For future reference, you can get help for any command by using the /? switch, which should explain what switches do what. According to the set /? screen, the format for set /p is SET /P variable=[promptString] which would indicate that the p in /p is “prompt.” It just prints in your example because <nul passes in a nul character which immediately ends the prompt so it … Read more
One hack is to (mis)use the ping command: Explanation: ping is a system utility that sends ping requests. ping is available on all versions of Windows. 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of localhost. This IP address is guaranteed to always resolve, be reachable, and immediately respond to pings. -n 6 specifies that there are to be 6 pings. There is a … Read more
You can use the exit keyword. Here is an example from one of my batch files:
Max is on he right track with the suggestion to use Windows Scripting for a way to do it without installing any additional executables on the machine. His code will work if you have the IIS SMTP service setup to forward outbound email using the “smart host” setting, or the machine also happens to be … Read more
The simple naive way that is slow because it opens and positions the file pointer to End-Of-File multiple times. A better way – easier to write, and faster because the file is opened and positioned only once. Another good and fast way that only opens and positions the file once Edit 2020-04-17 Every now and … Read more
xcopy.exe is definitely your friend here. It’s built into Windows, so its cost is nothing. Just xcopy /s c:\source d:\target You’d probably want to tweak a few things; some of the options we also add include these: /s/e – recursive copy, including copying empty directories. /v – add this to verify the copy against the original. slower, but for … Read more
If a directory has spaces in, put quotes around it. This includes the program you’re calling, not just the arguments
I know the question has been asked a long time ago, but I am surprised that nobody has given the most straightforward unix answer: -l 5000: split file into files of 5,000 lines each. -d: numerical suffix. This will make the suffix go from 00 to 99 by default instead of aa to zz. –additional-suffix: … Read more
Steps to install curl in windows Install cURL on Windows There are 4 steps to follow to get cURL installed on Windows. Step 1 and Step 2 is to install SSL library. Step 3 is to install cURL. Step 4 is to install a recent certificate Step One: Install Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables From https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/download/details.aspx?id=29 … Read more
The solution is the /Y switch: