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Colorizing Windows command line output from PHP

Download dynwrap.dll from : http://www.script-coding.com/dynwrap95.zip Then extract it to %systemroot%\system32 directory and then run following command in command line: regsvr32.exe “%systemroot%\system32\dynwrap.dll” You’ll get a success message which means dynwrap.dll is registered. Then you can use it this way : $com = new COM(‘DynamicWrapper’); // register needed features $com->Register(‘kernel32.dll’, ‘GetStdHandle’, ‘i=h’, ‘f=s’, ‘r=l’); $com->Register(‘kernel32.dll’, ‘SetConsoleTextAttribute’, ‘i=hl’, … Read more

Batch script with for loop and pipe

You need to escape the | character to prevent its being interpreted at the time of parsing the loop command. Use ^ to escape it: FOR /f “delims=” %%A in (‘dir /b “my_dir\*.csv” ^| find /V “summary”‘) do ( rem do what you want with %%A here ) Once escaped, the | becomes part of … Read more

Executing set of SQL queries using batch file?

Save the commands in a .SQL file, ex: ClearTables.sql, say in your C:\temp folder. Contents of C:\Temp\ClearTables.sql Delete from TableA; Delete from TableB; Delete from TableC; Delete from TableD; Delete from TableE; Then use sqlcmd to execute it as follows. Since you said the database is remote, use the following syntax (after updating for your … Read more

Is there an equivalent source command in Windows CMD as in bash or tcsh?

In the usual Windows command prompt (i.e. cmd.exe), just using call mybat.bat did what I wanted. I got all the environment variables it had set.

How to change Screen buffer size in Windows Command Prompt from batch script

I was just searching for an answer to this exact question, come to find out the command itself adjusts the buffer! mode con:cols=140 lines=70 The lines=70 part actually adjusts the Height in the ‘Screen Buffer Size’ setting, NOT the Height in the ‘Window Size’ setting. Easily proven by running the command with a setting for … Read more

How to echo “2” (no quotes) to a file, from a batch script?

Little-known feature: The redirection operator can go anywhere on the line. >>file.txt echo 2

Out of a git console: how do I execute a batch file and then return to git console?

After playing around a bit more, I found the solution myself: cmd “/C clean.bat” does the trick. But I got no clue, why…

Running CMD command in PowerShell

Try this: & “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\i386\CmRcViewer.exe” PCNAME To PowerShell a string “…” is just a string and PowerShell evaluates it by echoing it to the screen. To get PowerShell to execute the command whose name is in a string, you use the call operator &.

How to disable Hyper-V in command line?

In an elevated Command Prompt write this : To disable: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off To enable: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto Restart to take effect.

Delete files or folder recursively on Windows CMD

The other answers didn’t work for me, but this did: del /s /q *.svn rmdir /s /q *.svn /q disables Yes/No prompting /s means delete the file(s) from all subdirectories.

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