OT: MS-DOS batch file question

Use the redirection command typedump.txt, or append ping>>dump.txt. One caveat is you need the FILE.txt to contain all the characters for the command including , so copy may be somewhat of a kluge using a combination of these and a temp file as you build your command list.

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ping>>dump.txt.

command including , so copy may be somewhat of

list.

Thanks, but actually it's dead simple, use the FOR command. Who knew? Looks quite handy.

To extract a file name from a file, you could use SED. The output of SED would be piped to another batch file. You would then call the new batch file you created from your original batch file to do what you need to do.

SED is an UNIX command line utility which is also compiled as a command line app under Windows. If you are comfortable with regular expressions, then SED is a breeze to use. If you aren't, then it will be unpleasant.

-- Mark

If you can make the FILE.TXT contain SET XYZ=3DNAME.ASC it is a lot easier to do it. You can then copy it and another two files together to make a new batch file. If not, you can still use the trick but with more care

The files:

*** FILE.TXT *** SET XYZ=3DNAME.ASC

*** after.txt *** echo the XYZ got set to %XYZ%

*** main.bat *** rem the file you run rem combine them and then run them:

copy before.txt+FILE.TXT+after.txt NewBat.bat

call NewBat.bat

if you can't make it a SET then the before.txt need to end with

SET XYZ=3D

and have no carriage return depending on the DOS version, you put a /B into the copy command to force the binary mode.