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DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? (Users)

posted by CluelessInSeattl, Seattle, USA, 18.12.2012, 20:19

> Perhaps more than you're looking for, but 4DOS alternative command shell
> (COMMAND.COM on steroids!) has the HEAD internal command. You can set the
> number of lines to display as a parameter.

Hi Doug!

I just looked up 4DOS and am intrigued by it. (I'm sure you'll wonder just which cave I've been living in all these decades).

I'd love to give it a try. But I have one big concern, and that is whether or not installing it would interfere with the execution of commands in my existing version of MS-DOS 6.21.

I depend on a large number of batch files, some of them rather complicated, for executing series of my most frequently used commands. I use a text editor with a built in macro language that allows me to call DOS commands and batch files from keyboard shortcuts from within the editor.

So, as you can probably imagine, it would be disappointing to me if I were to install 4DOS and then find that some of my most frequently used keyboard shortcuts had stopped working.

I no longer have the energy or stamina to monkey around with troubleshooting batch files that stop working. I created all of my batch files a decade or two ago, back when I still was able to spend hours and hours playing around on the computer. And it was so much fun, too! But now I have to work lying in bed, and even then I'm only good for about 45 minutes at a stretch.

So, how seamless do you think the transition from MS-DOS 6.21 to 4DOS would be for me?

---
Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21

Complete thread:

• DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 18.12.2012, 03:07 (Users)
  • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Doug, 18.12.2012, 06:46
    • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 18.12.2012, 15:37
      • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - myrkraverk, 18.12.2012, 20:09
    • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 18.12.2012, 20:19
      • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Rugxulo, 18.12.2012, 20:38
        • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 19.12.2012, 17:55
          • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Rugxulo, 19.12.2012, 20:44
            • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 20.12.2012, 18:14
              • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Rugxulo, 20.12.2012, 21:10
                • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 28.12.2012, 17:42
        • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 26.12.2012, 16:32
          • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Rugxulo, 26.12.2012, 23:05
            • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 31.12.2012, 17:24
              • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Rugxulo, 03.01.2013, 10:55
      • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - j_hoff, 19.12.2012, 09:47
  • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - ron, 18.12.2012, 22:48
    • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 19.12.2012, 18:10
      • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - ron, 19.12.2012, 22:28
  • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - Doug, 21.12.2012, 00:26
    • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 21.12.2012, 16:40
  • DOS utility to display 1st line of all files in directory? - CluelessInSeattl, 21.12.2012, 17:00