From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:06:50 GMT, "Kerr-Mudd,John"  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:43:13 GMT, "Kerr-Mudd,John"   
      
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:48:56 GMT,   
   gazelle@shell.xmission.com (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?   
   >>>   
   >> Sure. What's my fee?   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Sorry, I was a bit grumpy earlier;   
   >   
   > @echo off   
   > rem mode con: cols=97   
   > for /F "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%i in ('mode con:') do if %%   
   i==Columns:   
   > echo cols=%%j   
   >   
   >   
   I'm also a bit rusty; no need for the 'delims= '   
      
   for /F "tokens=1,2" %i in ('mode con:') do if %i == Columns:   
   set cols=%j   
      
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