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

posted by CluelessInSeattl, Seattle, USA, 31.12.2012, 17:24

I finally figured out why my old SEEFIRST.EXE program (compiled from my SEEFIRST.BAS QuickBASIC file) kept crashing.

My old code contained a SHELL DIR>FILE.LST command.

And somewhere along the line I changed the switches on my DIR command, so that the file produced by DIR was not what my program expected it look like. So it choked.

Once I figured out the source of the problem, it was easy to correct.

But, I'd still like to get Rugxulo's BAT file up and running, as it seems to be a much more elegant way to accomplish the same task.

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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