at the following path \\ncsusnasent02.na.jnj.com\its_diq_na_win_dev\PowerCenter\infa_shared\WCPIT_BIO_EDW\SrcFiles\DDDMD\DDD.CLI026.WK0933.DDDMR45.001.head I have one file DDD.CLI026.WK0933.DDDMR45.001.head if i open this file i get data as following(in a single line) HEADER0101IMS HEALTHDMD Weekly D DD.CLI026.WK0933.DDDMR4...
I'm trying to redirect all output (stdout + stderr) of a dos command to a single file: C:\>dir 1> a.txt 2> a.txt The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. Is it possible, or should I just redirect to two separate files? ...
I'm trying to do some things during the pre-build phase of a visual studio project. Specifically, I'm trying to execute some commands on all *.resx files within the project. Here is what I have but it doesn't work when the files/directory path have a space in them. How do I get around these spaces? for /f %%a in ('dir /B /S *.resx') ...
I often use the net user command to have a look at AD groups for a user: net user /DOMAIN <username> This works well, however the group names are truncated to around 20 characters. And in my organization, most group names are much longer than this. Does anyone know of a way to get non-truncated AD groups through the command line? ...
Hi, I'm using the FINDSTR function to filter text files, but it's failling on extended ASCII characters. I tried using the CharToOEM function, but I still have characters such as 'à', which FINDSTR doesn't seems to recognize. I want to use FINDSTR because the text files I work with are 100MB big, so I need something fast. Does a functi...
How do you time a script in the DOS prompt? The *NIX equivanlent would be: $ time myscript real 0m0.886s user 0m0.846s sys 0m0.031s $ Is there a DOS equivalent to this? Thanks ...
Duplicate data removal using Perl called within via a batch file within Windows A DOS window in Windows called via a batch file. A batch file calls the Perl script which carries out the actions. I have the batch file. The code script I have works duplicate data is removal so long as the data file is not too big. The problem that requires...
Example: for /? | if (this stream has word "the" in it) {echo the line with "the"} I need somehow to analyze the text in the redirected stream. ...
I am currently running a command and it is producing the compressed file. I need to store that zip file into c:\windows\abc.zip. Does anyone know how to do that? MY current command is something like this: cd %path% cdx.exe I have tried specifying the path after cdx.exe but it doesn't store in that path. It is running the exe but stori...
The Problem I'm having a problem with a DOS batch file and labels. I keep getting this error: The system cannot find the batch label specified What I've tried Two computers; a WindowsXP and a 2003 Server. Made sure it was encoded as ASCII Editted the hex code for the line continuation characters. Tried replacing all with CR ,...
I have a table called Field in my SQL Server database. The table has a field called "Units". I have a batch script which inserts a lot of things into here using OSQL and one of the things entered is the pound sign (£). When OSQL runs the queries, it converts the £ sign to -ú instead. What I need to have is a separate batch file which ...
Hi I would like to know a way of deleting a read only file using a batch file or a command. Suppose i have a dll abc.dll and i am trying to delete this dll using the following command in a batch file del "C:\test\abcd.dll". It does not allow me to do that and it throws access denied message. However if i change the read only attribute ...
Is there any command to convert from upper case to lower case. I would like to convert windows system variable %USERNAME% to lower case in a single command.I am not using NT. Thanks in advance ...
I'm trying to use a batch file to help setup a build project. As part of that process I need to copy a lot of files from a temporary directory: %temp%\wcu to a new directory in the %programfiles% directory. I am using the following command: xcopy %temp%\wcu\dotnetframework\*.* %programfiles%\"Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\P...
I have the unfortunate task of doing (minimal) maintenance work on two legacy applications developed in DBIII+/Clipper '87. I have full access to source and a minimal toolchain to recompile the application when needed, but I am not allowed to reimplement it from scratch due to various (mostly psychological) reasons from the main user. ...
I'm looking to run a batch file on windows xp professional which creates a system odbc data source for a sql server connection. I can do that with: ODBCCONF.exe CONFIGSYSDSN "SQL Server" "DSN=Kappa| Description=Kappa Data Source | SERVER=10.100.1.10 | Trusted_Connection=Yes | Database=subscribers" However I need a way to set the sql ...
I am trying to figure out how to "test for connectivity" to a SQL Server database from DOS. If the connection fails I need to detect the failure. sqlcmd -Q "select 'a test'" -S .\SQLEXPRESS You'll notice that that command doesn't return a true/false value. Also, if the instance doesn't exist, it times out. I want something like th...
I am calling a batch file inside a nant script and would like to get the value ( a string of 5 characters) return back to the nant script and continue the nant script. Please suggest how this can be done. Thanks in advance. ...
i want to write a batch which will have the same effect as follows. Here's what I do manually (which I want to program to do automatically): 1) START -> Run -> cmd (get command prompt) 2) ipconfig /release 3) START -> Connect to -> Show all connections 4) Right-click "Local Area Network" and click "Properties" 5) Highlight "Internet Pro...
I have a number stored in dl, and I need this to work for numbers up to three digits? Here is the working code for digits 0-9. WriteNumber: ;; print out number in dl push ax push dx add dl,"0" mov ah,02h ; printing one char int 21h pop dx pop ax ret For example, for two digits. I could take dl/10. And then print out the result and th...