| "I have to dump batch files into a folder in PATH because there's no alias support nor .profile startup script." https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms6...: "Console aliases are used to map source strings to target strings. For example, you can define a console alias that maps "test" to "cd \a_very_long_path\test". When you type "test" at the command line, the console subsystem expands the alias and executes the specified cd command.
To define a console alias, use Doskey.exe to create a macro, or use the AddConsoleAlias function." https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp...: "Executing registry subkeys If you do not specify /d in string, Cmd.exe looks for the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun\REG_SZ
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun REG_EXPAND_SZ
If either one or both registry subkeys are present, they are executed before all other variables." "There's no shell escaping backticks." https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490909.aspx: "Iterating and file parsing
Use file parsing to process command output, strings and file content.
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for /F ["ParsingKeywords"] {%% | %}variable in ('command') do command [CommandLineOptions]" Good UI? I've seen better. It also doesn't affect the conclusion that the cmd shell is bad, but the functionality does exist in some, often weirdly limited, form. |