Migrated From JP Software This article is for sharing simple aliases. The syntax is as listed if you issue alias with no parameters, or for importing with alias /R. You can indicate the source/authorship of a contribution in a HTML comment next to the listing. Within a subsection, put them in alphabetical order. Please share aliases and alias ideas with the world! Code: Contents * 1 Examples o 1.1 PATH Pollution, Avoiding o 1.2 Perl one-liners * 2 4NT/TCMD meta-operation o 2.1 Reload settings * 3 Shortcuts * 4 Misc. / Uncategorized Examples The examples here are illustrative of a general category. The specific alias listed might be of little interest, but rather it is simply one example of a general thing you can do with aliases, or an illustration of a technique. PATH Pollution, Avoiding If you have a directory that contains one (or a small number) of executables that you will run from the command line, instead of putting that directory in the PATH environment variable, you can make an alias for the command of interest to flesh out the complete path to the file. Code: zip="%ProgramFiles\zip\zip.exe" unzip="%ProgramFiles\zip\unzip.exe" Perl one-liners Code: rot13=perl -pe"tr/A-Za-z/N-ZA-Mn-za-m/" Simple one-liner -e based Perl scripts can be turned into aliases, as illustrated here. 4NT/TCMD meta-operation This section is for aliases that are for use when manipulating the command shell itself. Reload settings After tweaking the files containing your aliases or environment variables, easily reload them. That is better than having your change be temporary to that session — change it in the file in the first place. Code: reload=alias /R "C:\program files\4nt\aliases.lst" %+ set /R "C:\program files\4nt\environment.lst" Shortcuts Save typing by abbreviating common commands to a single letter: Code: a=alias c=copy d=dir e=notepad l=list Commands you use very often can be assigned a key of their own. If you precede a key alias with ^E, any text already on the command line when you press the key will be erased. If the command begins with an at-sign, it will not be recorded in your command history. (Some keys will require a NormalKey= or NormalEditKey= .INI directive to disable their default mappings.) Code: @@f2=^E@echo Errorlevel: %? @@f5=^Edir /p /a @@f11=^Ecdd -</code> @@f12=^E@cls</code> Use aliases to abbreviate the names of external commands: Code: ff="c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" iv="c:\program files\irfanview\i_view32.exe" o*pera="c:\program files\opera\opera.exe" word=winword.exe Any often-used option or combination of options for a command is a good candidate for an alias. So is a series of commands which are frequently used together. Code: kill=taskend /f logoff=reboot /l nd=md /s %1 && %1\ shutdown=reboot /p tf=dir /[d] /od unuse=net use %$ /d use=net use whoami=echo %userdomain\%username In version 8 and later, you can also use directory aliases to abbreviate commonly-used locations. Note that variable expansion is not performed if you read them from a file with ALIAS /R. If you want to use variables or functions in directory aliases, create them using individual ALIAS commands in a batch file. Code: alias dl:=d:\download alias pub:=\\jeeves\public alias user:=%userprofile alias desk:=%userprofile\desktop alias docs:=%userprofile\my documents alias shell:=%@path[%_cmdspec] alias win:=%systemroot alias sys:=%systemroot\system32 Misc. / Uncategorized Clonelink - Create a duplicate link (junction) to the current directory in the current directory (a loop). The new link must be moved elsewhere, e.g., with Windows Explorer. See Hard links for potential uses. The name of the link is the current directory preceded by a minus. Code: alias clonelink=`mklnk "%_cwd" %@quote[-%@name[%_cwp]]` Math - Performs the math in the command line and displays the result. Code: alias math=`Echo %@eval[%&]` Rensel (Rename + Select) - Adds a prefix to the selected file names. Code: alias rensel=`rename %@quote[%1] %@quote[%2%1]` Syntax: select rensel (*.wmv) "Summer 2007 Vacation - " Note the optional space between the end hyphen and end double-quote mark. (Adding a suffix would be a lot more complicated because you have to remove the extension, add the suffix and then add back the extension.) TDRV - Create temporary drive
To avoid %PATH% pollution, all you need to do is to create an entry in the registry, under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths" Example: Code: reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\rar.exe" /ve /d "%[ProgramFiles]\WinRAR\rar.exe" /f Will create Now, TC* can find it anywhere any time. Many other programs, too. While alias' application is limited to TC* only. Well, back to topic. Now, really useful aliases: Code: #!=rem Even if it looks silly, it coming truly useful when you are interoperating with CygWin/MSYS and want TC* script to be launched from bash script. Code: done=iff %_TRANSIENT == 0 .and. %_BATCH == 1 then %+ exit %1 %+ else %+ quit %1 %+ endiff The issue is, if you call "exit" from a nested batch file, you'll kill a whole stack, which is not a desired behavior in many situations. Using this alias in place of "exit/quit", you'll not interrupt your execution chain accidentally. And common consideration to keep in mind, when you are writing aliases - always, and I mean, always use fully qualified definitions. %+ instead of whatever command separator you're using. %= for escape character. %[name] for variable reference. Could also save you from unintended name concatenation.
For the most part, i use hacks of 'write.exe', using a different name in registry, with different scripts in the file. This is apppath.cmd, all of these commands are embedded in a version of write.exe, with different icon, and different call command. Write calls a new gui window to launch the required app, getting the info from the regkey below. Most of the favs are done by editing this file. For example, when time comes to update tcmd to v12, the only thing that will be done after install, is to point the command as v12. Note here that the virtual command is not the actual app. This is because if you rename write.exe to wordpad.exe (which it launches), then it will go into a loop. On the other hand, the names selected here are taken because they are not commands in current use, and you can use a pathed 'tcmd.exe' to load tcmd.exe v8.01 is still current because it is the last version that runs in win2000, the main boot os. Code: @echo off set rkey=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths :: change this on each install set rsave=%systemdrive%\save set rdir=%rsave%\newin :: 4nt + tcmd 8 reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\4ntu.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\jpsoft\4nt.exe reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\tcmdu.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\jpsoft\tcmd.exe reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\tciu.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\jpsoft\tcii.exe reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\tcx.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\tcmd11\tcc.exe reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\tcmdxp.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\tcmd11\tcmd.exe :: boxer reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\boxer32.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\boxer\b.exe :: iview32 reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\i_view32.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\irfanview\i_view32.exe :: total commander reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\totalcmd.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\ghisler\totalcmd.exe :: ztw reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\ztwin.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\ztree\ztw.exe :: winassoc reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\wassociate.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\wassoc\wassociate.exe :: winimage reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\winimage32.exe" /f /ve /d %rdir%\winimage\winimage.exe :: winzip (aka 7zfm) H:\PROGRAM\K7-Zip\7zFM.exe reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\winzip.exe" /f /ve /d "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7zfm.exe" reg add "HKLM\%rkey%\winzip32.exe" /f /ve /d "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7zfm.exe"
alias cdtc=`cdd "%_tcfolder"` When executed in a tab of a TCMD window sets the current folder of the tab's tcc process to what is seen in the folder file list pane.
Here go some of mine: A colorful version of cd, for all drives (inspired by Unix's pwd, actually): Code: [COLOR=Blue]pwd=for %A in (%_ready) do ( echo ^e[%COLORES_DE_DISCOS[%@eval[%@ascii[%@instr[0,1,%A]]-65]]m%@format[-12,%@label[%A]] %@cwds[%A]^e[0m )[/COLOR] COLORES_DE_DISCOS is an array defined in tcstart.btm: Code: [SIZE=1]unsetarray /Q COLORES_DE_DISCOS setarray COLORES_DE_DISCOS[26] set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[0]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[1]=32;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[2]=32;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[3]=33;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[4]=32;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[5]=36;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[6]=36;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[7]=36;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[8]=36;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[9]=36;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[10]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[11]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[12]=33;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[13]=31;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[14]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[15]=35;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[16]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[17]=31;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[18]=31;1 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[19]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[20]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[21]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[22]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[23]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[24]=37;2 set COLORES_DE_DISCOS[25]=37;2 rem Significado de cada color. rem rem Intensidad normal: discos no removibles. Intensidad alta (brillante): discos removibles. rem rem Verde: partición principal de cada disco duro interno. rem Amarillo (no brillante): discos sustituidos. rem Cian: particiones secundarias de cada disco duro interno. rem Blanco: discos sin significado especial. rem rem Rojo brillante: CD-ROMs. rem Verde brillante: pendrives. rem Amarillo brillante: discos externos (el de 1TB, etc.). rem Violeta brillante: discos externos cuestionados (mi passport). rem Cian brillante: tarjetas SD, CF, etcétera. rem rem DISPONIBLE: negro brillante, azul brillante (ÚLTIMA opción), magenta (penúltima opción) y blanco brillante. rem NO USAR: negro, rojo y azul. [/SIZE] (I should translate that comment block into english.) An extended version of free, for all ready drives: Code: [COLOR=Blue]freee=for %A in (%_ready) do if "%A" eq "%@left[2,%@truename[%A]]" (free %A)[/COLOR] (some of you will remember it from this thread: http://jpsoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2556 ) A convenient shorthand: Code: [COLOR=Blue]..*....................=`cd %0`[/COLOR] (this one has been in my alias.txt for so many years, I can't remember where it came from - I *think* it wasn't my invention) Permanent settings for some commands: Code: [COLOR=Blue]move=*move /R select=*select /H/Ou say=*say /A[/COLOR] I have more aliases, but they're all instances of stuff nchernoff has already mentioned (path pollution avoidance, shortcuts, etc.).
.. == cd .. ... == cd ..\.. .... == cd ..\..\.. ..... == cd ..\..\..\.. (and so on) say /? returns "Speaks the specified text." The /A option makes TCC execute it asynchronically.
----- Original Message ----- From: mfarah To: ESFabian@zenge.org Sent: Thursday, 2011. March 10. 18:00 Subject: RE: [T&T - Aliases-t-172] Re: Useful short aliases Quote: Originally Posted by David Marcus What is "say"? say /? returns "Speaks the specified text." The /A option makes TCC execute it asynchronically. --- end quote --- SAY.DLL is a plugin from Charles Dye. Beware! Do not issue the command "help say" - it keeps on saying the HELP until it is finished... -- Steve
I used something similar for years, dating back to 4DOS, but took it out of my aliases list two or three major versions back. It's no longer needed. Recent versions of TCC will treat a directory name as an implied CDD even if it doesn't end with a trailing backslash.
Undocumented feature: Code: help say & delay 2 & say /k Only useful for asynchronous speech, which that online help text is.
----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Dye Undocumented feature: Code: help say & delay 2 & say /k Only useful for asynchronous speech, which that online help text is. ----- End Original Message ----- Well, nobody expects "help say" to start speaking! It is contrary to the documentation of the HELP command. In fact I did not recall whence SAY came, so I just issued HELP SAY, and had to press my mute button to be able to think. Only after that did I use the TCC internal WHICH command to determine where the command is implemented. The "quick help" of the command is really full help (except the /K option is not included); that's what I expected to see. I think a better idea would be to use piping to do the same: help say | say (which is a little verbose but makes the intent clear). -- Steve
Originally it was just a message box, but then I had the idea that in this particular case it might make sense to consider the needs of the visually impaired. Anybody else have an opinion? Especially anyone who has difficulty reading screen text? It'd be trivial to change it back to a popup.
I should have mentioned it's a plugin. I forgot that, since tend to consider the plugins I use as part of TCC.
A handful of favourites that might have a general application: Code: tohex=echo %@convert[10,16,%1] fromhex=echo %@convert[16,10,%1] calc=echo %@eval[%$] indir=pushd %1 %+ %2$ %+ popd trace=setdos /y1 %+ %& howlong=timer on %+ %$ %+ timer ele*vate=*start /elevated The latter has considerably reduced my frustration with running as a normal user under Windows 7 with UAC set to the second 'highest' level, and even has the neat side effect that issuing an elevate on its own starts a new TCC prompt elevated.
On 2011-04-22 07:33, Steve Pitts wrote: trace=setdos /y1 %+ %& This SETDOS setting is no longer supported. I used to use an identical alias under 4DOS but had to change it to call BDEBUGGER when TCC became the norm.
Well spotted that man. I can't even claim that it is in the version that I'm used to using (v7) because it seems to have disappeared from there too.
Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the * in ele*vate? I added the alias as typed, and it appears that the alias can be invoked by either elevate or ele*vate. Thanks, Danny
