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AndrewBillits
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are two I have used before.
There are hundreds of sites that teach you how to create batch files. Just do a google search
batch files are text files containing a series of instructions just like you would type from the keyboard one line at a time.
You create them with any of the editors or word processors with the understanding that they must be saved as text.
Figure out some job you do with several steps, then create a job.bat file containing the instructions, then run it.
Nothing like doing it for yourself.
Send an e-mail and I'll send you some samples. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
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You create them with any of the editors or word processors with the understanding that they must be saved as text.
Figure out some job you do with several steps, then create a job.bat file containing the instructions, then run it.
Nothing like doing it for yourself.
Send an e-mail and I'll send you some samples. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
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JasonPurdueEE
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also look into .cmd files if you are in a win nt/2000 environment. theres a few more options to play with. have fun.
note that xp dumped the CHOICE command, but just copy it from a 9x PC and it'll work. My favorite commands are:
@echo off (always start your bat file with this)
choice
(to search for a string of text within a folder...)
for %f in (*.*) do find /i "text" %f >> result.txt
xp has some simple color control
9x requires you load ansi.sys in your config.sys file e.g.
device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
reboot - then you can use escape codes to control color e.g.
edit an exe file - copy/paste the left arrrow symbol to your batch file then look at your dos manual to format an escape sequence to control color. e.g. <-[1;32;44m
@echo off (always start your bat file with this)
choice
(to search for a string of text within a folder...)
for %f in (*.*) do find /i "text" %f >> result.txt
xp has some simple color control
9x requires you load ansi.sys in your config.sys file e.g.
device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
reboot - then you can use escape codes to control color e.g.
edit an exe file - copy/paste the left arrrow symbol to your batch file then look at your dos manual to format an escape sequence to control color. e.g. <-[1;32;44m
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