Simple question regarding working with CMD.EXE

[AutoitNew94]

I started a project some time ago about working with cmd.exe commands, but it has been so long I forgot how to produce the correct results.

I compile as console app and I am thrown errors, either file destination does not exist, etc...

What am I doing wrong here?

$var = "Taste"
ConsoleWrite('"cmd.exe" /k echo.' & $var)

Show some different ways to work with cmd commands.

Thank You.

[guinness]

OK, firstly the Example you provided works, it writes the string to the Console in SciTE. If you want to Run cmd.exe then have a look at Run() and @ComSpec, I found this Example which might help you >>

Edited March 8, 2011 by guinness

[AutoitNew94]

OK, firstly the Example you provided works, it writes the string to the Console in SciTE. If you want to Run cmd.exe then have a look at Run() and @ComSpec, I found this Example which might help you >>

Thank you guinness that helped, and I figured out what I was doing wrong from the compiler.

My next question would be how to execute the command from the same command prompt,

So when I type ConsoleTest.exe from the command line the command that's executed stays there

and is not opened in another cmd.exe

Thank you again.

[guinness]

I would suggest having a look at Console.au3 by user Mat and perhaps by him as well.

[AutoitNew94]

I would suggest having a look at Console.au3 by user Mat and perhaps by him as well.

Thank you again. This does not solve the issue to my question.

However the project looks very useful for future reference.

Even when running the example _Console_Write.au3 it generates a new command window.

I know it does not have to be this difficult. I was able to do this before, I have just forgotten

how.

So, one more time from the top.

I open up cmd.exe I run my compiled script which has cmd commands in it

The output goes directly to the same prompt window as I ran it from.

So echo.Hello World!!! from my autoit script outputs to the same command

window from which I ran the compiled autoit script.

How do I do this?

Thank you again.

[guinness]

OK, maybe #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=Y to the top of your Script.

Source: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/docs/AutoIt3Wrapper.htm

Edit: Without having any code it's a little bit difficult to know what you have and what you don't.

Edited March 8, 2011 by guinness

[AutoitNew94]

OK, maybe #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=Y to the top of your Script.

Source: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/docs/AutoIt3Wrapper.htm

Edit: Without having any code it's a little bit difficult to know what you have and what you don't.

Ok so what I want to be able to do is to write a script that takes user arguments from the command line.

I will call the script Whatever.exe

And I want to run it as a utility from the command prompt with arguments, so...

Whatever.exe echo Hello World!!!
Whatever.exe dir /b /s
Whatever.exe for /f "tokens=*" %x in (SomeFile.txt) do @echo.%x

I would like to replace some of the commands with my own so maybe something like.

echo.exe Hello World!!!
dir.exe /b /s
for.exe /f "tokens=*" %x in (SomeFile.txt) do @echo.%x

[AutoitNew94]

Ok so what I want to be able to do is to write a script that takes user arguments from the command line.

I will call the script Whatever.exe

And I want to run it as a utility from the command prompt with arguments, so...

Whatever.exe echo Hello World!!!
Whatever.exe dir /b /s
Whatever.exe for /f "tokens=*" %x in (SomeFile.txt) do @echo.%x

I would like to replace some of the commands with my own so maybe something like.

echo.exe Hello World!!!
dir.exe /b /s
for.exe /f "tokens=*" %x in (SomeFile.txt) do @echo.%x

Never mind I of course always find what I'm looking for after I make the post.

Of course it is in the help file and the forums.

Of course I don't know the words to look up.

Of course I am a dumba$$.

Problem solved.

[AutoitNew94]

So I got that part figured out.

I am trying to write a couple scripts to replace some DOS commands.

I am starting off with "echo" simple enough, but I am new to Autoit,

so for me this is a good exercise and I despise the syntax of batch.

So I have so far...

If $Cmdline[0] > 0 Then
    For $i = 1 To $Cmdline[0]
        ConsoleWrite($Cmdline[$i] & " ")
    Next
EndIf

So what I would like is...

ScriptName.exe Hello World This is a Test

OUTPUT:

Hello World This is a Test

ScriptName.exe .. Hello World This is a Test

OUTPUT:

Hello
World
This
is
a
Test

..so in the first example the string is all sent to the same line, and

in the second line when specifying .. the output is split up and each token

is sent to separate lines. I am sure that for that part @LF will be used easily enough.

Just need to know how to react according to user input. Using if statements or how to form them properly.

Thank You again.

Edited March 9, 2011 by AutoitNew94

[AutoitNew94]

Ok I solved this problem.

This is great I just keep solving my own problems. =P

Is there a way though to make this cleaner...?

If $Cmdline[0] > 0 Then
    For $i = 1 To $Cmdline[0]
        If $Cmdline[$i] = ".." Then
            For $i = 2 To $Cmdline[0]
                ConsoleWrite($Cmdline[$i] & @LF)
            Next
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

Edited March 9, 2011 by AutoitNew94