DOS tips and tricks
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From Kirill Frolov → To All 19 April 2003
Some people don't know...
Q: But here the program displays a lot of things, it doesn’t even fit into the screen. :-(
A: program | more
A: program | find "what you want"
Q: How do I find the file?
A: dir /s /b C:*.zip
Q: How can you perform the same type of operation on many files?
A: for %i in (*.*) do command /c del /y %%i
Q: How can I launch another batch file from a batch file?
A: command /c file.bat
Q: How to run a program in a parallel window in Windows?
A: start /?
Q: We brought the screw, all the disks got mixed up, everything is buggy.
A: subst z: d: in autoexec.bat
Q: How can I edit a file in a dosa without my favorite wine commander?
A: edit config.sys
Q: How can I combine an archive cut into pieces?
A: copy /b part1 + part2 + part3 archive.zip
Q: How to compare two files?
A: fc /b file1 file2
Q: I can’t edit msdos.sys
A: attrib/?
Q: How to delete a directory with all subdirectories?
A: deltree directory_name
Q: How to unpack *.cab or filename.ex_?
A: extract filename.ext
Q: Dos is poor, you can’t edit commands there.
A: doskey /?
Q: Half of the above commands do not work!
A: set PATH=%PATH%;
A: It doesn’t work in lamer commanders, you need to “exit”.
A: All newly installed programs should be lumped together,
A: in the same directory, otherwise you won’t be able to call them by name.
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From Roman Alexandrov → To Kirill Frolov 19 April 2003
Hello, Kirill!
19 Apr 03, 02:19, Kirill Frolov wrote to All on the topic "DOS tips and tricks":
KF> Some people don’t know...
KF> Q: How can I launch another batch file from a batch file?
KF> A: command /c file.bat
call file.bat
Happy connections. Roman.