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Making script read key words in dos prompt

 
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StarThorn1



Joined: 12 Nov 2009
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:40 pm    Post subject: Making script read key words in dos prompt Reply with quote
How would I go about making my script do something if a dos prompt had a key word in?
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wooly_sammoth



Joined: 12 May 2009
Posts: 178
Location: Gloucester UK
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Unfortunately text can't be extracted directly from the command prompt using ControlGetText or similar.

I have got around this in the past by instructing the Command Prompt to give it's output to a file. AutoHotKey can then parse this file to find the key word.


I'm sure there are other methods available but this is a nice simple way.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
how do I get the prompt to give me the text? I don't know how (yet) but I thought maybe I could tell autohotkey to highlight/mark all the text on the prompt, copy it, open a notepad, paste it.
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wooly_sammoth



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As I said AHK can't copy text directly from the command prompt but you can get the prompt to output to a file.

An example of this would by to type the command
Code:
ping google.com > Desktop\google.txt
into the command prompt and press enter.

This will result in a text document on your desktop called google.txt which contains the results of the ping.

You can then use the AHK commands FileRead and Loop (parse a string) to get the text from that file and check it for any word you like
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garry



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: switzerland
PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
maybe don't understand what really wanted
an example sends to hidden DOS window , reads and show searched line
Code:
;-------- send to DOS and COPY DOS window --------------------------
;-------- from Laszlo ----------------------------------------------
DetectHiddenWindows On
Gui,2:Font,,FixedSys

DosCommand=ver
SearchedText=Microsoft

F1=%A_scriptdir%\test55.txt
ifexist,%F1%
  Filedelete,%F1%

Run %ComSpec% /k ,,hide,PID1                ;open a DOS window hidden

Gui,2:Add,Text,    x15   y40                   ,DOS command:
Gui,2:Add,Edit,    x140  y40   h20   w300 vVAR ,%DosCommand%
Gui,2:Add, Button, x0    y0    w0  h0  default gSTART1,

Gui,2:Add,Text,    x15   y80                    ,DOS WINDOW COPIED:
Gui,2:Add,Listbox, x10   y100  h390  w680 vLB3,

Gui,2:Show, x0 y0 h500  w700 ,SendToDOS
GuiControl,2:Focus,VAR
return
;-------------------------------------------------------

START1:
gui,2:submit,nohide
GuiControl,2:,LB3,|                                       ;clear listbox

   ControlSend, ,CLS,ahk_pid %PID1%, , ,                  ;send clear screen
   ControlSend, ,{enter},ahk_pid %PID1%, , ,              ;send enter
   ControlSend, ,%VAR%,ahk_pid %PID1%, , ,                ;send input value
   ControlSend, ,{enter},ahk_pid %PID1%, , ,              ;send enter
   sleep,1000

WinActivate ahk_pid %PID1%
sleep,1000
ClipBoard =
SendInput !{Space}es{Enter}          ; select/copy DOS english
;SendInput !{Space}ba{Enter}           ; select/copy DOS german
ClipWait 2
C2:=clipboard
Fileappend,%C2%,%F1%                                          ;can write to a file
;msgbox,262144,Push Escape to finish,%C2%
StringGetPos p, C2,`n, R1
P1:=(P+2)                                                      ;LAST line
StringMid,t,C2,P1,150
stringreplace,C2,C2,`r`n,|,all
GuiControl,2:,LB3,%C2%
GuiControl,2:,LB3,---------------------------------------------------
GuiControl,2:,LB3,Lastline=%t%

;---- show a searched line ---
loop,read,%F1%
  {
  LR=%A_loopreadline%
  ifinstring,LR,%SearchedText%
  SR=%LR%
  }
msgbox,Searched Text [%searchedtext%]=`n%SR%
return


2Guiclose:
process,close,%PID1%               ;close hidden DOS
exitapp
;--------------------------------------------------------
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