Message ku.. #1 *SEARCH.BAT - BBS file listings searcher. / 1 @echo off REM MS-DOS ignores all lines with REM in front of them. *Please keep them REM in this batch file, though, as you or someone else might need to REM reference to this in the future. *Kenneth Udut, on 12/28/1992 REM REM Necessary files: GREP or similar file that searches through text files. REM The -i parameter means to ignore case (upper or lower). REM MS-DOS's "FIND" command will work for files under 64K in length. REM REM LIST. *You can use TYPE D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 | MORE *if you wish or REM some other text file viewing program, even Wordperfect :-) REM REM checks if user typed in anything. *If not, go to JAIL. if "%1" == "" GOTO JAILREM Glory lines, as well as useful info about what the user is doing. echo _________________________________________________________________________ echo. echo Simple ASCII Information Extractor Version 1.32, Kenneth Udut *12/29/1992 echo. ECHO You are searching through all of the text files in D:\SEARCH for "%1". echo The results of this search will be placed in D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1. echo _________________________________________________________________________ echo. echo Searching for "%1" in D:\SEARCH\*.* ... *Please be patient. echo. REM Places Date and Time plus a blank line in %1. echo. | more | date | find "Cur" > D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 echo. | more | time | find "Cur" >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 echo. >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 REM You can see what's going on with ECHO ON. REM GREP is a program that searches through text files. *The program FIND, REM which comes with MS-DOS, works for files under 64K in length. *It is REM worth your while to search for a program called GREP or with the word REM GREP in its name, or just any kind of command-line text search program. REM BEEP is a program I have that beeps when you type it. *You can remove it. REM LIST is the program that lists the results of the file. *You can use the GREP -i "%1" D:\SEARCH\*.* >> D:\SEARCH\RESULTS\%1 BEEP GOTO END REM In case the user didn't type it a file name, the batch file skips to here. echo Syntax: SEARCH whatyouwant echo. echo You may need to customize SEARCH.BAT for your own use. *Please contact echo Kenneth Udut at (908) 241-6246, on The Juice Bar BBS (908) 298-0764, echo. echo Best Bet of all: *Contact your local computer guru. *Every place has at echo least one. *:) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *--Ken echo. echo Finished! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *CopyMight (c) 12/28/1992 echo. beep beep :END