Commodore PC - Page 179

Batch Processing 107
How to Run a Batch File
^-^ To run the batch file sorter.bat, type the batch filename followed Running a batch file
by the parameters that you want msdos to substitute for % /, %2,
and %3.
/"-\ Suppose that on the disk in drive A you have a file that lists your
customers' names and regions. The file might look something like
this:
() Shores, Sandy north
Poster, Emily south
Sharpe, Isabel,R. north
/—n Fisher, Pete east
f ' Conrad, Betty south
Rey, Fernando north
Shaw, R i c k west
f*"^ Moss, Chris north
If you want to print an alphabetical list of the customers in the
{***) north, you can run the sorter batch file, with the appropriate
parameters, by typing the following command and then pressing
RETURN:
' sorter north a:customer temp.fil
^m^ The output on the printer should look like this:
Moss, Chris north
Rey, Fernando north
/0m\ Sharpe, Isabel R. north
Shores, Sandy north
>—< The following table shows how msdos replaces each of the
' ' parameters in the previous example:
Batch filename
Parameter 1
Parameter2
Paramet er3
(%0)
(%2)
(%3)
sorter
north
a:customer
temp.fil
The result is the same as if you had typed each of the commands
in sorter with its parameters, as follows:
f0**) type a:customer I find "north" > temp.fil
type temp.fil ! sort > prn
del temp.fil
Using the batch file, however, saves typing time and is much
easier to remember.
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