I m trying to do some batch replacement for/with a fairly complex pattern So far I find the pattern as: find ( -name *.php -o -name *.html ) -exec grep -i -n hello {} + The string I want ...

I am trying to retrieve the environment variable to detect whether the system is 32 or 64 bit. But on 64 bit server the environment variable %processor_architecture% is returning x86 instead of AMD64. ...

IF %processor_architecture% == AMD64 (SET querypath=hklmsoftwarex) ELSE (SET dsetquerypath=hklmsoftwarey) FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%G IN ( REG QUERY "%querypath%" 2^>NUL ) DO ECHO %%G Let ...

I have a batch script that takes arguments from the command line. One of the arguments has a * in it. In spite of putting the argument in quotes, the * gets expanded before the argument gets used in ...

Suppose I have a string "AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF". How can I split the string and retrieve the nth substring, in a batch file? The equivalent in C# would be "AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF".Split()[n]

Binary files have a version embedded in them - easy to display in Windows Explorer. How can I retrieve that file version, from a batch file?

How can I check OS version in a batch file or through a vbs in an Windows 2k/2k3 environment ? You know ... Something like ... : "If winver Win2k then ... or if winver Win2k3 then ....

I don t know how to describe exactly what I m trying to do but here s an example batch file that demonstrates what I can t figure out.: I ve got a batch file. Inside that batch file I m trying to ...