Hello,
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 23:19, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 3:44 PM Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > >> [..] >> > And there are other "like to have" things that would be great to have in a >> FreeDOS "2.0" like an alternative DOS command.com shell. I described >> that here long ago, and on the blog - would love to have an expanded >> command.com that uses a BASIC-like syntax but still maintains >> compatibility with DOS BAT files. At the time, you pointed out that Windows >> command.com did something similar to what I proposed - but I don't use >> Windows so I wasn't aware of that. >> > > For reference, this is the expanded "BASIC-like" syntax I mentioned in > 2018. If any new developers would like to write something new, this would > be an interesting challenge: > > > https://freedos-project.blogspot.com/2018/08/expanding-freedos-commandcom.html > > Well, dreaming a bit higher, I've always thought that a nice challenge would indeed be going towards the so-called windows commands: Comandos de Windows | Microsoft Docs <https://docs.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/windows-commands> (change to your language, I seem to get that in Spanish by default) at least in what they would make sense in a DOS world. Way beyond that, PowerShell, at least in what refers to the basic operating system stuff (files and such), and that may run in 16-bit with the obvious limitations for pipes, as there might be no open source initiative to create an environment where those may run (at least not that I know of). By the way, and I am going a bit off-topic here and asking for help: wanting to find a way to batch rename files using a pattern and sequence, I came across this expression, that gives an idea of how complex this can get: ls | %{Rename-Item $_ -NewName ("NewFileName-{0}.jpg" -f $nr++)} and now the questions, I wasn't able to understand the %{ } and how does $nr++ relate to {0}, what are these constructs? Best and thanks in advance, Aitor
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