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  2.                                │ ANSWER   COM │
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  5.               This one has my vote for the handiest batch file
  6.           utility of all time. ANSWER.COM will allow you to prompt
  7.           for a string of text and then act on that string. For
  8.           example:
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  10.           echo off
  11.           cls
  12.           answer What is the name of the file you wish to copy?
  13.           set file=%answer%
  14.           answer Where do you wish to copy it?
  15.           copy %file% %answer%
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  17.               In this example %answer% is the dos envrionment
  18.           variable that is set by ANSWER.COM. This utility is
  19.           awesome!
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