hey contrex thaks for ur contribution.
can u just tell me hw to store the file path into a variable after displaying.looking into ur code i dont know where the path is getting stored before displaying.

plz help meIt is not getting stored anywhere. What you see is the output of DIR.

I explain the relevant batch file code

Code: [Select]REM ask user for filespec to use with dir /b /s
set /p FILE="What is the file NAME (include extension)?"

REM For each letter of the alphabet
for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

REM if a volume of that letter exists, perform DIR (file spec) /b /s on that volume
REM drive letter is obtained by expanding loop variable %%D

if exist "%%D:\" DIR %%D:\"%FILE%" /b /s
)


If you want the filename paths to appear in a variable you could redirect the output to a file
and read the file

Code: [Select]@ECHO off

REM you need this to use variables in a loop
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM clear temp file first
if exist %temp%\filesearch.txt del %temp%\filesearch.txt

REM ask user for filespec to use with dir /b /s
REM possible inputs
REM readme.txt
REM *.doc
REM file name with spaces.txt
set /p FILE="What is the file name (include extension)? "

echo.
echo searching...
echo.

REM For each letter of the alphabet
for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

REM if a volume of that letter exists, perform DIR (file spec) /b /s on that volume
REM drive letter is obtained by expanding loop variable %%D

if exist "%%D:\" (

REM inform user of drive being SEARCHED
echo searching drive %%D:\

REM perform DIR and redirect output to file
DIR %%D:\"%FILE%" /b /s >> %temp%\filesearch.txt
echo.
)

)

echo.
echo search finished.
echo search results:
echo.

REM (1) count number of matching files found
REM use set /a to set counter to 0
REM shows how to count in batch
set /a count=0

REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (
set /a count+=1
)

REM (2) show results to user
REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (

REM make variable equal to found file path
set filepath=%%L

REM show line to user
REM must use ! and not %
REM because of delayed expansion
REM in loop
echo !filepath!

)
echo.

IF %count% EQU 1 echo %count% result found
IF %count% GTR 1 echo %count% results found

echo this is the last match that was found
echo.
echo %filepath%
echo.

Here, the found file and path is in the variable called "filepath"

If more than one match is found, only the last one will be stored at the end of the batch run.








Quote from: contrex on May 30, 2007, 11:52:12 AM

It is not getting stored anywhere. What you see is the output of DIR.

I explain the relevant batch file code

Code: [Select]REM ask user for filespec to use with dir /b /s
set /p FILE="What is the file name (include extension)?"

REM For each letter of the alphabet
for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

REM if a volume of that letter exists, perform DIR (file spec) /b /s on that volume
REM drive letter is obtained by expanding loop variable %%D

if exist "%%D:\" DIR %%D:\"%FILE%" /b /s
)


If you want the filename paths to appear in a variable you could redirect the output to a file
and read the file

Code: [Select]@echo off

REM you need this to use variables in a loop
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM clear temp file first
if exist %temp%\filesearch.txt del %temp%\filesearch.txt

REM ask user for filespec to use with dir /b /s
REM possible inputs
REM readme.txt
REM *.doc
REM file name with spaces.txt
set /p FILE="What is the file name (include extension)? "

echo.
echo searching...
echo.

REM For each letter of the alphabet
for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

REM if a volume of that letter exists, perform DIR (file spec) /b /s on that volume
REM drive letter is obtained by expanding loop variable %%D

if exist "%%D:\" (

REM inform user of drive being searched
echo searching drive %%D:\

REM perform DIR and redirect output to file
DIR %%D:\"%FILE%" /b /s >> %temp%\filesearch.txt
echo.
)

)

echo.
echo search finished.
echo search results:
echo.

REM (1) count number of matching files found
REM use set /a to set counter to 0
REM shows how to count in batch
set /a count=0

REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (
set /a count+=1
)

REM (2) show results to user
REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (

REM make variable equal to found file path
set filepath=%%L

REM show line to user
REM must use ! and not %
REM because of delayed expansion
REM in loop
echo !filepath!

)
echo.

IF %count% EQU 1 echo %count% result found
IF %count% GTR 1 echo %count% results found

echo this is the last match that was found
echo.
echo %filepath%
echo.

Here, the found file and path is in the variable called "filepath"

If more than one match is found, only the last one will be stored at the end of the batch run.

do i have any option like give only the file name without extension

and search for it.if its found then dispaly the path and extension of the file seperately?

Quote

do i have any option like give only the file name without extension

Use wildcards, as with DOS command line. EG to find files called "example" of whatever extension, supply

example.*

Quote

and search for it.if its found then dispaly the path and extension of the file seperately?

see modified code below

Code: [Select]@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM clear temp file first
if exist %temp%\filesearch.txt del %temp%\filesearch.txt

REM ask user for filespec to use with dir /b /s
set /p FILE="What is the file name (include extension)? "

echo.
echo searching...
echo.

REM For each letter of the alphabet
for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

REM if a volume of that letter exists, perform DIR (file spec) /b /s on that volume
REM drive letter is obtained by expanding loop variable %%D

if exist "%%D:\" (

REM inform user of drive being searched
echo searching drive %%D:\ for %FILE%

REM perform DIR and redirect output to file
DIR /a-d %%D:\"%FILE%" /b /s >> %temp%\filesearch.txt
echo.
)

)

echo.
echo search finished.
echo search results:
echo.

REM (1) count number of matching files found
REM use set /a to set counter to 0
REM shows how to count in batch
set /a count=0

REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (
set /a count+=1
)

REM (2) show results to user
REM for each line in output file
for /f "delims==" %%L in (%temp%\filesearch.txt) do (

REM make variable equal to found file path
set filepath=%%L

REM show line to user
REM must use ! and not %
REM because of delayed expansion
REM in loop
echo file path: !filepath!
echo.

REM you will need to edit, this is just to
REM show you how to use the file info

echo here are the different elements of
echo information about the file
echo.
echo drive: %%~dL path: %%~pL filename: %%~nL extension: %%~xL
echo.
echo drive: %%~dL
echo path: %%~pL
echo filename: %%~nL
echo extension: %%~xL
echo drive, path and name: %%~dpnL
echo.

)
echo.

IF %count% EQU 1 echo %count% result found
IF %count% GTR 1 echo %count% results found

echo this is the last match that was found
echo.
echo %filepath%
echo.