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   Message 67,829 of 68,980   
   John Stockton to John Stockton   
   Re: Problem with file copying in Batch   
   07 Nov 21 09:02:45   
   
   From: dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, 7 November 2021 at 15:51:38 UTC, John Stockton wrote:   
   > On Sunday, 7 November 2021 at 11:52:14 UTC, John Stockton wrote:   
   > > On Saturday, 6 November 2021 at 12:46:34 UTC, JJ wrote:   
   > > > On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 15:30:11 -0700 (PDT), John Stockton wrote:   
   >   
   > > In the meanwhile, I'll try long runs of the script only when I have   
   another use for the hand which is not busy typing F, e.g. by eating sandwiches   
   with it.   
   > Sometimes, unexpectedly simple solutions exist :   
   >   
   > prompt>type FFF.TXT | ZZZ-PICK camel barnes camel   
   >   
   > in which FFF.TXT is a readily-constructed file of thousands of lines each   
   containing a single letter F (finishing with a line not starting with F, and   
   not using D).   
      
   No - that runs, and shows the desired HTML; but it does not copy the files,   
   because ZZZ\ZZZZ.TXT is empty (I don't know why)   
      
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