I have scenario where I can use only command line operations to do my things.
I have some file which is already opened. I want to copy the content from this file and save it to notepad.
I am able to do CTRL+A, CTRL+C, now since this is now in clipboard.
Do we have any one line command by which I can paste this clipboard content directly to a notepad.
You can look for various CLIP tools that can write from the clipboard into a file.
A batch file can help you utilise them...
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If I have some simple text in a .rtf file (called test_file.rtf), how can I run this in terminal?
For example if I have cd Documents/Movies written in this file, I don't want to have to open the file, copy that line, paste it into terminal, then hit enter to get into the Movies folder. I just want to simply 'run' test_file.rtf and then I will be in Movies folder.
Is there a simple way to just call this without loads of ammendments to my setup or to the simple rtf file? Essentially just a word to type in to say 'run this command'?
How do I open a non-text file, say server.js, with a text editor (e.g. Notepad) with a command prompt?
I currently use a workaround where I create server.txt, edit it, then rename it to server.js, but it'd be nice to have a more straightforward method.
Thank you in advance!
To open a file which does not have .txt extension in notepad, try
c:\> notepad server.js
Note: You can start also start Visual Studio Code, using commandline with > code <filename>. If the file does not exist, a new file will be created in editor.
I was wondering if it was possible to run a selfwritten ruby program just like any other program by double-clicking an icon of some sort.
And if it's possible, how do I do it?
I wrote a little program for a friend but I don't want him to have to use the command line to run it, because that's rather inconvenient (unless there is a way to just double-click and the command line opens the program itself..).
Thanks for your help!
The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
#echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
Multiple ways
if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it
same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon
if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file
my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows "C:\Users\your_user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script
you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
I have a symlink named example.avi that points to a real example.avi video file. When a program tries opens the symlink, it really opens the video file. But now I would like execute a command line whenever a program tries to open the symlink file.
Is that possible?
ps: windows
No, there is no built-in way of creating a symlink or other file system object that causes a command to be executed when it is opened by an application.
It should in principle be possible to do this with a file system filter driver. But that's very complicated. I believe there are some third-party tools to simplify this sort of task, but I don't have any experience with them.
While I am clearly ignorant on the subject of symlinks in Windows (see my comments on your question). I just played with it and proved that you could basically do this by symlinking to a wrapper for your avi. I.e. symlink to an exe or a batch file, etc. which does what you want and then opens the avi. Here's a test I ran with txt files and notepad:
Create a file called test.txt with some text. Create a file next to it called test.bat. Here's the batch:
notepad test.txt
When you run the batch, it just opens the txt in notepad.
Then I added a symlink:
mklink test2.txt test.bat
Now, when I type test2.txt in the command prompt, or double click on it, it runs the batch and opens the test.txt file. Obviously, you can use the same basic logic. It doesn't, however, fire the batch off when I open the symlink in Notepad++. It just opens to batch for editing instead.
Of course, maybe you don't want a second file, in which case you need to literally embed your avi in some wrapper. I guess we ned to know more about what you want to do. It sounds like an attempt at malware hidden in a video to me...
There can be "This file came from another computer and might be blocked" message in file properties.
Is there a way to block back file in windows 7?
I need this for program testing.
You have to recreate the alternate data stream for the file. The easiest way to do this is by using Notepad. Run cmd.exe and navigate to the directory that contains the file. I'll use test.txt as an example, type this command:
Notepad "test.txt:Zone.Identifier"
Double quotes required. Notepad prompts you to create a new file, click Yes. Paste or write this:
[ZoneTransfer]
ZoneId=3
Press Ctrl+S to save.