GET Version 2.8 - Bob Stephan's BATch Enhancer -  Copyright 1999 Bob Stephan
  Syntax:  GET command argument(s) /switches       More Instructions: GET.DOC
Purpose          Command Argument(s) Switches Environment ErrorLevel Extended



          --------- String Handling and Screen I/O Commands --------


Echo             EC   "prompt"            ANS  --         --          --
Get character    C[E]["prompt"][chars]    All  ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo
aNswer yes or no N[E]["prompt"][seconds]  All  ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo
Get string       S[E]["prompt"][pattern]  All  String     Length     Echo .
Put string (Zap) Z   ["string|&var"][skip]AWX  String     Length     --
Standard Input   ZE  ["prompt"] [skip]    AWX  String     Length     --
In String        #[E] "string" ['arg']    WX   Position in string    Extract
Moving Text      T[E] "filespec" [chars]  EX   ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo
Key waiting      I[E]["prompt"]           AEX  --Character Waiting-- Get Char
Keyboard bUffer  U[E]["chars"][num][/Wnum]W    [E]Locks   Length     Caps/Num
   For UE:[num]=test, [/Wnum]=set:16=Scroll Lock, 32=Num Lock, 64=Caps Lock
'Rithmetic       R ["+-*/!=&#^~"] num [/Wnum] AW Result   Result
Blank Screen     B[E] [New attribute]     AWX  --Old attribute--     HexAttr
Video mode/bordr V[E] [New mode|color]         --Old mode/color--    Border
Video Cursor     VC   [Type|Position/X]     X  --Old type/posit--    --
Date and Time    H[E] ["prompt"] code    ACSWX Value      Value      Strng/Ctry
Code:1=DoW 2=DoM 4=Mon 8=Yr 16=Hr 32=Min 64=Sec 128=odd/even 256=100ths 512=yy


File size        F[E] filespec[/Wdiv/X/A] AEWX Bytes/Hex  KB/Wdiv    Kb/10
File date        F[E] filespec /E/Wcode   ACES Value      Value      Strng/Ctry
  /E required, /W codes: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 512 as for GET H[E]
Full Path        FP   filespec                 Fullpath   Length     --
Disk free space  K[E] [drive] [/Wdiv]     AWX  Kilobytes  KB/10/Wdiv Kb/100
Disk capacity    Q[E] [drive] [/Wdiv]     AWX  Kilobytes  KB/10/Wdiv Kb/100
Volume label     L[E] ["label"][drive]    AXH  Label      1=yes,0=no Match
EXEC      X[E] "d:\path\program.ext" 'args'    Exit[Path] Exit[Drive] Path
Current dir      Y    [drive]                  Directory  Level:Root=0
Current drive    YE          (boot drive /X)   Drive      Drive:A=0


          --------- Memory and System Commands --------
Environment left E[E] (full size /X)           Bytes      Bytes      Bytes/10
Memory free/Ext  M[E] (full size /X)     EWdiv Kilobytes  KB/MB/Wdiv Exit/10
Break Flag       BR [New flag 1=on, 0=off]         Old flag           --
Printer(PRN)     P[E] ["prompt"] [test]   X    1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no Init
DOS Version      D[E]                          Major Vers MajorMinor MinorEnv
DESQview Version DV                            Major Vers MajorMinor  --
4DOS Version     4                             Major Vers MajorMinor  --
Windows          4E                            1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no  --
Coprocessor/CPU  7[E]                          1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no CPU Type
ANSI.SYS/Model   A[E]                          1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no PC Model
Warm/Cold Boot   W[E] ["prompt"][arg]          If arg:1=warm, 0=cold ColdBoot




Surrogates: }=Carriage Return, ~=Escape, Alt-255=Space/Blank.
GLOBAL SWITCHES: (apply to most commands if appropriate)
  /H Hex output, /M Master Env, /R Return Code in Environment, /U /L case
  /B flush key Buffer, /TL/TR/T Trim Left/Right/Both, /V[&]var=, /V- No var
WINDOWS NT solutions: (see GET28NEW.DOC) /O for redirected output with >>
  /V@filespec append the environment variable to the specified file
LOCAL SWITCHES: (action depends on the command)
  /A[num] Attribute ["prompt"], All bytes [F], ASCII [R] /N No CR
  /K 10 second timeout Kountdown, /S[n] Sound control/Date format
  /C suppress Ctrl-Break during input [C,S,N], Compressed date [H,F/E]
  /E /X EXtended keys or EXtra feature, /W[num] Wait or numerical value
See GET.DOC for additional features and BATch programming instructions.
See GET28NEW.DOC for new and changed features in Version 2.8.
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