From: dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
      
   I can set an environment variable YWD to characters 20-29 of a one-line file,   
   ending CRLF, using an ancient utility COLS, written by me.   
      
   But it must be nicer to do it in pure Batch - how?   
      
      
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     (c) John Stockton, near London, UK.  Using Google Groups.           |   
      
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