Hello! I am not quite sure how you intend to manage the stdin input inside the batch file, but I was wondering if you are looking for something like xargs (from Unix) and if a port of xargs to DOS would help (extra complexity for keeping global variables though).
Aitor El lun, 20 nov 2023, 9:06, Rugxulo via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> escribió: > "%COMSPEC% /c work.bat >file.txt" will succeed. Everyone knows that. > > What I'm wondering is if the following (piping into a .BAT) is > considered acceptable or "standard" for DOS. > > "prog1.exe | %COMSPEC% /c work.bat | %COMSPEC% /c fixups.bat >some.txt" > > Does that work like I'd expect? (Seems to ... barely.) Is it rare? Is > it buggy? Is there a better way? > > I've explored several other ways in DOS, including other shells (4DOS, > DJGPP's Bash) or just a simple wrapper .C (system) or .PAS (exec) > program. > > Does anyone have experience or advice with this? (Timo Salmi's BAT FAQ > didn't quite cover it, from a quick glance.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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