Batch Files: Examples (L)

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Batch file examples
		Name	Version	Description	OS (1)	Last modified	Remarks
		LastBoot.bat	1.01	Display the last boot time of any WMI enabled computer	XP	2010-02-10	Requires WMIC.
		LastFile.bat	1.00	Reopen most recently used file from the Documents folder	NT	2001-10-20
		LastWUpd.bat	1.00	Return date and time of the last successful Windows Update	XP	2009-09-11
		LDIF2vCard.bat	0.11 alfa	Very basic LDIF to vCard converter	XP	2013-11-28	Fails on unescaped ampersands. May require some manual editing after conversion: e-mail addresses and phone numbers should always be preceded with either WORK: or HOME: or PREF: and sometimes these prefixes are swapped or left out.
		LeapYear.bat	2.00	Check if the current year is a leap year or not	DOS	2002-12-16	Requires BATCHMAN. Also available as JScript, KiXtart, Perl, PowerShell, Rexx and VBScript scripts.
		LeapYear.bat	1.01	Check if the specified year is a leap year or not	NT	2002-10-05	Uses code to extract current year by Simon Sheppard. Also available as JScript, KiXtart, Perl, PowerShell, Rexx and VBScript scripts.
		ListADComputers.bat	1.00	List computer objects in Active Directory	XP	2013-10-20	Requires DSQUERY.
		ListDHCP.bat	1.00	List the DHCP server for every network adapter	XP	2010-07-25	Uses NETSH.
		ListHDDs.bat	1.11	List all physical harddisk models on a remote PC	W2K	2009-12-02	Requires WMIC or DEVCON. If neither WMIC nor DEVCON is available, you will be prompted to open the DEVCON download page.
		ListFilesBetween.bat	1.02	List matching files with timestamps between 2 specified dates	NT	2011-11-12
		ListICA.bat	1.00	List all IP addresses associated with Citrix' ICA round robin alias in DNS	NT	2004-10-25
		ListPRN.cmd	2.01	List specified (NT) or all (NT and OS/2) network printers' UNC path	NT OS2	2000-06-05	Bonus C# source and compiled EXE included with ZIPped sources.
		ListProgs.bat	1.11	List all programs registered in Windows' Uninstall keys	NT	2015-01-15	Also available as ListProgs.exe (much faster).
		ListSDKs.bat	1.00	List installed Microsoft SDKs, or display the version number for a specified SDK	XP	2008-05-30	Requires REG 3.0.
		ListWMIClasses.bat	1.01	List (a tiny fraction of the) available WMI classes in the "root\CIMV2" namespace	XP	2010-09-29	Requires WMIC. Also available in VBScript.
		LoCase.bat	3.00	Convert filenames to all lowercase	NT OS2	2001-11-20	New LoCase.bat uses a trick by Niels Stout; it is much faster, but can be used in the current directory only; the old version is still available in case you need to rename files in other directories. Also available as KiXtart and OS/2 Rexx scripts.
		LockProg		How to lock single user programs when in use on a network	All	1999-07-13
		LogBatch.bat	1.00	Log every individual command line of a batch file	W2K	2007-11-07
		LogHist.bat	1.11	Read URLs from IE history and write them to a file named %UserName%.hst	NT	2003-10-20
		LstOffVw.bat	1.00	List all Office Viewers and their version numbers	W2K	2008-05-17	Also available in VBScript. This batch file uses FILEVER.EXE and is about 10 times as fast as the WMI/VBScript version.