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

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 02:39:22 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__" <[email protected]> wrote:

>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

Thanks!