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I recently asked a question on Super User, that pertained to getting around a character limit on the Windows-7 CMD. Here was my question:

I have a script that generates emails for me.

[18:35:50]Creating resolution ticket..
Enter ticket number: 
Enter users full name: 
Enter summary of issue: 
Enter what will happen or what you did: Hello ma'am, it has come to my attention that according to <agency> regulation and policy, if I where to get this escalated, they WILL NOT edit the registry. For some reason <agency> only allows a certain size, and I can not change that. My best advice to you, is
[18:37:27]Copied to clipboard press CNTRL-V to paste

As you can see, the command line character restriction cuts out before the I can finish generating the email. My question is, is there a way I can edit cmd, or a way I can work around this limitation?

However it had been pointed out the the limit on the cmd is 8191 characters, so I don't think I'm anywhere near that, however my script cuts out at certain points everytime it is run. I will not be able to provide you with the entire script (mostly just the templates) I will however be able to provide you with the main file, and some pictures of it being run:

#!/usr/local/bin/env ruby


# Require all the files to make this thing run
# yes there are a lot most of them are modules
# that I created though.

require 'digest'
require 'date'
require 'etc'
require 'optparse'
require 'io/console'
require 'yaml'

require_relative 'lib/modules/clipboard'
require_relative 'lib/modules/date'
require_relative 'lib/modules/format'
require_relative 'lib/modules/time'
require_relative 'lib/email/version'
require_relative 'lib//modules/log_email'
require_relative 'lib/modules/email_templates'
require_relative 'lib/modules/admin/admin'

# Include the modules that are required from the
# lib/module directory

include Format
include DateCheck
include TimeCheck
include ClipBrd
include Email
include LogEmail
include Templates
include Admin

OPTIONS = {}

# Create the flags and append them to the empty hash in 
# order to easily call the flags from the hash. This makes 
# it easier to be able to find out which flag was given as
# an ARGV. If no ARGV is geven during the time of the command
# the program will default to the help page

OptionParser.new do |opts|
  opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Generate the help page'){ |o| OPTIONS[:help] = o }
  opts.on('-t INPUT', '--type INPUT', 'Specify the type of email to be generated'){ |o| OPTIONS[:type] = o }
  opts.on('--example', 'Gives an example of a generic email that was created using this program'){ |o| OPTIONS[:example] = o }
  opts.on('--version', 'Displays the version number of the program'){ |o| OPTIONS[:version] = o }
  opts.on('--admin', 'Run as admin to check logged information'){ |o| OPTIONS[:admin] = o }
end.parse!

def help_page
  puts
  "\e[44mruby gen_email.rb -[h|t] <Type-of-email> --[example|version]\e[0m"
end

def res_group
  Format.prompt('Enter resolution group')
end

def name
  Format.prompt('Enter users full name')
end

def summary
  Format.prompt('Enter summary of issue')
end

def num
  Format.prompt('Enter ticket number')
end

def body
  Format.prompt('Enter what will happen or what you did')
end

def account
  Format.prompt('Enter users account')
end

def timestamp
  Format.prompt('Enter specific time stamp to be removed')
end

def check_date
  DateCheck.date
end

def header
  TimeCheck.check_time
end

def get_user
  user = Etc.getlogin
  @esd_user = user.split('_').first.capitalize + ' ' + user.split('_').last[0].upcase
end

def copy(email)
  File.open('./lib/tools/tmp/email_to_copy', 'w') { |s| s.puts(email) }
  LogEmail.log(email)
  clipbrd
end

def agency
  # Had to create my own because the prompt module
  # wasn't working..

  print "\e[36mEnter agency:\e[0m "
  STDIN.gets.chomp.upcase
end

def get_advocate
  res = agency
  file = YAML.load_file("lib/list.yml")
  file['agencies'][res].nil? ? "\e[33mInvalid agency\e[0m" : file['agencies'][res]
end

def clipbrd
  # Uses a batch file to create a copy of the 
  # email, the batch file works exactly like
  # the cmd command does. However I couldn't get 
  # the cmd copy command to work with the program
  # so I created a new one.

  ClipBrd.copy_to_clipbrd
  Format.info('Copied to clipboard press CNTRL-V to paste')
end

def gather_intel
  # Figure out what email the user wants to created
  # by checking the argument given to the -t flag

  case OPTIONS[:type]
    when /osha/
      Format.info('Creating OSHA Regional email..')
      osha_reg
    when /pend/
      Format.info('Creating 6 day hold pending email..')
      pend
    when /60/
      Format.info('Creating 60 day hold account deletion email..')
      sixty_day
    when /generic/
      Format.info('Creating generic email..')
      generic
    when /resolve/
      Format.info('Creating resolution ticket..')
      resolve    
    when /esc/
      Format.info('Creating escalation ticket..')
      assign
    when /remove/
      remove_pii
    else
      raise ArgumentError.new('Not a type of email, or wrong spelling')
  end
end

case
  # Figure out what the user wants to do. By
  # checking what flag is inside of the hash
  # at the time of the call

  when OPTIONS[:type]
    gather_intel
  when OPTIONS[:example]
    puts "\e[36m#{Templates.examples_page}\e[0m"
  when OPTIONS[:version]
    puts Email.version
  when OPTIONS[:admin]
    run_admin
  else
    puts help_page
end

Generic generation:

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Pending generation:

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No matter what type of email generation I do, it will not work. I'm not really expecting anybody to be able to answer this question, because I don't have much information I am able to provide, but some ideas on what this could be would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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  • where is the code that calls body? – David K-J Jun 06 '16 at 16:04
  • That's one of those module I won't be able to show you, this is the code that runs everything though, so it's the most important. The body is technically just a big string with some interpolation thrown in. – 13aal Jun 06 '16 at 16:12
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    Bit of a mystery black box then.. I would suggest you read [this](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) and come back with a problem that can be resolved. – David K-J Jun 07 '16 at 15:56

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