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Home > Forums > Desktop Software > PC Operating Systems > Microsoft: Windows 2000 Professional Forum

dos batch programing

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olblue (TechnicalUser)

6 Jun 11 11:14

If you can help...My mind id blank on this....

I issue a simple string search for an error and once found I need to step back 3 lines to find out what the error was.

how would I step back the 3 lined and display the string

my find string:

findstr /i /c:"error" c:\acstest.x >

My thanks for any help

xwb (Programmer)

7 Aug 11 16:13

Not so easy to do with dos batch scripting. Might be easier with javascript or vbscript.

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