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- SAMPLE command and resulting output | Comments about the output
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- COPY A:%1 C:%2 If these lines were in a BATCH file
- DEL A:%1 UPDATE.BAT, the command line:
- DIR C:%2 > A:%3.UPD UPDATE *.TXT \NEW RECORD
- TYPE A:%3.UPD would substitute *.TXT for %1 and
- \NEW for %2 and RECORD for %3 every
- time %1 or %2 or %3 appeared in the
- file. This could be used to transfer
- some .TXT files from a diskette to
- a directory on a hard disk, and
- leave a record of the transfer on
- the diskette, and display the
- updated directory on the screen.
-
- ECHO SEARCHING FOR "%1" IN FILES: %2 If these lines were in a BATCH file
- FOR %%f IN (%2) DO FIND /N "%1" %%f SEARCH.BAT, the command line:
- SEARCH END *.ASM
- SEARCHING FOR "END" IN FILES: *.ASM would substitute END for %1 and
- *.ASM for %2 every time %1 or %2
- ---------- MAIN.ASM appeared in the file. This could
- [88] END be used to be sure that the three
- ASM files in a directory, called
- ---------- SUBR1.ASM MAIN.ASM, SUBR1.ASM, and SUBR2.ASM,
- [133]END each had an END statement, or to
- see how many lines were in each
- ---------- SUBR2.ASM file (assuming the END statement
- [9] END was last).
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- IF EXIST %0.EXE %0 %1 If these lines were in a BATCH file
- IF NOT EXIST %0.EXE DEL %1 RM.BAT, the command line:
- RM *.TXT
- would substitute RM for %0 and
- *.TXT for %1 every time %0 or %1
- appeared in the file. This could be
- used to execute the RM.EXE program
- if it existed, otherwise the DOS
- DEL command would be used.