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Run R script from Powershell

Hi, In old DOS script, I can run an R script with the following syntax: Rterm.exe --quiet --slave --vanilla < "C:\some_script.R" However, Powershell seems to have reserved "<" for future expansion. I am wondering if there is a direct way to run R script within another powershell script. Thanks ...

Batch program to display files with complete directory

Hi, I want to store the URL of all files with same extension in specific directory to one Log file. IS there any batch command available for this. Exapmle I want to copy all files with *.TXT extension into one log file with its directory extension(URL) ...

dos commands in batch file

I need to create a batch file that goes to a directory and execute a series of executables start cd c:\temp\ command1 command2 the above doesn't work, it only starts in c:\temp, but ignores rest. ...

How to run a powershell script within a DOS batch file

How do I have a powershell script embedded within the same file as a DOS batch script? I know this kind of thing is possible in other scenarios: Embedding SQL in a DOS batch script using sqlcmd and a clever arrangements of goto's and comments at the beginning of the file In a *nix environment having a the name of the program you wish ...

How to make a Windows batch file exit when a file exists in the file structure?

Hi, I want to make something like this... :LoopBegin if ???? goto End some other work goes here* gotoLoopBegin :End The "????" part should be a check that a file exists with the name "exit.txt" for example. If such a file exists in the current folder, I want the batch file to just exit. Is there a way to do this? Thanks ...

using 9 function of 21h interrupt in c++

function 09h interrupts 21h dx = offset of the text , ds = segment of the text how can i obtain segment and offset in c++? ...

DOS batch file to enter commands in proprietary java app and receive feedback?

Hello, I'm working on a project in which I'd like to be able to turn lights on and off in the Duke Smart Home via a high frequency chirp. The lighting system is called Clipsal Square-D and the program that gives a user access to the lighting controls is called CGate. I was planning on doing some signal processing in Matlab, then creat...

run a command in C++ program using "system" API

I want to run a DOS command in my C++ program. The point is that I want my program stops while the DOS command is executed. I have used "System" API. My question is "Does 'system' make a new thread/process to run the DOS command in it or it just stops the program until the command is done?" If it creates a new process, how can I stop th...

Disable comments in stdout (DOS)

If I use Dos command "copy" to concatenate two files: copy a1.txt + a2.txt a.txt I will have something like the following in stdout: C:\a1.txt C:\a2.txt 1 file(s) copied. I do not want to have anything written in stdout, I mean, I just want to have 'a.txt' without those 3 lines written in stdout. Is there any way to do so? the...

How to format a dos path to a unix path on cygwin command line

When using Cygwin, I frequently copy a Windows path and manually edit all of the slashes to Unix format. For example, if I am using Cygwin and need to change directory I enter: cd C:\windows\path then edit this to cd C:/windows/path (Typically, the path is much longer than that). Is there a way to use sed, or something else t...

Displaying process percentage on DOS screen

Hi, I am using 7zip in command line mode. When the operation takes quite a long time, sometimes there is a process percentage displayed. I wonder if we want to do this using C#/Java, what library to use? Regards, ...

How can we stop a running java process through windows cmd?

I am a newbie in cmd, so please allow me to ask a stupid question: How can we stop a running java process through windows cmd? For example, if we start jetty(a mini web server) with the following cmd: start javaw -jar start.jar How do we find the process and stop it later? Obviously the following cmd does not work: stop javaw -jar ...

MSDOS "Hello World" EXE

Hi all, An open question - but I cant find anywhere to start!! I want to compile a "Hello World" MS-DOS exe. Not a program that runs in XP 16bit mode, or in MSDos mode on top of Windows OSs. A HELOWRLD.EXE that I can run on my MSDOS box. Thanksyou! ...

Illegal instruction in Assembly

I really do not understand why this simple code works fine in the first attempt but when putting it in a procedure an error shows: NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:db22 IP:4de4 OP:f0 ff ff ff ff The first code segment works just fine: .model small .stack 100h .code start: mov ax,@data mov ds,ax mov es,ax ...

reading from File in assembly

i am trying to read a username and a password from a file in x86 assembly for the perpose of authentication obviously the file consists of two lines , the user name and the password how can i read the two lines seperately and compare them? My attempt: proc read_file mov ah,3dh lea dx,file_name int 21h mov bx, ax xor si,si ...

compile C program to MS-DOS environment

i have a small program that uses 32bit object file, and i wish to run it under dos operating system. now, after searching i found DJGPP. is there a way to use DJGPP to compile my program to 16Bit dos executable format? thanks in advance ...

find through command prompt

How to find all the *.txt files in any directory(i.e. c:\,d:\ etc.) through command prompt? ...

How to call DOS Interrupts within a C/C++ program using Inline Assembly ?

Hi, everyone ! I need to call some DOS interrupts (Services) from a C/C++ program, I tried the following inline asm code: (Read a character) int main() { asm( "movb $0x01, %ah;" "int $0x21" ); system("PAUSE"); } But it did not work ! I would like to know what have i done wrong here ! Also if there is another way to call dos interr...

How do I capture errors from psexec?

I'm trying to restart a significant number of windows computers on different domains, using the same local admin credentials that work across domains. psshutdown.exe -r -f -t 600 -e p:0:0 -m "This reboot is a scheduled weekly reboot." -u "admin username" -p adminpw @mon.txt 1>4-26-mon.log 2>&1 Honestly, I just want to log the ones th...

How to convert system time to 64 bit file time structure of NTFS in DOS

I am using DJGPP compiler for DOS in that i have to use WINDOWS.h which is a win32 api for conversion of system time to file time for NTFS file system.As windows.h is win32 api it is giving error "windows.h-no such file or directory".So how to convert system time to file time (i.e.8 byte structure) in NTFS file system for NTFS file syste...