Re: writing batch files is NOT like learning to ride a bicycle.......

jackpatton wrote:

> Years of gui-happy program operations have left my once reasonable
> acumen and the ability to dash off a batch file in a literal shambles.
> I wrote a 'getdate.bat' to prep the system date for filename usage in
> win 7 a few years ago, but it was not nearly as elegant as those i have
> seen here using the for/in/do statements.  The following batch file is
> only included to give an idea of where i got to in batch files. and most
> were written 20-25 years ago.  But i did manage to fumble through this
> one a few years ago.......
[snip]
> Now, I realize that i have forgotten most batch principles and commands.
>
> I want to write front-end bat for a rather large command-line program
> called youtube-dl  which, when the .bat is initiated does a few things,
> and stops multiple times for keyboard input along the way to execution,
> and then continues on with that new information. I will start out a
> command line with boilerplate of "youtube-dl -f 18 -i".
>
> Any help?

Only to point you to alt.msdos.batch.nt and Timo Salmi's FAQ:

  http://www.elisanet.fi/tsalmi/info/tscmd.html

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