Batch Programming Stuff

Batch files are essentially sequences of DOS commands stored in a text file with an extension of "BAT". When run, the batch executes each line in the batch file as if they were typed in at the console (mostly). Most batches are tiny things that replace a few manually-typed commands, but some can be quite complex and can accomplish things that would otherwise require a "real" program.

Except as noted, these batch programs have been tested with MsDos 6 with the stock command.com and other files. Expect to do some modifications if you want to run them under any other operating system. They are mostly Windows 95 compatible, except for the deep system stuff like SFT.

Batch Files...

Download UTILBATS.ZIP · Contains most of these batches, last updated 12/21/98, 07/13/01
Interrupt Vector Checker · Tells if interrupts have been altered (Dos/Win3.1 only)
Quick and Dirty Disassembler · Uses DEBUG to dump a file
Cram multiple text files into one file · Simple answer to a simple problem
Quick answers to math problems · Uses QBasic
HOWMUCH · Quickly tells how much disk space a directory branch uses
SHOWRES · Shows resident programs, uses @.COM and ANSI screen codes
SFT · Displays the System File Table, uses QBasic (customization required, Dos/Win 3.1 only)
Text-to-HTML converter · Converts text files into crude web documents, uses QBasic
HTML-to-Text converter · Converts HTML pages into plain text files, uses QBasic
RTF-to-Text converter · Extracts text from RTF documents, uses QBasic
WordWrap · A batch that wraps long lines in text files, uses QBasic
DIR2BAT · PKZips a directory branch with a designated run file into a single batch (Win95)
DIRCOMP · an application compressor that makes a zip file and a batch launcher (Win95)
DIR2BAT1 · A dir-to-batch compressor that uses only PKZIP/PKUNZIP (07/13/01)
Conway's Game of Life · the result of one late night and a bit of tweeking
PRIEM · a batch system that calculates prime numbers, by Dirk van Deun
A Fix for Win95Cmd's Pipes · Win9x only (10/07/02)
Encoding binary files to batch code · "ascii assembler" techniques and tools (9/10/02)

Useful utilities...

SENVAR · String Input for batches (and many other uses) by Ed Schwartz
@ - ListDirected Input · A neat program by Ed Schwartz for processing lists
More Batch Utilities from Ed Schwartz

Batch how-to...

DOS Batch Language: A personal view · Ted Davis' Batch Book page
Tom Lavedas' Batch File Utilities · cool wallpaper, user input, numbers
Eric's Batch Page · Text processing, Windows-specific info
Batfiles: The DOS batch file programming handbook · lots of pure-dos batch info
Rob van der Woude's Batch Files page · extensive, support for many platforms
Frequently Asked Questions about Batch · edited by me
Batch Mini-FAQ · by Dirk van Deun
A Collection of Batch Techniques · compiled by Dirk van Deun
The Batch Guide · an introduction to batch programming (by me)
Batches for Windows · things I made for dealing with 95

May 2, 2001 - The Batch FAQ and Batch Guide are now mirrored at tnewton.solarbotics.net.

Other batch stuff...

tsbat.zip · Timo Salmi's collection of useful batch files and tricks
/pc/ts: Programs by Prof. Timo Salmi · more TS utilities, statistics and other cool stuff
/pc/batchutil: MS-DOS batch programming and usage related material, at Garbo

Other batch code at this site...

MARS.BAT from the Corewar section, an example of a fairly complex shell in batch
RunAtari Batch from the OldComp section, a shell batch for Atari emulators. Includes a utility for cursor-selecting files, demonstrates how to save individual setup information for different files.
The front-end shell for the Sys4 CoreWarrior Evolver perl scripts, code techniques include colorizing a screen using debug and asm, using qbasic to overlay a cursor, using flags to control tasks and menu context.
Corewar batches from the Warrior Evolution page.

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