delims?

Hi,

How to specify carriage return as delims? Thanks..

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=?" %%a in (

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=^T" %%a in (

(ctrl+T) or ¶

Ray at work

"Y" <yilue7490@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> How to specify carriage return as delims? Thanks..
>
> for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=?" %%a in (
>
>

Sorry, this is in a .bat/.cmd file, so the ^T will not work. Use ¶.
(Alt+0182)

Ray at work

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
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> for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=^T" %%a in (
>
> (ctrl+T) or ¶
>
> Ray at work
>
> "Y" <yilue7490@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:%23L3XUmVcDHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > How to specify carriage return as delims? Thanks..
> >
> > for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=?" %%a in (
> >
> >
>
>

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message news:uZ3TP#VcDHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Sorry, this is in a .bat/.cmd file, so the ^T will not work. Use ¶.
> (Alt+0182)

Can you confirm that you've successfully managed to use a carriage
return as a delimiter in a FOR /F loop?

--
Ritchie, Undo address for email

I have. Try pasting this into a .bat file and running it from the command
prompt.

echo a>test.txt
echo b>>test.txt
echo c>>test.txt

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=¶" %%a in (test.txt) do (net send %computername%
%%a)

Ray at work

"Ritchie" <rlawrence@commanddoline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:uZ3TP#VcDHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Sorry, this is in a .bat/.cmd file, so the ^T will not work. Use ¶.
> > (Alt+0182)
>
> Can you confirm that you've successfully managed to use a carriage
> return as a delimiter in a FOR /F loop?
>
> --
> Ritchie, Undo address for email
>
>

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message news:OVoRKKZcDHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have. Try pasting this into a .bat file and running it from the command
> prompt.
>
> echo a>test.txt
> echo b>>test.txt
> echo c>>test.txt
>
> for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=¶" %%a in (test.txt) do (net send %computername%
> %%a)

Try this:-

for /f %%a in (test.txt) do net send %computername% %%a

Notice anything?

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Ah, yes, I do notice something. :] So, hmm. Um.

Ray at work

"Ritchie" <rlawrence@commanddoline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:OVoRKKZcDHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have. Try pasting this into a .bat file and running it from the
command
> > prompt.
> >
> > echo a>test.txt
> > echo b>>test.txt
> > echo c>>test.txt
> >
> > for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=¶" %%a in (test.txt) do (net send
%computername%
> > %%a)
>
> Try this:-
>
> for /f %%a in (test.txt) do net send %computername% %%a
>
> Notice anything?
>
> --
> Ritchie, Undo address for email
>
>

As far as I can tell, this is a dead end. First of all a
Control-T is created with Alt-20, but that won't work
anyway. I believe the object is to create a line with
anewline character in the displayed message. Isn't it?

The problem being that NET SEND interprets the CR/LF pair
as the end of the statement and therefore truncates the
message string after the first newline intended for output.

The solution I found is to use a linefeed without a
carriage return. However, it's hard to create this in a
batch procedure or most editors. Notepad and Edit
both 'correct' the malformed lines. In fact, even when I
used DEBUG to change the line ends to linefeeds only, it
appears that the command processor corrected the line ends
as it executed the batch file.

About the best I found was to use a WSH script, something
like this ...

with createobject("wscript.shell")
..run "net send %computername% a" & chr(10) _
& "b" & chr(10) & "c", 0, false
end with

Of course the literals "a", "b" and "c" can be replaced
with variables containing the desired text, possibly read
in from a text file, or as command line parameters (if
they're not too long).

Tom Lavedas
===========

>-----Original Message-----
>"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com>
wrote in message
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>> I have. Try pasting this into a .bat file and running
it from the command
>> prompt.
>>
>> echo a>test.txt
>> echo b>>test.txt
>> echo c>>test.txt
>>
>> for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=¶" %%a in (test.txt) do (net
send %computername%
>> %%a)
>
>Try this:-
>
> for /f %%a in (test.txt) do net send %computername% %%a
>
>Notice anything?
>
>--
>Ritchie, Undo address for email
>
>
>.
>

"Tom Lavedas" <tlavedas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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As far as I can tell, this is a dead end. First of all a
Control-T is created with Alt-20, but that won't work
anyway. I believe the object is to create a line with
anewline character in the displayed message. Isn't it?

The OP was trying to use the line feed as a delimiter. The Ctrl+T would
work in edit.com, but if you do it in notepad or something, you can use ¶.



The problem being that NET SEND interprets the CR/LF pair
as the end of the statement and therefore truncates the
message string after the first newline intended for output.


I just used net send for the sake of using something. I could have echoed
instead. Either way, my example was wrong. :]






The solution I found is to use a linefeed without a
carriage return. However, it's hard to create this in a
batch procedure or most editors. Notepad and Edit
both 'correct' the malformed lines. In fact, even when I
used DEBUG to change the line ends to linefeeds only, it
appears that the command processor corrected the line ends
as it executed the batch file.

About the best I found was to use a WSH script, something
like this ...

with createobject("wscript.shell")
..run "net send %computername% a" & chr(10) _
& "b" & chr(10) & "c", 0, false
end with



Using just .bat, you can do
net send %computername% a¶b¶c

Yes, I figured out I was barking up the wrong tree.

I posted a retraction of sorts and what I believe is a
workaround for the original request.

Tom Lavedas
===========

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Tom Lavedas" <tlavedas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:059e01c37222$b6f240d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>As far as I can tell, this is a dead end. First of all a
>Control-T is created with Alt-20, but that won't work
>anyway. I believe the object is to create a line with
>anewline character in the displayed message. Isn't it?
>
>The OP was trying to use the line feed as a delimiter.
The Ctrl+T would
>work in edit.com, but if you do it in notepad or
something, you can use ¶.