Re: DOS Type into a variable

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

How do I get the contents of filea to be a parm to MyBatFile.bat?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Bob Crothers <bob.crothers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Make it a .bat file.  Dont know if the old dos versions did much with a
> .cmd
> file.
> try:
> start /B  /WAIT MyBatFile.Bat "parm1" "parm2" 'etc"
>
> Bob
>
>
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> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Old version of DOS, kinda stripped down, but it seems to have most stuff.
> > What I want to do is this in a command file:
> >
> > type filea.txt | commandfileb.cmd
> >
> > And then commandfileb.cmd needs to do something with the content of
> > filea.txt.
> >
> > Anyone know how to do this in a DOS command file? commandfileb.cmd
> doesn't
> > seem to get the passed parameter...I've tried a bunch of methods, and
> > nothing seems to work.
> >
> > Thanks!
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