CMD Syntax

[franknbeans]

If we are including more than one filter in a batch file such as:

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start /w textpipe.exe "/f=my special filter.fll" /g "/f=my special filter2.fll" /g "/f=my special filter3.fll" /g "/f=my special filter4.fll" /g /q

and we would like to apply a /z=commands.txt file what would be the correct syntax for including

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"c:\my documents\*.*"

in the command?

[DataMystic Support]

In the /z file you don't need the double quotes - they are only required by the DOS command line.

So you might have

start /w textpipe.exe "/z=commands.txt"

and commands.txt would contain:
/f=my special filter.fll
/g
/f=my special filter2.fll
/g
/f=my special filter3.fll
/g
/f=my special filter4.fll
/g
/q

[franknbeans]

but my question is, how do I include the location of my files to filter?
ie: c:\my documents\*.*

where would that fit into all of this?

[DataMystic Support]

Sorry, it wasn't very clear to me. I assume you want to filter all the files by all the filters, so use:

/f=my special filter.fll
c:\my documents\*.*
/g
/f=my special filter2.fll
c:\my documents\*.*
/g
/f=my special filter3.fll
c:\my documents\*.*
/g
/f=my special filter4.fll
c:\my documents\*.*
/g
/q

BTW - all these filters will run simultaneously. To run them in series (one after the other), you need to run TextPipe 4 times.

[franknbeans]

BTW - all these filters will run simultaneously. To run them in series (one after the other), you need to run TextPipe 4 times.

Wouldn't it be easier then to just include all of your filters into the same .fll file?

[DataMystic Support]

Yes - either insert them all into the one filter list, or create a new higher level filter list that links to each one in the right order.