How to enter macro in autoexec.bat?

[zacker7]

I have several DOS macros that work as intended, but this one, as entered in autoexec.bat, doesn't:

doskey ip=ipconfig/all | more

The macro works as if it were

doskey ip=ipconfig/all

What's wrong?

Thanks,

Zacker

 

[PAndersen]

Maybe you should insert $* after add.

 

[tviman]

Are you certain the the more.com file exists?

There's always a better way...

 

[zacker7]

Yes, C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MORE.COM exists.

I should have added that

ipconfig/all | more

at the DOS prompt does just what I want. So why doesn't "more" work in the macro,

doskey ip=ipconfig/all | more

whether entered at the prompt (and then typing "ip&quot, or put into autoexec.bat?

Thanks again,

Zacker

 

[Marcs41]

why compicate things?
Make a bat file ip.bat and put in in a folder in your path (windows or so) with a shortcut on the desktop.
it will do exactly the same and more if you want to.

ip.bat

ipconfig/all | more
pause
exit

Marc
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[PAndersen]

Error in my note of May 5. More sense (?) :
doskey ip=ipconfig/all$t | more
doskey ip=ipconfig/all | $tmore
$t may be used to separate commands in a macro with multiple commands.

 

[zacker7]

The suggested ip.bat works fine, but I still would like a DOS macro.

Tried the suggested
doskey ip=ipconfig/all | $tmore
No go. Result is same as
doskey ip=ipconfig/all

Zacker

 

[Marcs41]

If I may ask, how would you use that?
I must be missing something as I don't see the benefit of your idea.

 

[zacker7]

marcs41, please clarify. What/which idea?

Zacker

 

[Marcs41]

Well what exactly you want to do with entering it in autoexec as Doskey ?
How would you use that then?

 

[zacker7]

marcs41, with
doskey ip=ipconfig/all
in autoexec.bat, I can enter just "ip" instead of "ipconfig/all" at the DOS prompt and get the output of ipconfig. The problem is the output is 2 screenfulls. If I could use "more", I could see one screen at a time of the output.

Here are some of the other macros I use:

doskey cp=CD C:\Python22doskey cptk=cd C:\Python22\Tkinterdoskey cps=cd C:\Python22\Scriptsdoskey c=cd c:doskey up cd ..
doskey up2 cd .. $T cd ..
doskey dt=deltree c:\windows\tempdoskey e=exit
doskey p=ping $1
doskey t=tracert $1
doskey py=ping yahoo.com
doskey ty=tracert yahoo.com
doskey put=ping

http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp

doskey tut=tracert

http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp

doskey pjls=ping

http://www.johnlscott.com

doskey tjls=tracert

http://www.johnlscott.com

doskey pa=ping

http://www.unisa.edu.au

doskey ta=tracert

http://www.unisa.edu.au

doskey pb=ping news.fu-berlin.de
doskey tb=tracert news.fu-berlin.de
doskey pl=ping

http://www.lon.ac.uk

doskey tl=tracert

http://www.lon.ac.uk

doskey pg=ping google.com
doskey tg=tracert google.com

Zacker

 

[zacker7]

I just got the answer to my question from a newsgroup:

[bold]doskey ip=ipconfig /all $b more[/bold]

"doskey ip=ipconfig/all $b more" also works.

Zacker

 

[Marcs41]

Nice to post the solution to your problem.