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how to SAFEMODE my PC....#1. Wrong section
#2. Press F8 at startup and CHOOSE Safe MODE

Using batch scripting,
How to cout that "How many times the same PC name is APPEARING in a txt file"
& if the COUNT is odd number then kill the perticular task remotely.

i know that killing task remotely is difficult, and it requires ANOTHER batch to be created at client(remote PC) but i wanted to basically how to send alert remotely.

Primary Quastion - Count the PC name
Secondary Quastion - To kill task remotely

Thak you in advance.Well what does the file look LIKE? the text file is having a PC name in all the lines
but the each line is having different PC name
and i am interested to count each PC name, appearing at how many times in the txt file.

Well I just needed to know what came before what the OP already posted, but now I am thinking that even with that what I was planning on posting would not work anyway. why not use type and find on a for loop
to find the link
and no i dont have an example because i dont have an exact idea how 2 do itQuote from: smeezekitty on September 09, 2009, 08:16:43 PM

why not use type and find on a for loop
to find the link
and no i dont have an example because i dont have an exact idea how 2 do it

you could try the following as a template for your issue.

the code will need to be changed to work for what you are wanting to do but:

Code: [Select]
set name=[name of ini file]

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (%name%) do call :AddText "%%a

ECHO JOB COMPLETE.....
PAUSE

:AddText %1
set Text=%~1%
IF NOT "%Text%"=="<CURR_NUMBER NUMBER="425" TDATE="01/09/2009" /> " ECHO %Text% >> %name%
if "%Text%"=="<CURR_NUMBER NUMBER="425" TDATE="01/09/2009" /> " " ECHO "<CURR_NUMBER NUMBER="1000" TDATE=%date:~4% />" >> %name%
exit /b

the script pulls the current date from the %date:~4%. Unless I am missing something or the system date is not correct it will pull the correct date.

Please let me know if I over looked something or if there is a better way to do this type of thing in batch.

Code: [Select]if "%Text%"=="<CURR_NUMBER NUMBER="425" TDATE="01/09/2009" />

Hello,

Can anyone PLS help me in setting the values in my .ini file using a batch file?
My ini file looks like this
<TB_DATE>
<CURR_NUMBER NUMBER="425" TDATE="01/09/2009" />
</TB_DATE>

And I am gathering that the only way is to copy the file onto a floppy, boot computer into command prompt, and then run commands to copy the file to c:\windows\SYSTEM folder

Can you give me some idea of what I should be typing in to do this?

The guy has a win98 system, and he is getting the message that his shell32.dll is corrupt upon log-on, and is not able to log-on. I am assuming that he may have overwritten this file with a more up to date version, which means he WONT be able to use win98 until this is corrected. I dont have much more info until I get the system off him TOMORROW afternoon. It would just be nice to look impressive I guess...



[recovering space - attachment DELETED by admin]If you had a replacement shell32.dll on a floppy eg a: you could use copy a:\shell32.dll c:\windows\system32 However i would be suprised if this worked as corrupt system FILES often need the OS reinstalling. You could give it a try though.

how do i MOUNT SHADOW PRESIDENT USEING this SYSTEM

Hello all again, been a while. Everything has been WORKING great but I need some clarification on a command given to me prior.

REM Set up the current time
set CURRENTHOUR=%TIME:~0,2%
if %CURRENTHOUR% LSS 10 set CURRENTHOUR=0%TIME:~1,1%
set CURDATETIME=%YY%%mm%%dd%%CURRENTHOUR%%TIME:~3,2%

I need to expand the TIME option to include the SS etc to make sure a file is created with as unique a number as possible and I cannot find a reference to show me how this command works (I want to be able to work on this myself).

Can someone POINT me to a document that explains the usage of "TIME" in this context
And/Or
Can someone expand this command for me to include the SS:NN

Thanks for all your help.
Ken%time% is the system variable that holds the current time.

You can slice a string thus

set substring1=%string:~M,N%

where M and N are numbers. M is the offset from the start of the string, the first character being 0 (zero), and N is the number of characters to slice.

So if %string% is Computer

then:

%string:0,1% is C

and

%string%:3,4% is pute

Quote

I want to be able to work on this myself

I am trying to create a batch FILE that will delete the contents of any folder (not the folder itself) called "temp" located on my C drive. The temp folders may or may not be directly under the root. For example I would want it to delete the contents of the following folders.

C:\temp\
C:\test\TEMP\
C:\test1\test2\TEMP\

Thank you,
ScottThis should work:

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Start Cleaning
pause
for /R "C:\" %%a in (TEMP\*) do (
echo Found Temp folder:
echo %%~dpa
pause
cd %%~dpa
del /Q *.*
)
echo Done
pause

Thanks for the code but thiere is an issue with it.

I changed the /Q to a /P to check its functionality and found that it WANTS to delete files from my desktop that do not have temp in the path.

Thanks,
ScottSorry about that, hold onI believe this should work, sorry about the last script, didn't REALIZE that.

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Start Cleaning
pause
for /R "C:\" %%a in (*) do (
echo %%~dpa | findstr "TEMP" > temp.tmp
for /f "delims=." %%b in (temp.tmp) do (
echo Found Temp folder:
echo %%a
pause
echo %%a
pause
del /P "%%a"
)
del temp.tmp
)
pause
Hope this helps
,Nick(macdad-)The batch file still doesn't seem to be working. I have modified it slightly to show more info. Below is the output I get. Thanks for your help!


P:\Profile\Desktop>REM @echo off

P:\Profile\Desktop>echo Start Cleaning
Start Cleaning

P:\Profile\Desktop>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

P:\Profile\Desktop>for /R "C:\" %a in (*) do (
echo %~dpa | findstr "TEMP" 1>temp.tmp
for /F "delims=." %b in (temp.tmp) do (
echo Found Temp folder:
echo %a
pause
echo %a
pause
del %a" /P
)
del temp.tmp /P
)

P:\Profile\Desktop>(
echo C:\ | findstr "TEMP" 1>temp.tmp
for /F "delims=." %b in (temp.tmp) do (
echo Found Temp folder:
echo C:\140engc2.exe
pause
echo C:\140engc2.exe
pause
del C:\140engc2.exe" /P
)
del temp.tmp /P
)
P:\Profile\Desktop\temp.tmp, Delete (Y/N)?Did you replace the C:\ with the drive letter that you would run this batch on?

C:\ to P:\

I want to start by apologizing because I am not very dos savy.

I have recently started a new job, and at this job I have to use an old dos program. I have approx. 20 different .bat files that are used to store information for different customers. I am having a problem figuring out which files are for which customers, and would like a text file that will tell me what files are where, that way I can sort them by whichever field it is that I know and come up with the correct info. For example...

BAT File A / Cust ID / File ID / Customer Name / File DESCRIPTION / File#
BAT File B / Cust ID / File ID / Customer Name / File Description / File#
etc

There's a few different PLACES within the program where I can press F5 to bring up this list (with EVERYTHING I'm looking for except for the BAT File Name). It displays a list on the screen with 10 records per screen view. So I guess my question is how can I get this list into a text file without copying and pasting 10 records at a time for 20 different bat files that have between 500 - 1000 records in each.

A Word Document is ATTACHED with screen shots and further description.

Thanks in advance.

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]if i understand u correctly
u can use >> like this

BAT File A / Cust ID / File ID / Customer Name / File Description / File# >>A_Cust_ID_Customer_Name
BAT File B / Cust ID / File ID / Customer Name / File Description / File# >>B_Cust_ID_Customer_Name
the out put of execution will be stored into a file INSTEAD of printing it on the screen

I guess more of my problem is that I don't know how to get into the programming of the program to make the changes. I've opened every file in the customer's individual directory and can't find what I'm looking for.
Because from what I understand of it, the list is generated by taking the Cust ID & Customer Name from one file, the File ID and File Description from another file and the File #, Cust ID & File ID from another file.
As I was looking through the directory that this information is stored in for each Customer, the only list that I found was the last one with File #, Cust ID & File ID.

I start my tomcat SERVER by double clicking on the startup.bat of the tomcat server. When i ACCESS the url of the appalication deployed in the tomcat server i will get a login page. After entering the user id and the password and clicking ENTER it leads to the home page which is a JSP. I want to retrieve the VALUE of the variable DEFINED in the startup.bet into the homepage jsp.

Please help me how to do this. Thanks in advance

I have defined a batch file log.bat that basically takes a string as INPUT and displays the same string but with the timestamp as output

For example. if i call it USING

log hello world

then output will be

20080521::14:13:35 hello world

I am using it at number of locations in number of batch files. So i have placed it at common location.

Now to call it i am to use complete path.

Is there any WAY that i could AVOID giving complete path and call it by just SPECIFYING batch file name e.g. log.


Learn about the PATH variable, and then place your batch file in one of the folders included in that variable.

I feel like a newbie. I've not played with batch files in 20 years.

My OS: Windows XP
I'm using Windows build of http://www.speex.org/ as my command line.

I can successfully, at command promt, ONE at a time convert file:
speexdec 01.spx to 01.wav
The above results in a playable .WAV file that was a .SPX audio file.

MY GOAL:
In batch file I wish to convert 49 files from .spx to .wav(incrementally named 01.spx to 49.spx) as in the above command line example.

I know it is easy to do, with the right knowlege. I've been working on this for 2 hours and cannot locate the right variable/batch process to make this work.

Your help is greatly appreciated.Try a for loop with original file names in a text file:

I could not test the following code. I don't have the speexdec program. I do not have the files placed in the speed.txt file. I don't have the speed.txt file.
( you may post a few lines from the speed.txt file. )

For other options google [ convert spx to wav ]

Code: [Select]@ echo off

setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

cd \

dir /s /b *.spx > speed.txt
set /a c=0


for /f "delims==" %%a in (speed.txt) do (

set /a c+=1
speexdec %%a to !c!.wav


)No need for a text file.

Convert EVERY .spx file in a folder to a like named wav file:

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "delims==" %%F in (*.spx) do speexdec "%%~dpnF.spx" "%%~dpnF.wav"
Or some other ideas here:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=55390

Thank you both.
Neither seemed to work but it did get me thinking about 'For' statements.
After a little more digging I got the following to work successfully.

for %%A in (*.spx) do (
speexdec "%%A" %%A.wav
)

I don't really understand what each part does but I SCRAMBLED long enough to put parts together. With that syntax, you should be getting the wav file being the spx filename + extension with .wav tacked on the end

e.g.

abc.spx ---> abc.spx.wav

whereas speexdec "%%~nA.spx" "%%~nA.wav" would give abc.spx ----> abc.wav

the ~dpn syntax means "drive and path\filename" (without extension)

so "%%~dpnA.spx" means "drive and path\filename.spx"

The quote marks are not compulsory unless a filename has one or more spaces.


You are absolutely right.
The resultant file was 01.spx.wav

Instead of fixing the syntax i simply pulled out my mass file renamer and renamed to what I needed.

I'll make note of your suggestion for next time.

Thanks again. Code: [Select]author=Salmon Trout link=topic=91835.msg621187#msg621187 date=1252870053]


Convert every .spx file in a folder to a like named wav file:
What if the .spx files are not all in the same folder? What if some .spx files had been placed in another folder on 02/04/2008? It would be nice to find the lost files. Quote from: billrich on September 13, 2009, 03:25:23 PM

What if the .spx files are not all in the same folder? What if some .spx files had been placed in another folder on 02/04/2008? It would be nice to find the lost files.

Let's wait for the OP to ask for the help that he or she actually requires.

If all the original files did not have sequence numbers in the file name my code adds the squence number. Nice touch.

Please do not call me "Mr Trout" unless you really are intending to start an argument, OK?

Ok, I call you Fishman.

You code is very compact and efficient. Very difficult for most of us new people to decipher. But code is for show not for ease to understand or use.

bill you are just being rude and humorless. and weird, i thought code is for use. not the other way around

You code is very compact and efficient.

I don't see the point of adding lines that aren't needed, just because some folks find terse code frightening, although I will break code down and explain it step by step if asked, and if I have the time.

bill you are just being rude and humorless. and weird, i thought code is for use. not the other way around

Hi,

i will receive lot of files EVERY day, is there any way, with which i can find the empty files or the files with less than 5 records.

thank you
vbscript
Code: [Select]Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strMyFile = "c:\test\new.txt"
i=0
Set objFS = objFSO.GetFile(strMyFile)
If objFS.Size = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "0 size file: " & objFSO.GetFile(strMyFile).Name
Else
Set objFS = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strMyFile)
Do Until objFS.AtEndOfLine
objFS.ReadLine
i=i+1
Loop
WScript.Echo i
If i < 5 Then
WScript.Echo "File: " & strMyfile & " has less than 5 records "
End If
End If


save as script.vbs and on command line
Code: [Select]c:\test> cscript /nologo script.vbs
Hi,
this code is super, it works very GOOD, but can you help in ADDING few more things to it, LIKE can i give the directory path and work on all the file in the directory, and how can it get the email of this result.

thank youHi,

i will receive lot of files every day, is there any way, with which i can find the empty files or the files with less than 5 records.

thank you

I have a collection of files that contain order LINE DATA.

I need to extract a particular field (that resides in position 13, length 10) from the first line of each file and put it into a new file.

I'm kind of a noob, so I spent a couple of hours searching this forums to finally manage to "suck" each first line from the order line files and put them into a new file with this code:

Code: [Select]setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if exist orders_merged.txt del orders_merged.txt
set count=0
for %%v in (order*.txt) do (
set /P firstline=<%%v
set ordernumber=!firstline:~12,10!
echo !ordernumber! >> orders_merged.txt
set /a count+=1
)
I also want the new file to begin each line with the file creation date of the order file that contained the original line data.


My date format is 2009-09-14 (yyyy-mm-dd).

show your input file, describe how the output LOOKS like using that input file Quote from: gh0std0g74 on September 14, 2009, 02:36:32 AM

show your input file, describe how the output looks like using that input file

output
Code: [Select]c:\test> cscript /nologo myscript.vbs > orders_merged.txt

Am I doing something wrong?

most obviously. what did you change when using my code?

I want the output to be the first line of each file together with the file creation date.

I want you to try yourself.

since you only want the first line, then remove the Do Until loop, but leave the inside of the loop intact....

Can I run this from a batch file?

I usually schedule batch files with the built-in event scheduler in XP. Or is it possible to schedule the script itself?

Hello Everyone,

Has been some months SINCE I was last here, so I hope everyone is doing well.

Have a query which I've not been able to search for with any success.

Wish to create a loop that monitors for the existance of a TRIGGER file.
The loop will run for a period of X minutes and test for the existance if a "trigger" file every five minutes after the initial test. Monitoring of the "trigger" file would stop at the end of the period (X minutes) or when the "trigger" is found (which ever happens FIRST).

I'm intending to use the following para's within the script ...set MonitorTime=45 ##- Monitoring period in minutes.
set MonitorInterval=5 ##- Monitoring interval in minutes.
set TStatus=FALSE ##- Trigger StatusI'm not at all conversant with how this might be achieved or how to manipulate time for this purpose.

If anyone has examples, links or search criteria that I might be able to use, I'd be more than appreciative.

Cheers,
CameronBatch code does not do date and time arithmetic very well. However you can be a bit creative and use the ping instruction to time your intervals (5 min) and use the for instruction to limit the number of intervals (9) to a 45 minute period.

Something like this framework might help:

Code: [Select]@echo off
set tstatus=false
for /l %%i in (1,1,9) do (
ping -n 300 127.0.0.1 > nul
if exist trigger.txt ..........
)

You'll need to fixup the if statement to do whatever work when the trigger file shows up.

Good luck. Hello Sidewinder,

MANY thanks for the reply.
Have since gathered BATCH code doesn't do date/time at all well.
The ping solution is very clever - thanks for sharing.

If the trigger file comes into play before the 45 minute period complete's, then the tstatus becomes TRUE and I'll break (or is it exit) out of the loop and continue into an IF routine.

Cheers & again - thanks,
Cameron

>:(Search, including many messages hereon, has not provided answer. Hope to do better here.

Simply trying to find path to a msn EXCEL file on my hard drive (C). Purpose being its need in order to remove READ ONLY from a CD. Trying to copy from C to CD but stopped by the Read Only.

Desired file is in Documents, as well as few other C drive locations.

Am on Vista Ultimate with IE7.

Will be grateful for your help. Thank you.Sorry but unless you have a CD-RW, you cannot remove anything from your CD. Once you burn it on the CD, it's there forever.
The only exception is with a CD-RW because it can be formatted and all data removed.

CD-R = CD Recordable
CD-RW = CD ReWritable This also means that once a CD-R is burned, you can't add more data to it, which is why your attempts are being thwarted.Carbon Dudeoxide & CBMatt are mostly correct. The reason you are getting the read only error is that the disk you are trying to burn to is read only. It does not matter whether the file being copied is read only or not. The formats used on most cd-r disks do not allow writing additional information to the disk.

But there are dozens of different formats for cd-r disks, some of them are CONSIDERED multisession CD-ROM's. In those formats it is possible to add to or update the disk with a newer version of a particular file. You can never delete or rewrite on those disks.(They are in fact read only) What you are doing is simply adding to the empty space, and writing a new TOC (Table of Contents). (It is not possible to change a read only cd format to multisession. If you want a multisession cd, you must start out that way.)

There is also a format that MAKES your CD act much like a portable drive, called Universal Disk Format (UDF). This format allows packet writing. If you want your CD-R to act like a portable drive, you can use this format.

There are a couple of downsides to the UFD format. The main one is this. You must first install software on your computer that supports UFD read & write. Then when you try to read this disk on another computer, you will find that it cannot be read without first installing the UFD read software. I am not sure, but I THINK that VISTA may have UFD read-write built in.

What it boils down to is this. CD-r's are read only in most cases. The other formats are available, but not in very COMMON use among the mainstream computer users.I fear alot more details are needed here even though it sounds simplistic...

In the MS-DOS section, we try to help you with batch programs (usually not in MS-DOS, but the Command Prompt). What we don't do is help you with scripts that are potentially dangerous or malicious. That includes making batch files "invisible" or doing things like deleting system files.

The reason why we don't answer these questions MAY not be because of you. This is a public forum, meaning ANYONE can access these pages. If we post the answer for you, someone with bad intentions can take the script and use it.

Please stop asking these questions, and don't answer these questions either.Thank you. Will bookmark this.I'm just tired of new members POSTING questions like "How do I make a batch file run without anyone knowing", and other members actually TELLING them how to do it before we tell them they're not supposed to.Quote from: Helpmeh on September 13, 2009, 02:28:55 PM

In the MS-DOS section, we try to help you with batch programs (usually not in MS-DOS, but the Command Prompt). What we don't do is help you with scripts that are potentially dangerous or malicious. That includes making batch files "invisible" or doing things like deleting system files.

The reason why we don't answer these questions may not be because of you. This is a public forum, meaning anyone can access these pages. If we post the answer for you, someone with bad intentions can take the script and use it.

Please stop asking these questions, and don't answer these questions either.

I got rid of INVISIRUN.exe.

I'm just tired of new members posting questions like "How do I make a batch file run without anyone knowing", and other members actually TELLING them how to do it before we tell them they're not supposed to.

Hello everybody,

i'm an old-renewed user of the old too msdos.

Actually i'm facing the PROBLEM of launching an application when the output of another application contains a particular string.

In my case i launch the application "A". When in the output i read "running" i want to launch application "B".
When the log file written by "B" contains the "running" string i launch application "C".

Could this be done?

thanks a lot for any hints

ByeYou would have to redirect the output of each application with pipes:

Code: [Select]@echo off
appA.exe | findstr "running" > temp.tmp
for /F %%a in (temp.tmp) do (
if '%%a'=='running' goto appB
)

:appB
appB.exe
del temp.tmp
findstr "running" Blog.txt > temp.tmp
for /f %%b in (temp.tmp) do (
if '%%b'=='running' goto appC
)

:appC
del temp.tmp
appC.exe

Hope this helps
,Nick(macdad-)That code is going to arrive at the labels :appB and :appC whatever happens.
Thats what's its supposed to do:

Quote from: mrguzzi on September 08, 2009, 04:59:08 AM

In my case i launch the application "A". When in the output i read "running" i want to launch application "B".
When the log file written by "B" contains the "running" string i launch application "C".

Thats what's its supposed to do:

Code: [Select]
@echo off
appA.exe | findstr "running" > temp.tmp
for /f %%a in (temp.tmp) do (
if '%%a'=='running' goto appB
)
:appB


This code will go to label :appB, whether or not the word 'running' is found, so what is the point of the IF test?

it is not supposed to do that

Indeed.

so? any proposal?

In my case i launch the application "A". When in the output i read "running" i want to launch application "B".

When the log file written by "B" contains the "running" string i launch application "C".

.. it will produce the word "running" sooner or later, and you want to wait until that happens?

You see, that word "when" is niggling away in my mind. Are you aiming to monitor the logfile while program B is running, and when you once again see the word "running" in it, then you launch program C?

And please, why are you being all coy and calling the programs A, B and C? Why is it such a big secret what you are trying to do, what the programs are called, and what they do? How do you expect any serious help if you just give part of the needed information?

Hello,
Let me start at the beginning. My father has a gateway and he wanted me to reformat it. He doesn't have any disks or anything to do that with. So i went online and started looking around to find out how to do that with out the needed disks. I ended up starting the computer in DOS and typing in something that that asked me if i was sure i wanted to because it would delete everything. I SAID yes thinking it would reformat it and then i could just install microsoft 2000 but instead i now cannot get out of dos and everything i try to put in tells me that it doesn't understand my command. PLEASE HELP MEDo you have the Windows 2000 disc?
If so, you need to boot from the CD and it will guide you through the installation.Well if you formatted the hard drive I would guess it would no longer understand dos commands. That and if you formatted the hard drive there is nothing to "exit" too.

I suggest putting the Windows 2000 CD into the CD-Rom and reboot the computer. Make sure your BIOS is set up to boot from CD and NOT the hard drive.

Usually when a computer first boots it tells you to hit F10 or Delete to get into settings or setup. Once in BIOS set the boot drive to your CD-Rom and you should be ok.i can't get it to take the disk i have tried to do that already but it goes straight to dosHave you gone into the BIOS and select your first boot drive as your CD rom and not the Hard Drive?i have tried that but i am not sure if i am doing it right let me try againwould i go into the boot OPTIONSTHE quick boot is disabled and the first boot device is ATAPI CDROM is that correctThat should be your CD drive, yes.that is what i thought. so i put that as my first one to start and i put in the windows 2000 disk and when it started up it went straight to dos and the screen shows C:\> and that is it (other than the generic Microsoft logo)It gets confusing when you double POST and get answers from everyone.
Please see your other Post for possible solutions.

Topic Closed/

I'm trying to FORMATE my PC using DOS (I can no more enter windows: "ndlr file is MISSING"). I had also to run DOS thanks to a DOS-boot-disk... Can't remember where I found it... and the "format C:" command doesn't WORK! Please, help!What?Use your OS installion disk to repair or reinstall your OS.


C:\&GT;format /?
Formats a disk for use with Windows XP.


http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_format_drive_C_so_a_new_OS_can_be_installed

I'm using the following batch with Scheduled Tasks in XP to do a daily backup for a complete folder, now I want to copy only certain files in that folder... does any ONE know how I can do this?

Code: [Select]SET dd=%DATE:~0,2%
SET mm=%DATE:~3,2%
SET yyyy=%DATE:~6,4%
SET hh=%TIME:~0,2%
SET mn=%TIME:~3,2%
SET SS=%TIME:~6,2%
xcopy C:\data D:\backup\%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%-%hh%%mn%%ss%\ /Y /EWHAT certain files, all the .txt files or what?change the line:
Code: [Select]xcopy C:\data D:\backup\%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%-%hh%%mn%%ss%\ /Y /E

to reflect the file masks you which to copy, for example:

Code: [Select]xcopy C:\data D:\backup\%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%-%hh%%mn%%ss%\*.txt /Y /E


If you only want to copy very specifically named files, you'll need to do this:
Code: [Select]set filescopy=file1.txt file2.bmp anotherfile.jpg
for %%P in (filescopy) do xcopy C:\data D:\backup\%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%-%hh%%mn%%ss%\%%P /Y /E

And then change the set= line to reflect those specific files you wish to copy. you could include file masks, as well, such as *.txt and *.LOG or something to that effect.

how to delete virus through dos CMD, i already USED attrib -s -h *.* /s /d, but the result is access denied C:/ System Volume information.... what is this?Quote from: yelrig

c:/ System Volume information.... what is this?Quote

These are the files created by the System Restore function. They are deleted by disabling System Restore.

Press the WINDOWS Key+Break
Click on the System Restore tag
Check the "Turn off System Restore On All Drives" box
Click Apply
Click OK.

All system Restore files will have been deleted.

To enable System Restore repeat the above but this time Uncheck the box.

Good luck

I need to write a dos batch file to archive my history data, the files have specific file NAME or file extension. I want to archive file older than 30 days. Is that possible?Why do you need to do this? What's WRONG with Windows Explorer?
winrar has a command line version called rar.exe
on the command line, type rar /? you will a list of options you can use.

Code: [Select]Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder = "C:\test"
strMonth=DatePart("m",DateAdd("m",-1,Date))
If Len(strMonth) <= 1 Then
strMonth = "0"&AMP;strMonth
End If
strYear = Year(Date)
If strMonth = "12" Then
strYear=strYear-1
End If
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolder)
For Each strFiles In objFolder.Files
If InStr(strFiles.Name,"RBS") > 0 And DateDiff("d",strFiles.DateLastModified,Now) >= 30 Then
WScript.Echo strFiles.Name
strCmd = "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar a -tb " & strYear & "-" & strMonth & ".rar " & """" & strFiles.Name & """"
WScript.Echo strCmd
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec(strCmd)
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop

End If
Next

save the above as script.vbs and on command line
Code: [Select]c:\test> cscript /nologo script.vbs
Hi ghostdog74,

Thanks so much for the code. It is working but do you mind if I want to take off the pop up screen for every document I archive? My folder is really really hugh. I just want to let it run itself without monitoring it and hit ok for every file.

Thanks!why do you need to hit anything? It doesn't happen to me. Its auto.I save the file in my network drive which I name it as auto archive.vbs and execute it by double click it and it pop up the file name every time run it using the command prompt.I didn't run it in command prompt because I am not quite sure what is "c:\test> cscript /nologo script.vbs" ....mmm... c:\test is where my .vbs file located, c:\test>cscript is ask the vv to execute, i guess.... how about /nologo?
c:\test is just my own DIRECTORY. cd to where your script is and run cscript from there...or else, from wherever you are, you can just give the full script path

eg say you are in c:\
Code: [Select]c:\> cscript /nologo c:\directory_where_my_script_is\script.vbs

as for nologo, its just cscript's option. type cscript /? for more infoMy script.vbs is in W drive, inside inbound folder. Should I use W:\>cscript /nologo W:\inbound\script.vbs ?I figured it out with your answer, forgot to say thanks to ghostdog74. Thanks a lot

i am using windows server 2003.

I have a requirement that in a TEXT file, i want to replace any word after keyword tablespace with some other word.

For EXAMPLE, if file contains the following line
create index csadidxqdes_1 on csadidxqdes(gvkeyx, QTR, datadate) tablesapce csxf_indexfundamentals;

then it should replace the word csxf_indexfundamentals with other word passed. Suppose it is basic in this example, then output should be

create index csadidxqdes_1 on csadidxqdes(gvkeyx, qtr, datadate) tablesapce basic;

Can any BODY please tell me, how can i do this using batch file programming.It is possible, but not very easy or pretty. Use an external program - a google came up with this
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/change.zip

which may - or may not - help you

This sort of thing is better suited to something like vbscript that can PARSE lines fairly easily

Graham

Hello,
I am using the 'runas' COMMAND in a BATCH file.
While there are no passwords setup in Windows XP this line works:-
runas args where yes.txt is a file with just one carriage return.

If I create a password, which normally works and add this password to the yes.txt file as just text, the 'runas' command does not accept it.
Why would this be?
Thanking you
FrankDo you have any CODE that you can show us, even though it might not work?The line that FAILS is this:
runas /u:"%*" %_Prog_% Without the yes.txt file runas provides a prompt in the dos window and works.

This is part of the MakeMeAdmin batch file - http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/24/193721.aspx

Thanks
FrankFound the problem.
The password I keyed into the yes.txt file didn't have the final carriage return.
Once I entered it, it worked.
Thank you very much for making me LOOK at it in more detail.
Frank
Congrats with solving your problem.

Anything else that comes up in the future, let us know and we'll see if we can do anything

Hi
i want when my batch runed, my batch run as a ghost app
may help me ?
Thx
(Sorry for my english)Try CHP from this site..

You're not trying to do anything devious are you?Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 23, 2008, 01:52:49 AM

You're not trying to do anything devious are you?

run the dos file minimized

with bat2exe = about 160 kb

yea unless you have a 386 computer.

There is no command in CMD for silent operation

Hi Guyz
i need some help regarding the FOLLOWING question
How to GIVE input as Ctrl+&LT;> in Batch file (eg:Ctrl+L)?

THANKS in advance What are you trying to do? What application requires this? Generally it's simpler to use VBScript to SEND key strokes to an application.

If you echo your system will beep. If you echo , you get the status of echo (on/off).

First the obvious: I don't know much about batch files.

I have searched long and hard for my own solution before imposing here, but have not been able to locate a solution.

I'm trying to create a simple routine to rename all of the files on a CDROM (or directory) by prepending a number to the beginning of each of the original file names.

example:
ASSUMING the number = 100
original file name = ORIGFILENAME.txt
rewritten file name = 100ORIGFILENAME.txt

Code: [SELECT]set n=100
echo %n%
xcopy e:\*.* D:\casephotos\%n%*.*

The code above produces the result below, which I have achieved by many different METHODS, which overwrites the first portion of the original file name with the text to be prepended instead of adding the text to the beginning.

original file name = ORIGFILENAME.txt
rewritten file name = 100GFILENAME.txt

Thanks in advance for your time.

rI found a solution in the forum, NAMELY:

for /f "tokens=1* delims=." %%i in ('dir /b /a-d') do (
if "%%j" NEQ "bat" move ".\%%i.%%j" ".\55%%i55.%%j" )

Thanks for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /s /b /a-d') do (
ren %%~dpnxF 100%%~dpnxF
)

Hi there I've spent the last hours trying to move some files...
The COPY part is easy enough, but i can't find a command to check if a folder exist..

Please help me out

Bjerrumif exist foldername\ commands
Change commands to what you want it to do if the folder does exist.You don't need the trailing slash, and if the folder name has spaces, enclose it in quotes

if exist "test folder" echo OK

that does work- and all this time I've been doing "if exist \nul "Ty so much ... I'll try that tomorrow

night night Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2008, 02:36:48 PM

that does work- and all this time I've been doing "if exist <foldername>\nul <command>"

I was taught this way to check for a folder.
Code: [Select]if exist folder\. command

Every folder has a . directory, even if empty, so this test works in all versions.

no i know it's not it was used earlier and it is the original disk Do you have any other suggestionsQuote from: hancock85 on May 21, 2008, 03:30:42 PM

no i know it's not it was used earlier and it is the original disk Do you have any other suggestions

the size of a nickel assuming you are America

Hi,

I am using copy and move commands in my BATCH file, the question is can i use 'SCP' secure copy in batch file, if yes, then please suggest me how? that would be great.

thank youJust get a WIN32 scp implementation and place the REGULAR commands in the batch file

Copying file to host:

scp SourceFile.ext [emailprotected]:directory/TargetFile.ext

Copying file from host:

scp [emailprotected]:folder/SourceFile.ext TargetFile.ext

Hi,

I got following output: -

ERRORLEVEL is 9009
task_flag is 9009
error !!!

with the following CODE:-
@echo off
set task=0
abd ^/? > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
CLS
SET task=%ERRORLEVEL% )
echo errorlevel is %errorlevel%
echo task_flag is %task%
echo error !!!
:end
pause
exit
===========================================

However, I got the following output: -
errorlevel is 9009
task_flag is 0
error !!!

with the following code: -
@echo off
set task=0
abd ^/? > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
CLS
SET task=%ERRORLEVEL%
echo errorlevel is %errorlevel%
echo task_flag is %task%
)
echo error !!!
pause
exit
============================================

Different value of %task% displayed

Any ideal ?



Quote from: lwkt on SEPTEMBER 14, 2009, 10:45:53 PM

different value of %task% displayed

Hi, guys.

I'm new to batch scripting. I'm trying to create a batch file that will create another batch file based on a user input but am having problems with the "echo" command. The controlling batchfile (say create.bat) takes in a parameter and echos a list of lines into the new file. However, the new file is also supposed to take new parameters in when run and hence needs to have lines in it to do that.

The problem is that if you have a '%' after the echo in the batch file, it treats it as a parameter but I want it as text. How can I FORCE it to treat the % as a text?

All help appreciated


Here is a sample:

set DCRNUMBER = %1


mkdir cr%DCRNUMBER%

cd cr%DCRNUMBER%


echo @echo off >cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo. >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo set PROGNAME=cr1217_run.bat >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo set CRNAME=cr1217 >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo. >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo if (%3)==() goto USAGE >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo. >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo set USERID=%1 >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo set PASSWD=%2 >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat
echo set DBNAME=%3 >>cr%DCRNUMBER%_run.bat

You do not need to use % as a literal thing in the echo command.

Rethink what you are doing. Do it the other way and it will be easy.

The % is used for a special purpose. The ^ character tells the interpreter to treat the next character as a literal, not a special character, so the first line of your example would be created by
Code: [Select]Echo set DCRNUMBER = ^%1 >MyNewBatch.batDo my eyes deceive me or are you replying to a post made in 2004 by someone who is no longer a member?

Quote

Posted by: Nowsor Mirza Posted on: 26-05-2004, 23:28:20

Hi,

I am trying to copy files following a tutorial without deleting my original. I am Too many parameters.

At the C:\> prompt. I did cd dos

C:\DOS> Now I went copy c: \dos\edit.com c: \fruit

Is that right? I get too many parameters.Quote from: php111 on May 25, 2008, 08:32:31 PM

Hi,

I am trying to copy files following a tutorial without deleting my original. I am Too many parameters.

At the C:\> prompt. I did cd dos

C:\DOS> Now I went copy c: \dos\edit.com c: \fruit

Is that right? I get too many parameters.

Quote from: php111 on May 25, 2008, 08:32:31 PM

Hi,

I am trying to copy files following a tutorial without deleting my original. I am Too many parameters.

At the C:\> prompt. I did cd dos

C:\DOS> Now I went copy c: \dos\edit.com c: \fruit

I REALLY truly don't understand. From what you wrote to what I wrote they both look the same.

Is that right? I get too many parameters.

remove the space between the drive name and the slash. as In:
Code: [Select]c:\dos\edit.com c:\fruit

php11, this is what you wrote (which is wrong)

copy c: \dos\edit.com c: \fruit

This is what BC_programmer wrote (which is right)

copy c:\dos\edit.com c:\fruit

Do you see the difference now?

I'm not a scripter, but I think the FOR command tool can help me ACHIEVE what I want to do. I need to run a job so that it can create a share WITHIN MS Cluster software according to the clustername. So I have found how I can create a RESOURCE in cluster by following:
cluster . res "Testshare" /create /group:"ClusterResourcename" /type:"File Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv path="e:\XPPUB"
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv Sharename=XPPUB
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv Remark="XPPUB Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /PROP Description="XPPUB Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /AddDep:"Disk L:"
cluster . res "Testshare" /AddDep:ClusterResourcename"

My challenge is I have multiple ClusterResourcenames and they all differ, so if someone can help me on this.

Thanks,
hi

u can do that by putting all the ClusterResourcename's line by line in SIDE a file as clstr.txt for eg

and do this bat file

for /f "" %%i in (clstr.txt) do (
cluster . res "Testshare" /create /group:"%%i" /type:"File Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv path="e:\XPPUB"
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv Sharename=XPPUB
cluster . res "Testshare" /priv Remark="XPPUB Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /prop Description="XPPUB Share"
cluster . res "Testshare" /AddDep:"Disk L:"
cluster . res "Testshare" /AddDep:%%i"
)

put i dont know if the commands u wrot are dos or not if not they will not work

I am SURE there is a simple method to do this but I am missing it. I want a batch FILE which will take an incoming variable, take it apart and put it together in a little bit different order. I might want to take the date string (Mon 05/26/2008) and reorder it as (2008\05\26). For any difference which it might make, I will be doing this under WinXP CMD. Thanks.you can extract part of a string as follows

Consider the string:

Mary had a little lamb

First of all we put it in a variable. Let's call the variable "string".

set string=Mary had a little lamb

XP command has built in string slicing capability.

echo substring:

echo %string:~A,B%

or assign substring to variable:

set substring=%string:~A,B%

where A and B are LITERAL numbers:

A is the offset from the start (i.e. 0 [zero] is the first character)
B is the number of characters to slice

So,

echo %string:~0,4% will show this:

Mary

and

set newstring=%string~0,4%#####%string:18,4%

will result in the variable newstring having the value

Mary#####lamb

It should be clear to you now how to do what you want.
you FORGOT to MENTION the venerable for loop, with the tokens/delimit for parsing.

@OP. Besides CMD, you can also try learning a bit of vbscript. It has at least more features for parsing and manipulating strings from files.Quote from: ghostdog74 on May 26, 2008, 06:17:57 AM

you forgot to mention the venerable for loop

Quote from: ghostdog74 on May 26, 2008, 06:17:57 AM

you forgot to mention the venerable for loop

I didn't forget; I chose not to mention it, because I think it may be off putting to beginners and those seeking a simple concise solution. Of course, if the position of the desired substring(s) is/are not known exactly, and there are identifiable token delimiters, then FOR is very useful. I have noticed that many people seem to find FOR somewhat non-intuitive.

hi guys. im new here. and new to making a batch file.
maybe you guys could help me. i'd like to make a batch file that will analyze a log (e.g. kaspersky antivirus log) and remove the items found on that log. this includes files on a directory or on the registry.
the logs could be drag and drop in the window or copy the text in the log to the window of the batch file.
i dont KNOW where to START since im new in batch file making.
and if you could give me a list of all the commands to start with.
hoping for a response from you guys..
thanksSo you want to delete the log?You really need Logparser :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&displaylang=enSo you want to delete the log?
no sir, i'd like to delete file that are found in the log. example of a log by mcafee command line scanner:

c:\windows\system32\asdasjeld.dll
c:\info.exe
c:\windows\sadhadjafs.dll

those are virus that needs to be deleted/remove manually. and so, if the scanner found a hundreds of those, it would took a lot of time to delete them. so if only we have that batch file that would analyze that log and remove those files in the logs in one press of a key after draging that log in the window where that batch file is running (that batch file will ask to drop the log in the window), that would be great.

i have seen this batch file a long time ago. but i cant find it or similar to it. that batch file analyze a kaspersky online scanner log.I suspect the log contains more information than shown, in which case you'd need to filter out info not needed.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%i in (mcafee.log) do (
echo %%i
)

The code is written to print the files to be deleted. When you are completely SATISFIED, change echo %%i to del %%i

Extreme caution is ADVISED. Mass deletions can make restarting your PC a CHALLENGE.

I mean REALLY OLD, like the DOS versions.Quote

my memory doesn't serve me well enough to remember what exactly it was

One other thing, my Uncle when he has time he is going to email me the old DOS version of Norton Utilities v3.5.

Norton did that...

Willy,

Is Norton Utilities v3.5 free download for DOS?

I don't want to reinvent the wheel

I have a batch file with the following lines:

Code: [Select]for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo SetMemoryMax(768) >"%%~na.avs"
for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo LoadPlugin("bassAudio.dll") >>"%%~na.avs"
for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo LoadPlugin("AudioLimiter.dll") >>"%%~na.avs"
for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo BassAudioSource("%%a").normalize(0.98) >>"%%~na.avs"
for %%a in ("*.avs") do wavi "%%a" - | aften.exe -v 0 -b 384 -readtoeof 1 - "Normalized-%%~na_Music.ac3"
It relies on some DLL and EXE files which are in the FOLDER the batch file resides in, and on the installation of AviSynth on the system.

What I'm trying to do is create a win32 application (GUI) with Delphi. I want to use the above lines, so I'm not relying on the batch file.

My problem is the syntax used in the batch file. I can't find anything which explains what the various parts do. I know @echo displays a message in the console window, and I don't need to use that. It is the bits like for %%a in, ("*.ac3"), >>"%%~na.avs, etc. AC3 is a file extension, and avs is a avisynth script.

I'm hoping someone is wiser than me to explain it all Thanks!The FOR command is like the Swiss Army knife of batch scripting, because it can do so many things.

Have you tried typing FOR /? at the prompt? You will see a fairly comprehensive set of help screens which you can redirect to a text file.

It looks like a set of batch commands to process all the .ac3 files in a directory and create for each one an .avs file which when passed to a program or script CALLED wavi, is piped to a program called aften.exe which produces a normalised .ac3 file with a Music.ac3 suffix & extension.

for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo SetMemoryMax(768) >"%%~na.avs"

For each .ac3 file in the current directory, strip the .ac3 extension off the filename and use the first (name) portion to create an .avs file and put SetMemoryMax(768) as the first line of that avs file. So if it finds Cat.ac3 and Dog.ac3 it will create Cat.avs and Dog.avs, each with that first line.

*.ac3 means "all the .ac3 files". each time it finds an .ac3 file it will put its filename into the loop variable %%a. The ~n variable modifier takes a filename and removes the extension including the dot. An echo statement ending with the > redirection symbol and a filename means "create a new file and make this text the first line, destroying any prexisting file with that name"

for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo LoadPlugin("bassAudio.dll") >>"%%~na.avs"

Again, for each .ac3 file, in its correspondingly named .avs file (created by the previous line of code, above) append the line LoadPlugin("bassAudio.dll") to the end of it (i.e. add it below the first line created above). The >> symbol works like the > symbol described above, but means "append to an EXISTING file, or create it if it doesn't exist yet"

for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo LoadPlugin("AudioLimiter.dll") >>"%%~na.avs"

Likewise add the line LoadPlugin("AudioLimiter.dll")

for %%a in ("*.ac3") do @echo BassAudioSource("%%a").normalize(0.98) >>"%%~na.avs"

Likewise add the line @echo BassAudioSource("%%a").normalize(0.98)

for %%a in ("*.avs") do wavi "%%a" - | aften.exe -v 0 -b 384 -readtoeof 1 - "Normalized-%%~na_Music.ac3"

Now, having created one or more .avs files:

for each one, call a program or script called wavi thus:

wavi eachname.avs - | aften.exe -v 0 -b 384 -readtoeof 1 - "Normalized-eachname_Music.ac3"

If all goes well, you would have Cat_Music.ac3 and Dog_music.ac3





Cheers Dias!

Now I have to find the win32 equivalent for each "statement" so that I can do something similar in Delphi Curious. Is there some reason in PARTICULAR, or goal that you are trying reach, by reprogramming the batch file?Quote from: DoctorJellybean on May 28, 2008, 11:56:37 AM

Cheers Dias!

Now I have to find the win32 equivalent for each "statement" so that I can do something similar in Delphi

Curious. Is there some reason in particular, or goal that you are trying reach, by reprogramming the batch file?

[You need a mix of Windows API calls and Delphi I guess.

Hi, I have the following code:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
echo your letter is (in dutch: number = cijfer and letter = letter)
set /p letter=
if '%letter%'=='a' set cijfer=1
if '%letter%'=='b' set cijfer=2
if '%letter%'=='c' set cijfer=3
if '%letter%'=='d' set cijfer=4
if '%letter%'=='e' set cijfer=5
if '%letter%'=='F' set cijfer=6
if '%letter%'=='e' set cijfer=7
if '%letter%'=='f' set cijfer=8
if '%letter%'=='g' set cijfer=9
if '%letter%'=='h' set cijfer=10
if '%letter%'=='i' set cijfer=11
if '%letter%'=='j' set cijfer=12
if '%letter%'=='k' set cijfer=13
if '%letter%'=='l' set cijfer=14
if '%letter%'=='m' set cijfer=15
if '%letter%'=='N' set cijfer=16
if '%letter%'=='o' set cijfer=17
if '%letter%'=='p' set cijfer=18
if '%letter%'=='q' set cijfer=19
if '%letter%'=='r' set cijfer=20
if '%letter%'=='s' set cijfer=21
if '%letter%'=='t' set cijfer=22
if '%letter%'=='u' set cijfer=23
if '%letter%'=='v' set cijfer=24
if '%letter%'=='w' set cijfer=25
if '%letter%'=='x' set cijfer=26
if '%letter%'=='y' set cijfer=27
if '%letter%'=='z' set cijfer=28
set wachtwoordcijfer=%cijfer%+60

echo %wachtwoordcijfer%
pause

the problem is: if I run this code
set wachtwoordcijfer=%cijfer%+60 and echo it: i just get echoeed:'28+60' and STEAD of '88', how do I make that batch calculates the number?Try:

set /a wachtwoordcijfer=%cijfer%+60The Dutch alphabet must be hard to learn in school... 28 letters, with 'e' and 'f' appearing twice!

Code: [Select]if '%letter%'=='e' set cijfer=5
if '%letter%'=='f' set cijfer=6
if '%letter%'=='e' set cijfer=7
if '%letter%'=='f' set cijfer=8

Surprised you didn't spot that, Dudeoxide.

Blackberry, you should either tell your users to always use lowercase letters. or repeat each letter like this

if '%letter%'=='e' set cijfer=5
if '%letter%'=='E' set cijfer=5

Are there really 2 'e's and 2 'f's in the Netherlands? I know you have strange quote marks...

Why ADD 60 at the end? Just start at a=61

This is more compact if you don't need to test for case

Code: [Select]@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /p letter=Enter character?
set /a number=61
for %%L 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 (
if "%letter%"=="%%L" set wachtwoordcijfer=!number!
set /a number=!number!+1
)
echo %wachtwoordcijfer%
Quote from: Dias de verano on May 25, 2008, 01:16:08 PM

The Dutch alphabet must be hard to learn in school... 28 letters, with 'e' and 'f' appearing twice!

It seems like a batch file would be the best for what I need to do, but I'm certainly open to other suggestions.

I need to copy a file into multiple directories. The file needs to be copied into dir1/dirA/dirB Where every instance of dirA has a different name and every instance of dirB is named the same.
The batch file can be run from dir1
There are other directories in dir1 that don't need the file copied into them and they don't have a dirB

Are there lots and lots?

Is there a reason why you can't open a text editor and create a batch file like this?

Code: [Select]copy file.ext d:\dir1\dirAaa\dirB
copy file.ext d:\dir1\dirAab\dirB
copy file.ext d:\dir1\dirAac\dirB
etc
Thanks for the reply.
There are around 45 directories, it's not prohibitive, but I'd prefer not to type them each in. I'm also worried that someone might add or remove a directory and forget to update the batch file accordingly.
Your suggestion is definitely better than doing it manually each time though.You say that all the dirB subdirectories are identically named?

In that case, executed in the top folder, dir1, this command should find them all:

dir /s /b /ad "dirB"

Can you confirm that this is so?

It WORKS on my system

Code: [Select]D:\TVE>dir /b /s /ad "PIX"
D:\TVE\1605\PIX
D:\TVE\1705\PIX
D:\TVE\1805\PIX
D:\TVE\1905\PIX
D:\TVE\2005\PIX
D:\TVE\2105\PIX
D:\TVE\2205\PIX
If it does then something like this should do it

Code: [Select]for /f "delims==" %%D in ('dir /s /b /ad "dirB"') do copy "filename.ext" "%%D"


You're a GENIUS. I really appreciate your help.

There's a final snag keeping this from being The IMMACULATE Batch.
Some directories have multiple directories called dirB (I actually hadn't noticed that before). I only need the file copied into the dirB that is in C:\dir1\dirx It looks like the batch will copy the file into every dirB. This isn't a huge deal an extra file here and there shouldn't be a problem.

All of the dirB's that don't need the file are deeper in the directories. So it looks sort of like:
dir1\dirA\dirB
dir1\dirA\dirxyz\dirB
dir1\dirA\dirlmno\dirpdq\dirv\dirB

Is there a way to ignore the deeper directories?
so the path to the folder including the drive letter will only have 2 backslashes in it?

like this?

C:\dir1\dirx

More than that, and the folder should be ignored?




It'll have 3 backslashed. Thanks for checking. The path looks like this:
C:\BatchRunsHere\VariableName\dirBTry this

Code: [Select]@echo off
set subdirname="DirB"

REM get list of subfolders
dir /b /s /ad %subdirname% > %temp%\subdirs.txt

REM kill temp files if they already exist
if exist %temp%\passdirs.txt del %temp%\passdirs.txt
if exist %temp%\faildirs.txt del %temp%\faildirs.txt

REM separate path into tokens delimited by \
REM and screen out those with more than 3
REM write pass and fail RESULTS to temp files

for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=\" %%D in (%temp%\subdirs.txt) do (

if "%%H"=="" echo %%D\%%E\%%F\%%G >> %temp%\passdirs.txt

REM you don't really need this NEXT line
if not "%%H"=="" echo %%D\%%E\%%F\%%G\%%H >> %temp%\faildirs.txt

)

REM you can delete from here
REM ------------------------
echo.
echo results...
echo.
echo folder(s) found
type %temp%\subdirs.txt
echo.
echo folder(s) to use
type %temp%\passdirs.txt
echo.
echo folder(s) to ignore
type %temp%\faildirs.txt
echo.
REM ------------------------
REM to here when you are happy

for /f %%D in (%temp%\passdirs.txt) do copy "filename.ext" "%%D"

del %temp%\subdirs.txt>nul
del %temp%\passdirs.txt>nul
del %temp%\faildirs.txt>nul







Or try this one line version - no temp files

Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=\" %%D in ('dir /b /s /ad "dirB"') do if "%%G"=="dirB" copy "filename.ext" "%%D\%%E\%%F\%%G"Thank you! that works so perfectly.

Greetings,

I was trying to find whether this issue was ALREADY on the line but i couldn't find.
Anyway i need to CREATE a .bat file for Windows 98 COMMAND Prompt Only mode. In that script i need to load a USB2.0 driver (i have found some usbaspi.sys driver), then copy some files from usb2.0 device to the hard drive and then unload the device driver (this is not that much important as loading device driver). I would like to avoid a using of config.sys and its line "device = usbaspi.sys", because with that i need to reset a system 2 times - one time to edit config.sys and the other to load the EDITED config.sys into the memory.

Is there any possible way of loading .sys device driver right from the bat file?

Thanks a lot

I have a file 'users.txt'. It's just a listing of usernames:

samt
robw
phil_
bill_

How can I remove all the lines that end with '_' and resave it as users.txt again using Windows Batch/DOS?

samI'd just use notepad and use the Replace ALL "_" with " " if you are TALKING about just a SINGLE TEXT file that needs to be conditioned, and you are running Windows on this system.

Then save it...ENDED up with this and it seems to work ok:

findstr /v _ users.txt > users2.txt

move /y users2.txt users.txtyou might want to match an exact _ at the end of the line in case you do really have _ all over the line.try this code
assuming the file that contail the names is q.txt

@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /F "" %%i in (q.txt) do (
set r=%%i
if "!r:~-1!" NEQ "_" echo %%i >>a )
move a q.txt
endlocal

how can you check to see the creation date of a file in a batch PROG?
is it even possible in batch?
plz relpy HI,

I believe 'dir' can do this.

Try 'dir /?' at the command prompt.


Hope it helps.ok that works but how can i get the creation date of a specific file and place it into a variable?Quote from: macdad- on May 27, 2008, 10:30:05 AM

ok that works but how can i get the creation date of a specific file and place it into a variable?

2 methods

(1)
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1. Start Windows 95
2. Put floppy disk in drive
3. Copy format.com from your Windows 95 installation to your floppy disk.

1. Boot from floppy
2. At the A: prompt type COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\FORMAT.COM
3. You should see "1 file copied" and then get the A: prompt back
4. If you are sure you want to nuke the disk type FORMAT C: and answer the "are you sure" message appropriately.

Thanks so much to all of you for trying to solve my problem!

I definitely want to wipe out the hard drive for disposal. I did a search on the internet before starting this project and there are tons of sites that say all I have to do is reformat the hard disks (2 each).

I don't mind DOWNLOADING a freeware program to get the same thing accomplished, assuming the two methods give the same results ().

After this I need to wipe out my old Win 98 computer too.


There were two methods I found for creating a Win 95 boot disk but only one was feasible in my situation.

The first one called for going to Start--Settings--Control Panel--Add/Remove programs and selecting Startup Disk to create one from the original Win 95 CD which I no longer have. So I went to method #2 which had me open My Computer (can't find my notes on where I went after that) and then format a new disk clicking "create a systems disk". Is a systems disk the same as a boot disk??? Anyways, I checked the dir for that disk (as Contrex suggested), and there was only one file named command.com. So that probably explains my format command problems. So what direction do you suggest now? Thanks again, Sue

IO.SYS ; System boot file.
MSDOS.SYS ; Boot option information (paths, multiboot, and so on).
DRVSPACE.BIN ; Microsoft DriveSpace compression driver.
CONFIG.SYS ; Loads the device drivers.
HIMEM.SYS ; Extended (XMS) Memory Manager.
COMMAND.COM ; Command interpreter.
AUTOEXEC.BAT ; A batch file which runs when you boot it.
ASPI2DOS.SYS ; Real-mode Adaptec CD-ROM driver.
ASPI4DOS.SYS ; Real-mode Adaptec CD-ROM driver.
ASPI8DOS.SYS ; Real-mode Adaptec CD-ROM driver.
ASPI8U2DOS.SYS ; Real-mode Adaptec CD-ROM driver.
ASPICD.SYS ; Real-mode Adaptec CD-ROM driver.
BTCDROM.SYS ; Mylex/BusLogic CD-ROM driver.
BTDOSM.SYS ; Mylex/BusLogic CD-ROM driver.
FLASHPT.SYS ; Mylex/BusLogic CD-ROM driver.
OAKCDROM.SYS ; Generic device driver for ATAPI CD-ROM drives.
SETRAMD.BAT ; Searches for first available drive to be a Ramdrive.
RAMDRIVE.SYS ; Creates a Ramdrive during startup.
FINDRAMD.EXE ; Utility to find the RAM drive during startup.
EXTRACT.EXE ; File to expand the Ebd.cab file.
FDISK.EXE ; Disk partition tool.
SYS.COM ; System transfer tool.
EBD.SYS ; Disket identifier file (Windows 98 startup disk)
MODE.COM ; Lets you change console parameters
README.TXT ; Document file
EDB.CAB ; Cabinet (compressed) file containing the following
ATTRIB.EXE ; Add or remove file attributes.
CHKDSK.EXE ; Simpler and smaller disk status tool.
DEBUG.EXE ; Debug utility.
EDIT.COM ; Real-mode emergency text editor.
EXT.EXE ; File extract utility.
FORMAT.COM ; Disk format tool.
HELP.BAT ; Launches the readme.txt for the startup disk.
HELP.TXT ; Help text file.
MSCDEX.EXE ; Microsoft CD-ROM file extension for MS-DOS.
RESTART.COM ; Restart your computer.
SCANDISK.EXE ; Disk status tool.
SCANDISK.INI ; Disk status tool configuration file.
SYS.COM ; system transfer tool.
UNINSTAL.EXE ; Removes Win 98 and restores the previous state.

(I don't remember if the created boot floppy includes format.com or not.
Maybe somebody else here can jump in and let us know. )

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FDISK.EXE ; Disk partition tool.

FORMAT.COM ; Disk format tool.

Anyways, I checked the dir for that disk (as Contrex suggested), and there was only one file named command.com.

The problem was solved 5 days ago.

I really meant to ask was how to do all of the files in a directory?

Quote from: Dizzzy on June 16, 2008, 12:05:19 AM

I really meant to ask was how to do all of the files in a directory?

DEL *.* does that.

You have taken my statement out of context and then provided an mindless and irrelevant response.

I couldn't think of a way to do this with a batch file

Code: [Select]set outstream = FSO.getStandardStream(1) 'retrieve the stdout stream

Mine may be longer, but, do I get points for having it look more complicated? I wasted a good hour learning the WSH objects just to make it... and I just read it over...

Call me old fashioned- ... I just go with what I know for DOS 6.0

Hey BC,
Please take a look at your last post. (Reply #9)
It has an extra end quote symbol at the end of the message.
I think that is why the screen is so wide.
Please modify & correct.
Thanks!

I certainly wouldn't consider your VBScript to be "old fashioned" I am way behind on newer DOS batch programming also, and have a hard time following the loops that Dias creates, but the VBScript is even more difficult for me to follow. You must have spent a considerable amount of time learning it.

I personally favor sticking with the batchfile programming if at all possible, because of the fact that most of the "mainstream" antivirus software throws up errors when you run VBScript (like sendkeys). Yes, you can click that it's OK to run it, but the message will scare the "H" out of most users. They will think that you have infected their computer. While that is not true, the average user will not be able to handle the error message without a lot of panic.

I didn't spend any time learning VBScript per se, but rather Visual Basic 6.0, if that Script makes your head spin, I'd hate to see the mess when you view the code in the Class module I felt compelled to attach... You can't do anything with it, since you don't have the evaluation Library, to which the class is just a PLUGIN. "just" a plugin. performs the core operations/Functions for the parser itself. Imagine, if you will, some of THAT String parsing.

Batch language is very good at doing the things it was designed for, and can be beautifully concise IMHO.

can SOMEONE tell me how to untick or delete programs that are starting up every time we switch PC on. it takes alot of time up. I saw a tech open something , i think was in DOS that comes up with a list which can all be ticked or unticked, and it helped my laptop, but i have forgotten the dos command am i on the right track here.
Check out StartUp Tool. It works better then msconfig because it removes the ENTRIES from the registry.

What you are thinking of is Start > Run > type MSCONFIG and click OK. Then look in the Startup tab, which should be USED for troubleshooting more than a startup manager.thanks for that.

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