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Did you know about cmdLine: PRO?

Included with your copy of cmdLine:// Plus! is another program called cmdLine: PRO.  PRO is the best utility for those of you who write scripts or batch files!  Almost all of the commands that are available with Plus! are available with PRO.  PRO also includes a special option to output the results as a SET command to facilitate the setting of local environment variables.  A typical use is renaming or setting a filename to include the current date.  Now, with PRO, you can do this with two lines.

The first line is redirecting the output of CLP.exe to a .bat file, which will contain the
SET varname=value command.

The second line is calling the .bat file to set the variable.

Its that simple!

You'll find the program (CLP.EXE) in the application's program directory

 
Help on commands:
math:// | date:// | time:// | text:// | text://regex... | reg:// | props://
 

props://

Usage:

  props://{filename}[>{property}]

  where {filename} is a full path to a file including drive letter or
  (\\)  UNC formatting

Examples and explanations:

• props://c:\windows\explorer.exe

• props://\\server1\share1\folder1\file1.doc

Use of the props:// command line allows you to see the file properties dialog for the file
specified or to retrieve specific file properties in a dialog.  The screen shot below is from WindowXP and shows the file properties dialog.

The following commands will return individual properties to the cmdLine dialog: 
     (note:  the { and } need to be left out of the filename)

• version
      props://{filename}>version
      returns the file version (if available)
• comments
      props://{filename}>comments
      returns any comments that were applied to the file
• companyname
      props://{filename}>companyname
      returns the name of the company that created the file (if available)
• createddate
      props://{filename}>createddate
      returns the date and time that the file was created
• description
      props://{filename}>description
      returns the description of the file (if available)
• openswith
      props://{filename}>openswith
      returns the full path to the associated program that would open the file
• filetype
      props://{filename}>filetype
      returns the descriptive name of the program that is associated with the file
• modifieddate
      props://{filename}>modifieddate
      returns the date and time that the file was last modified
• size
      props://{filename}>size
      returns the size of the file in bytes