here is an ordinary .bat that joins all lines and leaves a whitespace between the resulting strings.
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set row=
@For /F "EOL=|" %%x In ('^""%__AppDir__%find.exe" "."^<"%userprofile%\i.txt"^"') Do @Set "row=!row! %%x"
echo %row% >%userprofile%\o.txt
echo %row%
here is test input for that script:
PDF
wikkipedia.ord
notavalidURL
snapfish.com
.tunnelbear.com
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox
it outputs, quite predictably:
wikkipedia.ord snapfish.com .tunnelbear.com mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox!
but here is another input that does not behave the same way:
PDF
Tech
TORONTO
>
SOME PERSON
Some Company
BusinessName
User Name
Users
Default User
Default Filter Profile
Web Exceptions
BackWeb Exceptions
Applied URL Lists
Attach List
Individual Exceptions
Applied individually to User and can be modified
Individual List32 URLs
BBC Weather
Shared ListTechloq7 URLs
Bing Search
Allows "bing" search
Shared ListTechloq45 URLs
Business Essential Sites
pre-approved business sites, (from reference, Technology, File sharing, shopping etc).
Shared ListTechloq167 URLs
Email [Gmail]
Allow Gmail Yahoo and AOL mail.
Shared ListTechloq77 URLs
Google Drive
Shared ListTechloq35 URLs
Google hangouts
Shared ListTechloq8 URLs
Google Maps
Shared ListTechloq33 URLs
Google Photos
Shared ListTechloq5 URLs
Jewish Music
Shared ListTechloq89 URLs
Jewish Websites
Allows all jewish websites.
Shared ListTechloq1183 URLs
Microsoft [and google] Office blacklist
Blocks in app browsing for Microsoft apps [office 365, start menu etc.] and for google docs.
Shared ListTechloq18 URLs
Microsoft Classroom
Shared ListTechloq25 URLs
Microsoft maps app
Allows the Microsoft map app
Shared ListTechloq1 URLs
Microsoft Online
Shared ListTechloq27 URLs
Microsoft Teams
Shared ListTechloq28 URLs
Mostlymusic.com
Shared ListTechloq17 URLs
Office Activate
Activate Microsoft office
Shared ListTechloq7 URLs
Religious Blacklist
Blocks ëôéøä websites.
Shared ListTechloq23 URLs
Techloq Global List
For back end and content servers [recaptcha etc.]
Shared ListTechloq261 URLs
Torah Websites
Shared ListTechloq115 URLs
Windows Store blacklist
Shared ListTechloq12 URLs
Windows Update
You might need to add .microsoft.com to the ssl list.
Shared ListTechloq16 URLs
Yahoo Search
Allows Yahoo search
Shared ListTechloq42 URLs
Individual Exceptions
Applied individually to User and can be modified
Individual ListLast changed Dec 26, 2019 09:35 AM
URLs Included
Access
Offensive Text Filter
Images Filter
Video Blocking
Type URL and press Enter
On
On
On
wikkipedia.ord
Time left 13d 34m
Go to Temporary Access
youtubedownload.video
On
On
Off
.slack.com
Off
Off
Off
slack.com
Off
Off
Off
snapfish.com
On
Off
On
.tunnelbear.com
On
On
Off
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox
On
Off
Off
google.com/url?q=https://connect.cloudberrylab.com?i%3D448781782&source=gmail&ust=1573146628917000&usg=AFQjCNF14Y-dux0_bNSOc-jOfjLgHy-3fw
On
On
On
connect.cloudberrylab.com?i=448781782
On
Off
Off
golantelecom.co.il
On
On
Off
msn.com
citibank.com
On
On
Off
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=RDTsBcex3M2Xo&start_radio=1&t=0
On
Off
Off
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=PL8CN8XjdSyu0TdNKo9U9sF1RL7NB3_0mh
On
Off
Off
ontimestudios.com
On
Off
Off
ontimerovideo.com
On
Off
Off
badchen.com
On
Off
Off
ebay.com/
On
On
On
offshorecompany.com
On
On
On
offshorecompany.com/company/israel-llc/
On
On
On
wikipedia.org
On
On
On
ravkavonline.co.il
On
On
On
tunnelbear.com
On
On
On
citiprivatepass.com
On
On
On
docs.google.com
On
On
On
play.google.com
On
On
On
myjewishcolorado.org
On
On
On
hillelacademyofdenver.com/
On
On
On
wikkipedia.com
On
On
On
productforums.google.com
On
On
On
ultrasurf.us
On
On
On
stackoverflow.com
On
On
On
tutorialpoint.com
On
On
On
Dec 29, 2019 12:23 AM
it outputs something rather annoying like this:
pre-approved business sites, (from reference, Technology, File sharing, shopping etc). Allow Gmail Yahoo and AOL mail. Allows all jewish websites. Blocks in app browsing for Microsoft apps [office 365, start menu etc.] and for google docs. Mostlymusic.com Blocks δ⌠Θ°Σ websites. For back end and content servers [recaptcha etc.] You might need to add .microsoft.com to the ssl list. wikkipedia.ord youtubedownload.video .slack.com slack.com snapfish.com .tunnelbear.com mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox google.com/url?q=https://connect.cloudberrylab.com?i%3D448781782
'source' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'ust' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'usg' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'start_radio' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'1' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
why is this string different and how can i change my .bat to get the same type of output as the first attempt?
here are the stings that seem to be associated with the errors:
'source' is not recognized as an internal or external command
operable program or batch file.
google.com/url?q=https://connect.cloudberrylab.com?i%3D448781782&source=gmail&ust=1573146628917000&usg=AFQjCNF14Y-dux0_bNSOc-jOfjLgHy-3fw
'ust' is not recognized as an internal or external command
operable program or batch file.
google.com/url?q=https://connect.cloudberrylab.com?i%3D448781782&source=gmail&ust=1573146628917000&usg=AFQjCNF14Y-dux0_bNSOc-jOfjLgHy-3fw
'usg' is not recognized as an internal or external command
operable program or batch file.
google.com/url?q=https://connect.cloudberrylab.com?i%3D448781782&source=gmail&ust=1573146628917000&usg=AFQjCNF14Y-dux0_bNSOc-jOfjLgHy-3fw
'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=RDTsBcex3M2Xo&start_radio=1&t=0
'start_radio' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=RDTsBcex3M2Xo&start_radio=1&t=0
'1' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=RDTsBcex3M2Xo&start_radio=1&t=0
'list' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
youtube.com/watch?v=TsBcex3M2Xo&list=PL8CN8XjdSyu0TdNKo9U9sF1RL7NB3_0mh
looking at the output i can see that all the words that threw errors are sitting next to an & character (if that means anything to anyone).
what's more upsetting is that i specifically wrote this code in-order to process text from a certain website. every time i copy a page from that site into notepad and run my code the same thing happens so i have nothing until i fix this

i am trying to avoid using any code that is not native to CMD (ie powershell, cygwin, paste.exe)