Using the Take Command built-in help program, "TCC Help", how can I search for a phrase or a term with an embedded space? For example, I want to search for the term "back quote" (embedded space), but entering "back*quote" does not find all the hits. Is there a trick or an option to embedding...

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this behavior myself, even though I copied the above sample correctly. And when I type an unknown command that does not exist (like "nocmd"), I get a response without a backslash prepended: TCC: Unknown command "nocmd" Must be gremlins . . .

If I alter the PATH variable with eset, it does not take effect immediately: :: view the path C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD31]path PATH=C:\Users\ericp\enp\bat;c:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem; [other stuff deleted...] :: A batch file at the head of the path is not found...

Yes, it does work correctly if all I type is the first letter or two. It will cycle through all possible matches, case-insensitive. Shift-Tab will cycle backward. The current version of Take Command, v31.01, works in the same manner as I described in my top message. Typing "cd", space, followed...

A known directory is a name of a directory that is known to exist (so the first letter or two will match an existing directory name), as opposed to a name prefix cannot match any directory.

This is an annoyance that I cannot resolve quickly, so after searching internal help and the past forum messages, I am posting here for help. I use both TCC LE 14 (free) and TCC 23 (paid). When trying to navigate around the directory with the CD command, pressing the TAB key will normally...

Hello Vince, One problem is that you're using 'single quotes', which are fine in bash, but work imperfectly in a TCC command shell. Cygwin utilities accept 'single quotes' to enclose arguments in the command tail, but TCC is not bash and therefore the arguments need "double quotes". In fact, I...

Just want to know what backup tools, utilities, or strategies do you recommend for the data on your local PC or laptop? I don't want to clone the entire drive (e.g., I would omit things in "\Program Files\" and "\Program Files (x86)\"), but I do want to keep things in my \User\{userid}...

Rex, thanks for the very fast response to my report. I am impressed and grateful!

Tim, thanks for this suggestion. It was very helpful!!

Just want to say thanks to you and the others who provided such a speedy reply. I appreciate it!

Are there any functions or scripts to convert the current date/time or a user-specified date/time to UNIX epoch seconds (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC) ? I see that %@makeage[] and %@agedate[] are good contenders, but I want the UNIX time stamp system, not the NTFS time stamp system...

I have a question about set. The docs for set says that "If you do not specify a filename and input is redirected, SET /R will read from stdin." But how does one redirect input without specifying a filename? The only way I know to do that is with a pipe. But this fails, as this demo shows. [...

To use this, you must have this command in your TCSTART.BTM file: alias /r "c:\path\to\alias.ini" And then in the alias.ini file, you keep all your commonly used aliases, e.g., calc=echo The answer is %@comma[%@eval[%$]] clear=*cls getclip=*type clip: and then, assuming your favorite...

I use a lot of little Unix tools with TCmd and if I want to get ANSI color, I have been piping my output through the TYPE command. E.g., grep --color=always "pattern" file | type However, is there another way to get ANSI or color support for external utilities other than using TYPE? Or is piping...