How to execute the command prompt with more than 8191 characters?

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I tried to execute the command prompt, my command is containing lengthy lines which is more than the command prompt limitation of 8191 characters, so i can't enter more characters. Is there anyway to overcome this limitations!?

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J.Surjith Kumar

Posted 29-Aug-13 1:02am

J.Surjith Kumar

Updated 29-Aug-13 21:53pm

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[no name] 29-Aug-13 7:07am

Really? Just out of curiosity, what could you possibly be doing that would require a command prompt like that?

J.Surjith Kumar 29-Aug-13 7:40am

Have you heard about mp4box which is a command tool if you want to merge more than 100 videos at the same time this scenario will come, the path of the video is larger you can't change that.

nareshkumar464 29-Aug-13 7:50am

I faced the same scenario i couldn't get any solution for this but try to reduce the path of the video so that you won't exceed the limitations of it. This is what i followed.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-29T01:15:00

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Not really, without changing the actual software to accept a command file name instead. The limit is built in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830473[^]

Posted 29-Aug-13 1:15am

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J.Surjith Kumar 29-Aug-13 7:41am

I gone through this link before i ask this question.

J.Surjith Kumar 29-Aug-13 7:42am

Thank you,

OriginalGriff 29-Aug-13 8:29am

You're welcome.
Unfortunately, the link is from the people who know, because they wrote the OS! That makes it pretty well definitive :laugh:

J.Surjith Kumar 29-Aug-13 8:45am

Can you give me an example of that [work around the limitations] I tried but i couldn't get it.

OriginalGriff 29-Aug-13 9:58am

Just change it so it has a single parameter - a file path.
In your code, read the file contents using File.ReadAllText and treat the resulting string as if it were your arguments. If necessary, separate commands with newlines, and use File.ReadAllLines instead to give you an array of arguments.

J.Surjith Kumar 30-Aug-13 3:45am

Ya got it thank you Griff

OriginalGriff 30-Aug-13 4:36am

You're welcome!