XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.msdos.batch   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   Here's another (more sophisticated) variant of the appending to a simple   
   global bookmarks text HTML file, one per system, for all web browsers.   
      
   This batch file started with the prior batch file which simply added a   
   defined bookmark given the exact URL and description... and flipped the   
   algorithm around to simply ask for the desired search terms.   
      
   Assuming, for example, the desired search terms of "gas camp stove",   
   this batch script below appends to a global search HTML text file.   
      
   While this approach can be applied to any search engine, my specific need   
   was for the specific syntax of the Amazon and Amazon Vine search engines.   
     and    
      
   Note that the syntax for a purely Amazon search is the following:   
   [amazon] gas camp stove
   
      
   Note that the syntax for any specific Amazon Vine search is the following:   
   [vine]   
   gas camp stove
   
      
   It was a pain getting the angle brackets escaped in the Windows batch   
   file but that was nothing in effort compared to the way Amazon does things   
   where there are plus signs ("+") and %20 characters in real search terms.   
      
   Specifically, it was most miserable getting the Vine %20 to be escaped.   
      
   Having figured it out today, the advantage of me kind-heartedly generously   
   posting my results for you to benefit from is that you can munge what I   
   provide below to fit any search engine terms that you need to add for   
   your own global bookmarks search file (which everyone should have).   
      
   That makes all my effort writing this leveraged to everyone out there.   
   As always, please test & improve so that everyone benefits from every post.   
      
      @echo off   
      REM addvine.bat adds amazon & vine search links to a global Vine html file   
      setlocal   
      setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion   
      
      REM #1 set your favorite text HTML editor   
      REM set editor=notepad++   
      set editor=gvim   
      
      REM #2 set the location of your global vine search file   
      set vinefile=C:\path\to\your\global\search\file\vine.htm   
      echo.Global vine HTML search file is %vinefile%   
      
      :input_item   
      echo.Enter search item: ; for example, gas camp stove   
      set /p "item="   
      
      :replace_spaces_with_+   
      set "amazon_item=%item: =+%"   
      
      :replace_spaces_with_%20   
      set "vine_item="   
      for %%a in (%item%) do (   
        if "%%a"=="" (   
          set "vine_item=!vine_item!%%20"   
        ) else (   
          if defined vine_item (   
            set "vine_item=!vine_item!%%20"   
          )   
          set "vine_item=!vine_item!%%a"   
        )   
      )   
      
      echo Original item: %item%   
      echo    Amazon item: %amazon_item%   
      set vine_item=!vine_item!   
      echo    Vine item: %vine_item%   
      echo.Adding... "%amazon_item%" and "!vine_item!" to %vinefile%   
      
      :append_html   
      echo.^[amazon]    
   item%^^ >> %vinefile%   
      echo.^[vine]   
   %item%^^ >> %vinefile%   
      
      :edit_html   
        echo Do you want to edit the global vine HTML file? [y/n]   
        set /p "choice="   
        if /i "%choice%"=="y" (   
          echo Editing file: %vinefile%   
          %editor% %vinefile%   
        ) else if /i "%choice%"=="n" (   
          echo File editing canceled.   
      )   
      
      pause   
      endlocal   
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