in reply to problems with german character input in dos batch file.

i encounter this often. it is because the char "ä" typed at the command line (in ascii) is not the same char typed in an editor like notepad (iso-8859-1).

solution: use an editor that is capable of writing in plain ascii, like Textpad. Command line "edit.exe" does it too.

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That worked! (and an editpad tip)
by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Jan 07, 2005 at 21:31 UTC
    Holli, thank you, that worked.

    I use jgsoft's wonderful editpad and there was a workaround there as well. When I ran "convert ansi to OEM" from the editpad menu, before saving and running the batch, it worked fine. Looked funny in editpad, but worked just as if I had run from the command line.

    Thanks again :)

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