DOSBox: debug.exe reads file - processes commands incorrectly

Question

I\'m trying to use DOSBox with debug.exe on a 64-bit system. It works perfectly fine if I enter the commands manually. When I redirect input from a file with:

Answer 1

I can reproduce the behavior you are seeing in this scenario:

• DOSBox 0.74 on Windows and Linux
• DEBUG.EXE from Windows XP copied to DOSBox
• DEBUG.EXE from various versions of MS-DOS will cause problem including unexpected hangs. See this Stackoverflow question for another related problem.

I found a version of DEBUG.COM from FreeDOS that works as expected. I have made DEBUG.COM available for download from my website. Alternatively you can download the ZIP File from Softpedia and extract DEBUG.COM.

When I run DEBUG.COM I get this:

S:\>debug.com hello
Hello, World!