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- Subject: SEARCH.BAT - BBS file listings searcher.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.234158.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 03:41:58 GMT
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- Organization: Hampshire College
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- @echo off
- REM MS-DOS ignores all lines with REM in front of them. Please keep them
- REM in this batch file, though, as you or someone else might need to
- REM reference to this in the future. Kenneth Udut, on 12/28/1992
- REM
- REM Necessary files: GREP or similar file that searches through text files.
- REM The -i parameter means to ignore case (upper or lower).
- REM MS-DOS's "FIND" command will work for files under 64K in length.
- REM
- REM LIST. You can use TYPE D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 | MORE if you wish or
- REM some other text file viewing program, even Wordperfect :-)
- REM
-
- REM checks if user typed in anything. If not, go to JAIL.
- if "%1" == "" GOTO JAIL
-
- REM Glory lines, as well as useful info about what the user is doing.
- echo _________________________________________________________________________
- echo.
- echo Simple ASCII Information Extractor Version 1.32, Kenneth Udut 12/29/1992
- echo.
- ECHO You are searching through all of the text files in D:\SEARCH for "%1".
- echo The results of this search will be placed in D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1.
- echo _________________________________________________________________________
- echo.
- echo Searching for "%1" in D:\SEARCH\*.* ... Please be patient.
- echo.
-
- REM Places Date and Time plus a blank line in %1.
- echo. | more | date | find "Cur" > D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1
- echo. | more | time | find "Cur" >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1
- echo. >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1
-
- REM You can see what's going on with ECHO ON.
- REM GREP is a program that searches through text files. The program FIND,
- REM which comes with MS-DOS, works for files under 64K in length. It is
- REM worth your while to search for a program called GREP or with the word
- REM GREP in its name, or just any kind of command-line text search program.
- REM BEEP is a program I have that beeps when you type it. You can remove it.
- REM LIST is the program that lists the results of the file. You can use the
- REM line TYPE D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 | MORE if you wish.
- @echo on
- GREP -i "%1" D:\SEARCH\*.* >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1
- BEEP
- LIST D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1
- @echo off
- GOTO END
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-
- REM In case the user didn't type it a file name, the batch file skips to here.
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- :JAIL
- @echo off
- echo Syntax: SEARCH whatyouwant
- echo.
- echo You may need to customize SEARCH.BAT for your own use. Please contact
- echo Kenneth Udut at (908) 241-6246, on The Juice Bar BBS (908) 298-0764,
- echo or via the Internet at kudut@hamp.hampshire.edu if you need help.
- echo.
- echo Best Bet of all: Contact your local computer guru. Every place has at
- echo least one. :) --Ken
- echo.
- echo Finished! CopyMight (c) 12/28/1992
- echo.
- beep
- beep
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- :END
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