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Create an empty file on the commandline in windows (like the linux touch command)

On a windows machine I get this error ‘touch’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ...

May 19, 2022
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How to echo with different colors in the Windows command line [closed]

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May 19, 2022
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How to do something to each file in a directory with a batch script

How do you iterate over each file in a directory with a .bat or .cmd file? For simplicity please provide an answer that ...

May 18, 2022
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Logical operators (“and”, “or”) in DOS batch

How would you implement logical operators in DOS Batch files? 14 Answers 14

May 17, 2022
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How to check if a process is running via a batch script

How can I check if an application is running from a batch (well cmd) file? I need to not launch another instance if ...

May 17, 2022
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Batch not-equal (inequality) operator

According to this, !==! is the not-equal string operator. Trying it, I get: C:\> if "asdf" !==! "fdas" echo asdf !==! was unexpected ...

May 17, 2022
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Stop and Start a service via batch or cmd file?

How can I script a bat or cmd to stop and start a service reliably with error checking (or let me know that ...

May 16, 2022
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Windows shell command to get the full path to the current directory?

Is there a Windows command line command that I can use to get the full path to the current working directory? Also, how ...

May 15, 2022
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Which comment style should I use in batch files?

I’ve been writing some batch files, and I ran into this user guide, which has been quite informative. One thing it showed me ...

May 15, 2022
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How can you zip or unzip from the script using ONLY Windows’ built-in capabilities?

In Windows you can zip some files by right click → Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder And unzip by double clicking on ...

May 15, 2022
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