:

program.exe

I know that you can parse complete file path names easily when expanding batch file parameters. For example, you may execute the following command line: PROCESS.BAT C:WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE where process.bat contains the following line: @ECHO %~NX1 The results would be: NOTEPAD.EXE But is there a way t...