From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 01:58:25 GMT, gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny   
   McCormack) wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Zaidy036   wrote:   
   >>On 11/18/2020 7:48 PM, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   >>> In a batch file, I want to get the width of the screen (e.g., 80, in   
   >>> the normal case) into a variable.  This is, e.g.,  the number   
   >>> displayed in the "Properties" of the Command Prompt window - as the   
   >>> "screen width".   
   >>>   
   >>> I know how to get this is in a regular programming language (e.g., C   
   >>> or C++), using a Win32 API call, but I don't know of any easy way to   
   >>> get it purely in batch (CMD.EXE).   
   >>>   
   >>> Also, not interested in any solutions that involve things like   
   >>> PowerShell or VBA.  As I said, if it requires going to a regular   
   >>> programming language, I already know how to do that.   
   >>>   
   >>> Any ideas?   
   >>>   
   >>MODE CON: COLS=xx LINES=yy   
   >   
   > I think you misread the word "get" as "set".   
   >   
      
   Well, the clue is there; parse the output of "mode con:" for "Columns:"   
      
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