Create a batchfile with the command you want using placeholder characters for the nonprinting characters. Then open it with DEBUG or your hexeditor of choice and replace the placeholders with the bytes you want
-----Original Message----- From: Frantisek Hanzlik <fra...@hanzlici.cz> To: Freedos user list <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thu, Jun 5, 2014 12:44 am Subject: [Freedos-user] how pass on command line general non-zero bytes to DOS program? Hi, I need pass general non-ASCII non-zero strings as arguments on cmdline to DOS program. How can this be done in FreeDOS? In Linux sh/bash shell I can use construction as $'\xAD\xBC' - but this not work in FreeDOS command.com. Thanks, Franta ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user