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Been LOOKING all over for some way to do this.

i have a file called "times.txt"

looks like this

Code: [Select]0,0,23.809524
1,1,24.390244
2,4,23.809524
5,5,24.390244
6,7,23.809524
8,8,24.390244
how can i add a line like "First Line"

so that it looks like this

Code: [Select]First Line
0,0,23.809524
1,1,24.390244
2,4,23.809524
5,5,24.390244
6,7,23.809524
8,8,24.390244
the PROGRAM that uses this txt file wont accept it unless it has certain line at the start.
if i could batch do this to the file that is generated to be processed i could FULLY automate my script without adding the lines in myself.


any ideas?
alright:

Code: [Select]echo first line > times2.tmp
type times.txt >> times2.tmp
erase times.txt
ren times2.tmp times.txt


First thing that came to my head. MAKE sure to backup your files in case I screwed up.thanks worked like a dream. didn't think about TEMP files oh I forgot- add

Code: [Select]
erase times2.tmp

to the bottom of that

Hi there, I have created a batch file that renames a bunch of files. Some of the filenames that I am TRYING to rename contains the % sign and those don't seem to work. Is there a way to rename the filenames that contain the % sign?

IE: Rename "C:\34%!.DOCX" "34%!.DOC"

Thanks,
PatrickHow did the filenames get percent SIGNS in the first place?

Doubling up each percent sign like this might work-

Code: [Select]Rename "C:\34%%!.DOCX" "34%%!.DOC"

It really is a BAD idea to have "ILLEGAL" characters in file names.
we are using a document management system and it converts the filename to these when documents are saved... All I am trying to do is rename the extension and I don't really have any flexibility in modifying the original filename..

I was HOPING that there was some sort of command that would ignore the % sign as a variable or something.Did you try:

Rename *.docx *.doc
Quote from: pbisaillon on March 03, 2009, 04:01:54 PM

All I am trying to do is rename the extension and I don't really have any flexibility in modifying the original filename..

Hi,

I am in the middle of writing a DOS batch file that will be used to loop through all databases on a server and then loop through all tables in a database to truncate them.

So far I have:

@echo off :: prevent any of the commands in the batch file from being displayed

mysql -U DBusername -P DBpassword :: connect to database

sp_databases :: Lists databases on server

use databaseName :: say which database to use

show tables :: List all tables in database

FOR %%A IN (table1, table2, table3, table4) DO ( :: Loop thru tables

TRUNCATE TABLE %%A :: delete all data from table

)

EXIT

I have never used DOS before and have searched all over the internet to peice together the above and am now struggling on how I would loop through the results from the "Show tables" results. I have read that DOS does not support arrays and could only loop through a list.

Can anyone help with how I would exactly do this?

Many thanks in advancefirst off, what OS are you using?and what is your output from
show tablesIts windows.

I dont know the results of show results. I have not been able to actually test this on the server yet, I am just trying to research how it will be done before I test it ont he server.unfortunately everything past

"mysql -U DBusername -P DBpassword :: connect to database"


is a SQL command. and will not work.

Instead you should be creating a stored procedure within mySQL, and calling that via the mysql command line.I have no idea what that means. I am a PHP / MySQL developer and have never worked with any of this before. I don't know either- my experience is with a FULL blown SQL server implementation.

I would guess that you would need to run the "mySQL" program, assuming it exists, with arguments DESCRIBING the commands you have following. You MIGHT need to check out the documentation for mySQL and determine what you can give to the program to make it execute one of your commands.ok thanks for your help.

Hi all GREETING from Arul rajah

I am very new to this forum, Here I want to get clarification it's POSSIBILE to view file title attribute in MS-DOS

here I have attached windws explorer screen shot for your reference what i am trying to get in DOS

thanks in advance

regards
a r u l

[attachment deleted by admin]attrib Command will view/change file attributes.Hi thanks for your reply

but I have not seen any attrib command for viewing file title attrib in MS-DOS

pls refere the attached jpg file for more information

thanks

regards
a r u lWelcome to the CH forums Arul.

The Title entry in the listing is not an attribute and will be blank unless a file title has been allocated (by you).

Right click on the file, select Properties, Summary and enter the title you have chosen in the Title box. Click Apply, OK and the title you entered will be displayed in the listing. That's it in Explorer in Windows XP, I don't know any method of displaying the Title in MS-DOS or from the Command Prompt.

Good luckHi Dusty

thanks for your information!

regards
a r u lQuote from: Dusty on March 02, 2009, 11:54:57 PM

I don't know any method of displaying the Title in MS-DOS or from the Command Prompt.

this has Piqued my interest for a feature of my BCFile library to enumerate streams...

I'm not being a jerk, but I can do that...I'm good at it.Quote from: BatchRocks on February 21, 2009, 09:44:59 PM

I'm not being a jerk, but I can do that...I'm good at it.

this isnt a help post, its where you post batch programs you've made if you want to share them.

soz
I need it in a batch file(i need a file to be copied on multipal systems)

if i was writing a virus do you think i would ask for advice ?

I have run into a problem with a batch file. I would like to make the NET USE (drive map ) universal to all systems so that I can have the Batch File Map Z:\ when the system name can be any computer name.

I am drawing a blank on this and figured I'd post so someone can show me where I am going wrong. I thought there was a % % declaration routine like

NET USE Z: \\%COMPUTERNAME%\c$\FOLDER

*But computername is something other than that.
Not really sure where you're going with this. The computername variable points to the local machine name which probably is not helpful.

You might try using the OUTPUT of the net view command which is a list of the COMPUTERS CURRENTLY on the network.

Thanks sidewinder...the issue I found was a typo in my batch causing this routine to FAIL. I was almost certain that %computername% was the declaration and it was. Sorry for confusing you...all set now.

By the way the purpose of this routine is to create a temporary drive map on many systems that this batch will be run on, and in order to create a temprary map you need to declare the system name. Generally a system is not mapped to its own C: drive, but instead a network resource, other systems share for example where multiple systems could call that single file servers name as \\fileserver\drivepath. Being that this is to run on multiple systems in a stand alone format, and the system names are UNIQUE to one another on the network I needed to point the map to %computername% .... which works after I fixed the typo in the code with the path incorrect.

Thanks!

Dave

I'm scanning old hard copies of CAD drawing and archiving the PDF files. I would like to stream line this big project of over 100 old projects to archive!
In each job folder I create a "Client\RECORD_DRAWINGS” folder on are server.
I archive our latest DWG Cad files, but I have to search in the job folds for the latest DWG files and zip them up and move them the RECORD_DRAWINGS folder, but with commissioning work, DWG Cad files are found in the base job folder.
I created a Batch file to create the “Client\Record Drawing” folder and copies any DWG Cad files to new folder.
I now a little bit about creating Batch files, but don’t know if a batch file can search for latest dated filesin folders in a directory?
Or would I have to create a script file or VB?

Can it be done with a batch file?

I'm using WinZip 9.0 SR-1, Command Line SUPPORT 1.1 and WINDOWS XP
He is what I have so far.
@echo off

cls
echo ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
echo º Creating Client Drawings Directorys º
echo ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
ECHO.
echo ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
echo º Coping All CAD Files to CLEINT\RECORD DRAWING Directorys º
echo ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
ECHO.
echo ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
echo º Zip up all CAD Files in CLEINT\RECORD DRAWING Directorys º
echo ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
echo
pause.
echo
echo.
echo.
md CLIENT\RECORD_DRAWINGS
copy *.DWG CLIENT\RECORD_DRAWINGS
del CREATE_RECORD_DIRECTORY.bat
echo.

WinZip is CURRENTLY at release 12.

Do you have the command line WinZip programs (wzzip & wzunzip)? If not you can DOWNLOAD the component from wzcline11 about two-thirds down the page. A help file is included.

If you have any problems, an alternate solution would be VBScript which can do primitive zipping and unzipping.

Good luck.

By the way, I was the teenage son of a seriously loony control freak FATHER. Just like the guy on here. He was always supposing that me & my sister were up to no good. I am also the father of a boy and girl. We did our best to bring them up without repeating the mistakes of our parents. Trusting our kids. Respecting them. The result: my daughter is now 32, a senior geriatric nurse and the mother of 4 boys. My son is 30 and is doing a masters degree in media studies. Neither is dead or in jail or addicted to drugs. Both are very well balanced. So PLEASE don't tell me that I don't know what I am talking about.
Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 01, 2009, 08:40:13 PM

Dias++

son of a seriously loony control freak father. Just like the guy on here.

Hello everyone,

I need to create a BATCH file that select the last created folder from about 50 others, opens it and extract 2 archives inside it.
It sounds pretty SIMPLE but the PROBLEM is that i WONT know the folder name, i just know that if i order the folder by date created is the first on the list.
the folders have all this name type YYYYMMDD

Could u please help???
thanks in advanceCode: [Select]for /f "delims==" %%F in ('DIR /B /AD /OD /TC') do set newestfoldername=%%F

nope, just echo's it, if i type in ansi /? in cmd. it ays it does not recognise it, is it installed properly?Hi

Use the Windows Start then RUN and type in the "open" box CMD
Use the Windows Start then RUN and type in the "open" box COMMAND

You now have two DOS windows, "Old DOS" and "New DOS"
They look the same till you use them !!!

They both do exactly what you report - they do not recognise ansi

NOW TRY
ANSI.SYS /?
They both launch Notepad with a screen of garbage - you were not supposed to do that !!!

Ansi.sys is located somewhere on the Environmental variable PATH.
It should be found if it lives on the path, and if
a) The file extension is included, or
b) The extension is one of the defaults listed in PATHEXT
For me
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH

You just SAID "if i type in ansi /? in cmd."
This suggests a second error, you used "cmd". I never knew till Dias pointed this out, but ANSI graphics etc do NOT work in a CMD (New DOS) shell, only in a COMMAND (Old DOS) Shell.

Finally, again as Dias has just explained, you need
1. Edit or create a config.nt file in "c:\windows\system32" folder.
2. Add the line: device=c:\windows\system32\ansi.sys

That will incorporate/INSTALL/whatever ansi.sys so that when a COMMAND shell delivers a character stream to the console, it will be intercepted/translated so that what eventually appears will include ansi graphic manipulations where required, and otherwise the words will look the same as normal. This only hapens with a COMMAND shell.
It is not available with CMD
you can have colours, or you can have delayedexpansion etc. etc., but not both.

Note, Ansi.sys is only INVOKED by the config.nt start up file.
The batch files never invoke ansi.sys - they only do whatever they do, and any console output may gain the benefit of Ansi.sys when it is running, but I doubt that the batch command has any way of telling whether or not it ANSI.sys is actually doing anything.

If the batch file should invoke ansi.sys it wont do any good - don't know if it does any harm.
Similarly batch can only abuse device=c:\windows\system32\ansi.sys
i.e. I will not try that - I know it wont help, and I fear it could harm - e.g. will it attempt to install (or whatever it is called) a driver at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and might this damage the existing drivers so that interrupts are no longer serviced and files are no longer written ?
I don't know what will go wrong. I only know that "Dragons Be Here"

Regards
Alan
Quote

I doubt that the batch command has any way of telling whether or not it ANSI.sys is actually doing anything.

I am looking for a straight answer,

Thank you, i've been waiting for this answer for about a week

and of course Dias.

How would you determine what drive a USB would be on? Because the drive can vary depending on the computer. you want to do this in batch?
Yes. If it's not possible that's understandable. i think it COULD be possible...give me a second...i'll whip up a script.ok here's the script:

just put the batch file in the USB drive and it will get the Drive letter of the USB drive:
Code: [SELECT]@echo off
title GetDrive Letter
cd > temp.tmp
set /p return=<temp.tmp
set parentdrive=%return:~0,1%
del temp.tmp
echo The Drive letter of this USB Drive is: %parentdrive%
pause
Hope this Helps
,Nick(macdad-)i dont know if you have wmic but here it is
Code: [Select]C:\Users\_CORE>wmic volume get DriveType,Name
DriveType Name
3 C:\
3 F:\
3 D:\
3 E:\
5 G:\
2 H:\
i think that DriveType 2 is USB and 3 is SCSI Quote from: macdad- on March 03, 2009, 06:57:47 AM

ok here's the script:

just put the batch file in the USB drive and it will get the Drive letter of the USB drive:
Code: [Select]@echo off
title GetDrive Letter
cd > temp.tmp
set /p return=<temp.tmp
set parentdrive=%return:~0,1%
del temp.tmp
echo The Drive letter of this USB Drive is: %parentdrive%
pause
Hope this Helps
,Nick(macdad-)

I have 10 files, i need them duplicated X times, meaning, if i say 100 it will take the 10 and make 100 copies of each with UNIQUE names, even if the X is hard-coded in the script. So it's just a loop that copies the original to a new name with an increasing number. Not sure, I am new to DOS.Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set A=1
set /p L=enter name of file to be copied:
set M=%L:~-3%
set /p N=enter number of times you want to copy files:
for /L %%N in (1,1,%N%) do (
xcopy %L% %L%-!A!.%M%
set /a A+=1
)

FBThanks for the help, what does each line dofor many files this will WORK better:

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set M=1
set /p N=enter number of times you want to copy files:
for /f "delims==" %%A in ('dir /b /a-d') do (
set L=%%A
set O=!L:~-3!
for /L %%N in (1,1,%N%) do (
xcopy "!L!" "c:\copies\!L!-!M!.!O!"
set /a M+=1
)
set /a M=1
)
exit
i'll go through it.

@echo off - turns echoing off so everything doesn't get copied to the screen
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION - LETS you use variables in the for loop.
set M=1 - sets the copy number to 1
set /p N=enter number of times you want to copy files: - sets the number of copies you want to the variable N
for /f "delims==" %%A in ('dir /b /a-d') do ( - does the copy command for all the files in the current folder *you will need to copy this .bat file to the folder containing the files you want copied.*
set L=%%A - sets the current file to variable L
set O=!L:~-3! - sets tht files extension to variable O
for /L %%N in (1,1,%N%) do ( - for loop allows you to do one command lots of times
xcopy "!L!" "c:\copies\!L!-!M!.!O!" - copies files *you may want to change the directory to which the files are copied*
set /a M+=1 - adds one to the copy number
set /a M=1 resets copy number for the next file.

FBWhen I tried to copy files, it was working but it was not behaving when i tried to exit. There was no way to find out if the copy actually worked in the end. What am i doing wrong. I am just trying to copy X amount of files from a set directory, but I want to be able to run the script from other locations as well without having to change the path. not behaving when you tried to exit? what was happening?

xcopy should output something like Quote

1 file(s) copied succesfully

0 file(s) copied

Hi there,

I am using a utility to execute some processes and it creates a log file for me. Within that log file contains success or error codes. I WOULD like to be able to extract a certain string from that log file into another file.

IE: Original Log File: "Error Code 1 - \\computername"
I would like to copy everthing within the original log file that contains "Error Code 1" into a new file.

I have done this a few months ago, but I have lost my original batch files that contained the script and I can't remember what I did! I'm THINKING I used the "TYPE" command, but I forget the syntax for GRABBING the string.

Thanks,
Patrick
You want to copy a log file if it contains the line "Error Code 1"?

Code: [Select] findstr /m "Error Code 1" C:\path to file\file.txt
if %errorlevel%==0 (
XCOPY file.txt copy_of_file.txt
)

FBIt was the FINDSTR command that I couldn't think of! I just added the following to my batch file:

findstr "Error Code 1*" "C:\DM_Customization.log" >> "C:\DM_ErrorCodes.log"

Thanks for you help.
Patricknot a problem

FB

Hello

what is the error level and how can I benefit from it in batch files

what we MEAN when we write :

for %%1


Best Wishesferas,

<<<"Batch Scripting : ERRORLEVEL VARIABLE on MS-DOS Client
Posted by Frank-Peter Schultze on 22-Jan-2001 16:50 (3059 reads)

http://www.fpschultze.de/smartfaq+faq.faqid+56.htm


Only NT-based operating systems automatically set the ERRORLEVEL variable to the exit code returned by the last program run.">>

The ERRORLEVEL varaiable is reserved by experienced programers for the status of the last program run. A return of 0 means the program was successful. Any other return NUMBER INDICATES an error condition unless the the code is set and returned by a call to another batch file. See Below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121170
Feras,


C:\>A.bat
"Hello World"
"Call B.bat"
"We are in B.bat."
"Return exit code from B.bat"
"errorlevel=77"
77
Press any key to continue . . .
C:\>type A.bat
@ECHO OFF

echo "Hello World"

echo "Call B.bat"

Call B.bat

echo "Return exit code from B.bat"

echo "errorlevel=%errorlevel%"
echo %errorlevel%
pause

C:\>type B.bat
REM return exit code to Batch A.bat
@ECHO OFF

echo "We are in B.bat."

exit /B 77

C:\>thank you very much M.r billrich

Is it possible to create a U.I. with a batch file? Basically something like you would see when installing a program?

Just wondering....

Thanks,
-bMI do not know what you see when installing a program.
My experience varies with what is being installed, and the creator.

If you start the computer in SAFE mode, you get a U.I. offering a choice of what you want it to do.

That sort of U.I. can be done with a batch file - in fact the SAFE mode U.I. might even be controlled by a batch file on some versions of Windows.

A "G.U.I." is a Graphics User Interface - I think it most unlikely that you could simulate a "windows" type of pretty coloured graphics and Mouse control.

Regards
Alan
I don't fully understand what you mean, but from what I understand it as, do you mean something like this?
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo.
echo ===================================
echo = Basic GUI =
echo ===================================
echo = =
echo = Installing... =
echo = =
echo ===================================
pause >nul

Be sure to copy it into notepad (to automatically sort the spacing out).Hi

If you want INTERACTION between Computer and User you also need a way for the User to talk back to the computer.

To illustrate, these 6 lines I have just grabbed out of a 150 start up control file.

Code: [Select]FC %~n0.txt %~n0.cfg && goto HOP0
echo ERROR E E E E E E E ERROR
SET /P ANS="*.TXT and *.CFG mis-match. Update CFG ? Y(es) / N(o) :"
if /I %ANS%#==Y# COPY %~n0.txt %~n0.cfg
:HOP0
DEL %~n0.txt

Line 1 compares a temporary file %~n0.txt with a "master" reference %~n0.cfg
AND AND ( && ) if they match it jumps to HOP0 (line 5)
Otherwise ERROR is reported and the user is asked whether or not to update the *.CFG, which determines whether the file is copied

Finally, either way, Line 6 deletes %~n0.txt for which there is no further use,
and then a lot more code launches other applications etc.

You will find many examples of user input if you search for "SET /P" and "CHOICE",
but messages / questions from the computer are no prettier than Jacob's suggestion,
and user input is via the keyboard, not the mouse.

nb If you want the batch file to use the mouse for input you probably need to find a suitable third party application (or possibly VBS);
but if the anti-virus needs an urgent decision upon a NEW hazard - how can you shift focus if the batch file controls the mouse ?

Regards
Alan
if you want it like a true U.I.
there are some old batch programs that can be used by batch files to make menus and control them by use of keyboard or mouse.
this site has plenty of batch programs you can get.
hope this worksThanks a lot for the replies! I really appreciate everyone's help. If I would have had my code completely finished before I decided to post this thread than all you guys would have UNDERSTOOD exactly what I was trying to do. So here is my batch file code (as of now):

Code: [Select]@ECHO OFF
ECHO Would you like to backup your SLMHEAT drivers.txt? If so...
PAUSE
copy "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\SLMHeat\drivers.txt" "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\SLMHeat\olddriversBACKUP.txt"
copy "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\SLMHeat\drivers.txt" before_car.txt
ECHO Would you like to add the custom car to your SLMHeat drivers.txt? If so...
PAUSE
copy car.txt+before_car.txt drivers.txt
copy drivers.txt "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\SLMHeat"
del drivers.txt
ECHO Would you like to copy the custom car.TEX file to your SLMHeat folder? If so...
PAUSE
copy *.tex "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\SLMHeat"

Thanks to SideWinder, Jacob, and my very small batch file vocabulary I have completed what I was trying to accomplish. Now I want to take it a step further and make it easier for the average Joe !

When you compile the code into a .BAT file you'll see that the user has no choice but to run the bat file completely or exit the program. I would just like to add a Yes or No to all 3 questions in my batch file (for now).

Here are the questions in my batch file:
Code: [Select][b]Question #1:[/b] ECHO Would you like to backup your SLMHEAT drivers.txt? If so...
PAUSE
[b]Question #2:[/b] ECHO Would you like to add the custom car to your SLMHeat drivers.txt? If so...
PAUSE
[b]Question #3:[/b] ECHO Would you like to copy the custom car.TEX file to your SLMHeat folder? If so...
PAUSE

NOTE: The only options the user has when asked questions is to hit enter or close the program. Like I said above, all I would like to add now is the option for the user to choose yes or no on each question.

Also: If someone could point me in the direction to a "batch file dictionary" that would show and explain all the commands that can be used in .BAT file creation then I could stop bothering you all so much. LOL

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
-bM

Proud Staff @ SSDevelopment.NET
Hi

I suggest the following technique

Code: [Select]SET /P ANS="Message/Question from computer to user"
IF /I "%ANS%" NEQ "Y" EXIT

The first of your questions would be :-
Code: [Select]"Would you like to backup your SLMHEAT drivers.txt? Y(es) / N(o) :"

That gives the user the choice of "Y" or "N"
You can give extra guidance such as a reminder to hit "Enter" etc.

The second line of code looks for "Y". The /I argument also accepts lower case "y".
If the user responds with "Y" or "y" the code continues to perform the script which follows.
For any other RESPONSE (including but not restricted to "N") the script aborts with EXIT.

A simple 4 line alternative :-
Code: [Select]:LOOP1
SET /P ANS="Message/Question from computer to user"
IF /I "%ANS%"=="N" EXIT
IF /I "%ANS%" NEQ "Y" LOOP1

Please note that LOOP1 is used for only the first question. Each question must have a DIFFERENT label, such as LOOP2, LOOP3, etc.

This has the extra feature that the question is repeated for wrong response, such as "Y(es)". It will only accept and use "Y", "y", "N", "n".
Whether this feature is a blessing or a curse depends upon how much effort the user has to put into logging on and doing whatever launches this script.

Regards
Alan
Great Alan, sorry bMowl, I didn't understand. You can also use an add-on which gets the ID of the key pressed, which you can use to create a menu without the need to press enter. This add-on can be generate by the batch file itself so there is no need for a user to download another file. Please see this example.
Code: [Select]@echo off
if not exist C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com (
echo hD1X-s0P_kUHP0UxGWX4ax1y1ieimnfeinklddmemkjanmndnadmndnpbbn>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo hhpbbnpljhoxolnhaigidpllnbkdnhlkfhlflefblffahfUebdfahhfkokh>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo l/[emailprotected]>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
)
:loop
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
echo Key ID you pressed is %key%.
goto loop
I have make a simple program that have interface close to real GUI (graphical user interface)
this program is a Antivirus



i use "xecho.exe" to display a colored message.

Quote from: wernerbreedt on March 01, 2009, 06:26:43 AM

ps.Live in South Africa and if youve been in sa you would understand that the ppl in sa isn't the SMARTEST !

email the batch file with the shortcut of the firms program in it and ask the users to open the batch file and my jobs done

Not all people are smart,and with politics in sa the way they are,ppl get jobs that they can't do.

Quote from: wernerbreedt on March 01, 2009, 07:01:49 AM

Not all people are smart,and with politics in sa the way they are,ppl get jobs that they can't do.

Oh, right. I'm with you now, man! They get jobs they can't do, so they have to find out how to do them on web forums!

anyway, long story short it is quite possible via the copy command.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 01, 2009, 10:19:44 AM

anyway, long story short it is quite possible via the copy command.

Aw, BCP, you went and told him!

Dears,

I m NEW to this FORUM, wish you all happy new year

I need a dos batch command to get all the TECHNICAL information about a computer.

i.e
process information
Memory information
HDD Information
FDD Information
BIOS Information

Shorly to say all the device manager details

Help me to sort this outif you have wmic you can use it, but i cant make code for you becouse wmic does not always output the same value on all computersI m using WINPE for installatiing OS so before installing i want to check the hardware connected to the setup machine, so i need a dos command to collect the system information

Hi !
I would like to run a BATCH in the server. That means run a batch in server from a CLIENT computer. how can i do that?
thanks!you would have to be an ADMINISTRATOR of the server and have HIGHER LEVEL access to run a batch over the whole server.

hi all,
i have to install software on a lot of systems in my OFFICE, i want to create a batch file that can answer the prompt generate by software (Yes or NO), can anyone tell me how can i do it by batch file.

Thanx in advancethis is way beyond the capabilities of batch programs.
Why do people think batch file can do all these magical things?batch just seems to some people as the free, easy alternitive to a higher lvl PROGRAMMING language.

you'd probably have to do this in C.I WONDER if this is the same PERSON from South Africa that was wanting a batch program for SOMETHING similar???he hasn't posted back...i think you were right.

The nonprofit I WORK for was awarded a laptop from the govt. The govt stripped it back to MS DOS. My BOSS wants to load Vista on it. The underside of the HP laptopSeries PP2190 indicates it is 64 MB and had windows XP Pro on it before it was cleaned. I placed the vista OS disc in but the laptop doesn't recognize the cd PLAYER. As you can tell I don't KNOW a lot. Is there a way to load Vista? What other info do I need to get advice?
Thanks,
64MB isn't even enough for XP.I was afraid of that. Thank you.

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on January 10, 2009, 09:48:46 PM

Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 10, 2009, 09:38:40 PM

oops! that's weird, my post was messed up... it said "removed for reasons above" instead of the code I had... DOH!

I did that.

Sorry carbon, gotta "Contrex" this one, if you know what I mean!

[...]

Ok people... was that Contrex-ey enough?

Mostly people have no Idea how annoying contrex can get, he can disturb a persons mental state for ever(personal experience)

Not even close!

Hello,
I have a problem when using FIND COMMAND.
Every time I use it, cmd.exe returns Access Denied statement!

Here goes tiny snippet of code I use in my batch:

find ".jpeg" D:\Documents\User\Somefolder >> JPG.txt

I tried using FIND on any drive and it's always the same!
HELP!try going CD D:\Documents\User\Somefolder (or whatever the dir is) adn that type FIND JPG.txt (or whatever it is) this may WORK.Maybe you don't have write permissions for the folder in which you're trying to create the file JPG.txt.
that rather isn't possible, since i'm administrator and the folder is inside my documents. i tried using find without >>, and it doesn't work. and that ERROR happens when i use find on ANY folder.What OS and service pack level?customized windows xp sp2 Quote from: dino2164 on March 01, 2009, 02:16:19 PM

customized windows xp sp2

Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[liNE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

/V Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.
/C Displays only the count of lines containing the string.
/N Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.
/I Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.
/OFF[liNE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
"string" Specifies the text string to find.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifies a file or files to search.

If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt
or piped from another command.

Find to locate files in a folder? Shouldn't the OP be using Dir?

So i'm using the wrong command?
What's the correct DOS command for searching for specific files then?
Also, thanx for the help.

I have this so far.
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Get CONFIG.NT & COPY %SystemRoot%\system32\CONFIG.NT
if exist ("%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys") in ('type CONFIG.NT') do (
echo ansi.sys is active.
) ELSE (
echo ansi.sys is not active.
)
pause >nul
Basically if it finds "%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys" in CONFIG.NT it should echo ansi.sys is active.
if it doesn't it should echo it is not.

Thanks
Quote from: JACOB on November 05, 2008, 09:43:17 AM

if exist ("%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys") in ('type CONFIG.NT') do (

And how would I do that?

WEW, I've encountered a problem when trying to start the SCF in DOS...It apears that SCF FILES, like LNK files are in a script in the registry that prevents them from being viewed, on explorer.exe, or in DOS.Helpmeh,,, Not sure what u are trying to do with this file. I did not edit the file. I CALLED the file from a BATCH file, which takes me to the desktop. If this is what u want to do, I can give more detailed instructions. Be glad to help if i can... I just REMOVED all the NeverShowExt REGISTRIES and now I can open all never showing extensions(scf, lnk, etc.) in dos.

Is it possible to make a batch file that EDIT every FILENAME in a directory?
I have a big! list of mp3 files, and some have very ugly filenames.

Some files begins there filenames with a number that i dont want.
I wan't the number to be removed, such as 05-something.mp3 or 05.something.mp3
and also i want that underscores "_" get REPLACED with spaces " " and "-" will be replaced with " - "

so:
"_" = " "
"-" = " - "
"number." ""
"number_" ""
"number-" ""

//Thanks o_GThere is a great utility - ExplorerXP that is a windows explorer replacement

I use it because it has very POWERFUL file renaming functions, you can probably find it at download.com (other program REPOSITORIES are also available)

This should be just what you need

Graham

does anybody think that this is getting pointless?

now we need to get off this post and help everybody elses posts. DONT you think?Agreed.

*hand hovers over LOCK Topic button* save it with .bat EXTENSION
& double CLICK on it Thanks for coming back.

Hi

Every ( needs to be followed by )
You may have better luck after appending
Code: [Select] )
)

Regards
Alan
Hello,

ALAN_BR wrote:
Every ( needs to be followed by )
You may have better luck after appending
Code:
)
)

Yes sorry they are all there, the end lines, I did not wanted to write all the code as it is all there in previous answers
Thanks Alan
Regards


This puzzles me...

I did remove the directory lines and only used *.mif and moved the batch to the folders with the files (under documents and settings) tried again and it could not find the files!!

I then move the folder out of documents and setttings to under C: and then it works!!

What causes this?

I would refer to have it under documents and settings if that is possible

RegardsQuote

There is up to 100 unique files (FILE1,file2,file3,file4,file5 ETC) and each of them has only one of the lines that needs to be changed, but this line can occur several HUNDREDS times in each file.

I have limited experience with batch files and need some help.

All I'm trying to do is to create a file to open a dos program and EXECUTE commad lines inside the program. I can open the program, but I don't know how to actually execute the code.

Any suggestions?What do you mean "execute command lines inside the program"? What program are you talking about?
When the dos program is opened, it asks you what you want to do. You enter a command and it does it.

By "EXECUTING code" i mean I don't want to have to have to manually type in a set of commands over and over again.

Its an aerodynamics program. I have a lot of CASES to run and I wanted to automate the process.

Maybe you could SHARE the name of the "aerodynamics program" you are being so mysterious about?
AVL

Its a vortex lattice program from MIT.

http://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/avl/

Its a free program. I just figured that nobody would care what program it is.
ALWAYS give as much information as possible. Just looking at the website, it looks as if the program was designed to take input from "session files". Don't these do what you want?
Not exactly.

The session files help, however, I have a lot of different scenarios to run. I'd like for it to automatically load the new geometry, run the cases and save the data....and repeat for the next file. Each of these require that the user to type a command line at each of these points. Its just going to be a pain to do this over and over for each case...not to mention time consuming.

how to FORMAT a computer USING Ms DOS?have you tried format /?Quote from: ub on July 03, 2008, 04:55:26 AM

how to format a computer using Ms DOS?

how do you wipe to computer so theres NOTHING left except the stuff that was on there wheQuote from: steven32collins on January 10, 2009, 12:16:05 PM

how do you wipe to computer so theres nothing left except the stuff that was on there whe

Code: [Select]
CD /D C:\FILES
set MEDIA=C:\[-MEDIA-]
if not exist "%MEDIA%" MD "%MEDIA%"
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('DIR /ARASH /A-D /B /S') do (
if not exist "%MEDIA%\%%~xF" MD "%MEDIA%\%%~xF"


How can i MAKE it so when the FOLDER "%MEDIA%\%%~xF" is made there is no period "." in front of the file type for the folder name.. so the folder is made as "JPG" instead of ".JPG"..??Something like this may work.

CD /D C:\FILES
set MEDIA=C:\[-MEDIA-]
if not exist "%MEDIA%" MD "%MEDIA%"
for /f "tokens=2 delims=." %%F in ('DIR /ARASH /A-D /B /S') do (
if not exist "%MEDIA%\%%F" MD "%MEDIA%\%%F"

Or this
Code: [Select]setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('DIR /ARASH /A-D /B /S') do (
set extension=%%~xF
set foldername=!extension:.=!
if not exist "%MEDIA%\!foldername!" MD "%MEDIA%\!foldername!"
[...]
)

what is DIR /ARASH supposed to do? Did you mean DIR /AR /AS /AH ?

hello,
I want to hide the password when the user is being prompted to ENTER the password in a batch file.
could any body help me in doing the same.
Best Regards,
MohanWell, recently I found getkey.com (thanks to Dias)
This sets the key pressed to an errorlevel.

This will create a password of abc, without displaying any echos.

Code: [Select]@echo off
if not exist C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com (
echo hD1X-s0P_kUHP0UxGWX4ax1y1ieimnfeinklddmemkjanmndnadmndnpbbn>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo hhpbbnpljhoxolnhaigidpllnbkdnhlkfhlflefblffahfUebdfahhfkokh>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo l/[emailprotected]>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
)
REM password is set to abc
:run
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==97 goto :success1
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:success1
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==98 goto :success2
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:success2
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==99 goto :enter
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:enter
echo Correct Password
pause >nul

Here are a list of the 'key' codes: which are used in If %Key%==97 goto :success1

Code: [Select] %Key%==97 = a
%Key%==98 = b
%Key%==99 = c
%Key%==100 = d
%Key%==101 = e
%Key%==102 = f
%Key%==103 = g
%Key%==104 = h
%Key%==105 = i
%Key%==106 = j
%Key%==107 = k
%Key%==108 = l
%Key%==109 = m
%Key%==110 = n
%Key%==111 = o
%Key%==112 = p
%Key%==113 = q
%Key%==114 = r
%Key%==115 = s
%Key%==116 = t
%Key%==117 = u
%Key%==118 = v
%Key%==119 = w
%Key%==120 = x
%Key%==121 = y
%Key%==122 = z
%Key%==65 = A
%Key%==66 = B
%Key%==67 = C
%Key%==68 = D
%Key%==69 = E
%Key%==70 = F
%Key%==71 = G
%Key%==72 = H
%Key%==73 = I
%Key%==74 = J
%Key%==75 = K
%Key%==76 = L
%Key%==77 = M
%Key%==78 = N
%Key%==79 = O
%Key%==80 = P
%Key%==81 = Q
%Key%==82 = R
%Key%==83 = S
%Key%==84 = T
%Key%==85 = U
%Key%==86 = V
%Key%==87 = W
%Key%==88 = X
%Key%==89 = Y
%Key%==90 = Z
%Key%==32 = SpaceBar


If you want more than three digits keep adding these (but replace X with the appropriate numbers)
Code: [Select]
:successX
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==XX goto :successX
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit
is there any other way to do the same thing.
Quote from: Jacob on October 30, 2008, 04:02:16 AM

Well, recently I found getkey.com (thanks to Dias)
This sets the key pressed to an errorlevel.

This will create a password of abc, without displaying any echos.

Code: [Select]@echo off
if not exist C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com (
echo hD1X-s0P_kUHP0UxGWX4ax1y1ieimnfeinklddmemkjanmndnadmndnpbbn>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo hhpbbnpljhoxolnhaigidpllnbkdnhlkfhlflefblffahfUebdfahhfkokh>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
echo l/[emailprotected]>>C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
)
REM password is set to abc
:run
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==97 goto :success1
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:success1
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==98 goto :success2
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:success2
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==99 goto :enter
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

:enter
echo Correct Password
pause >nul

Here are a list of the 'key' codes: which are used in If %Key%==97 goto :success1

Code: [Select] %Key%==97 = a
%Key%==98 = b
%Key%==99 = c
%Key%==100 = d
%Key%==101 = e
%Key%==102 = f
%Key%==103 = g
%Key%==104 = h
%Key%==105 = i
%Key%==106 = j
%Key%==107 = k
%Key%==108 = l
%Key%==109 = m
%Key%==110 = n
%Key%==111 = o
%Key%==112 = p
%Key%==113 = q
%Key%==114 = r
%Key%==115 = s
%Key%==116 = t
%Key%==117 = u
%Key%==118 = v
%Key%==119 = w
%Key%==120 = x
%Key%==121 = y
%Key%==122 = z
%Key%==65 = A
%Key%==66 = B
%Key%==67 = C
%Key%==68 = D
%Key%==69 = E
%Key%==70 = F
%Key%==71 = G
%Key%==72 = H
%Key%==73 = I
%Key%==74 = J
%Key%==75 = K
%Key%==76 = L
%Key%==77 = M
%Key%==78 = N
%Key%==79 = O
%Key%==80 = P
%Key%==81 = Q
%Key%==82 = R
%Key%==83 = S
%Key%==84 = T
%Key%==85 = U
%Key%==86 = V
%Key%==87 = W
%Key%==88 = X
%Key%==89 = Y
%Key%==90 = Z
%Key%==32 = SpaceBar


If you want more than three digits keep adding these (but replace X with the appropriate numbers)
Code: [Select]
:successX
C:\WINDOWS\getkey.com
set key=%errorlevel%
If %Key%==XX goto :successX
echo Incorrect.
pause >nul
exit

Yes, but i find this the best and safest way.

I just thought my internet goes down a lot, here is a code that fixes that.

@echo off
Title Internet Fix
color b3
cls
Echo Press any key to repair internet.
pause&GT;nul
Ipconfig/renew
Echo Fixing...Press any key...
Pause>nul
exit
If you have another program to share, next time put it in the Batch Program Thread.Quote from: BatchRocks on January 09, 2009, 07:14:33 PM

I just thought my internet goes down a lot, here is a code that fixes that.

@echo off
Title Internet Fix
color b3
cls
Echo Press any key to repair internet.
pause>nul
Ipconfig/renew
Echo Fixing...Press any key...
Pause>nul
exit

If you have another program to share, next time put it in the Batch Program Thread.

Quote from: BatchRocks on January 09, 2009, 07:14:33 PM

I just thought my internet goes down a lot, here is a code that fixes that.

@echo off
Title Internet Fix
color b3
cls
Echo Press any key to repair internet.
pause>nul
Ipconfig/renew
Echo Fixing...Press any key...
Pause>nul
exit

Just to save space (every KB counts), you can remove everything but the IPCONFIG /renew then add an @ infront of it and it will still work. I have a very old computer, so I like saving space.

every KB counts

I have a very old computer

Quote

every KB counts

Quote

I have a very old computer

Just how old are we talking?

I have a virus in my home computer, which does not recognize users or ADMINISTRATOR. It will not allow me to do a system restore.

Is there a DOS command I, (a novice), can use to override administrator and do system restore?Have you tried booting in Safe Mode?

NOTE: Be aware that performing a system restore may not necessarily get rid of the virus.
Not really.
But you can boot in safe mode by hitting F8 before windows starts up. On of the options may be a boot with command prompt. But I don't think that will help much.I have tried in safe mode, safe mode with networking, doing c:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe through both the windows task manager and cmd window, and runnins irestore.exe.

I have no task bar, so I am limited to safe mode options. that is why I am looking for a way to bypass administrator.

is there a cmd for searching the hard drive for a system restore function?Quote from: DadsterJim on March 01, 2009, 05:59:32 PM

I have tried in safe mode, safe mode with networking, doing c:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe through both the windows task manager and cmd window, and runnins irestore.exe.

Quote from: Dias de verano on January 11, 2009, 05:44:57 AM

Quote from: steven32collins on January 11, 2009, 05:39:10 AM

thanks
im only 13 i should know it

also what diffrent
set /
comands are there
i know 2
set /P is to have user INPUT of a variable
set /a is to add two or more variables TOGETHER what else is there

Quote

set /a is to add two or more variables together

Not exactly. set with the /a switch does a number of things, not just add, and can be used on its own to create an arithmetic variable.

1. Open a command window
2. type this at the prompt

set /?

3. Read the help.

How do you get a program such as windows media player to play in the backround.Let me guess....You want to play music without having the WINDOW up?

The only way I KNOW you can do this is if you enable the WMP Player in the TaskBar.

Right Click the Taskbar and go to Toolbars and then make SURE Windows Media Player is ticked.
Now minimize Windows Media Player.Thanks. Worked perfectley .Glad I could HELP.

How can I INSTALL XP DRIVER in DOS?For what DEVICE ? ?
And XP does not have DOS...why do you need to do it this way ? ?

hello all
this is my first post
i'm new to this topic and i come upon some thing that i can't solve alone.
how can i test that a file stored in %1 ( pased as the first parameter ) actually exist ?
and if it exits how can i get it's creation date and it's last modified date so that i store them in 2 variable and comper them with the date stored in %2 ( pased as the second argument) ? The specification looks suspiciously like a school assignment.
of coarse it look es like a like a school assignment i took it from a friend's school book .
he asked me if i know anything about shell , the only thing i knew about shell is that you can manipulate an OS just like you were an user after Reading his courses i learned more but it. The exercise book seams to be more steps ahead then the courses. I tried to google for the answer but i didn't find it .
please tel me where can i read about manipulating file info using a shell in DOS.
Hello Avi & Welcome to the CH forums.

Your operating system is listed as Windows XP, to which version of Dos do you refer?

Well, pretty simple OVERALL:

if exist %1 echo File Exists!
MD temp
copy %1 temp
dir temp
pause
del temp
Quote from: Helpmeh on January 08, 2009, 06:27:55 PM

Well, pretty simple overall:

if exist %1 echo File Exists!
md temp
copy %1 temp
dir temp
pause
del temp

DOS version 5.1.2006 ... the version of the cmd.exe file

can please someone tell me how can i get the last modied date of a file ?

thanks alot
i finished the problem with file dates, it workes only for files in the same diretory as the .bat file because it recives as the first parameter only the name af the file and not a full path . i'm workin on a solution so that it can use a full path as the firt parameter , but i dont know how to extract the file name out of the path

for ex: supuse %1 contains d:\op\avi.txt i want to store avi.txt in B (anothe var) . is there any way to do this directly ?

is there a way to find out the length of a strig?

and some other probles i stepted in to

1)

set A=0123456789z
for %%i in (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) do (
set B=!A:~1,"!%%i!"!
echo %B%
)

what's wrong here? shoudn't "!%%i!" espend to it's value?

2) how can i store a spce in o a variable i tried set B=" " but it didn't work

3) how can i work with numbers ?
for ex : set A=1 set B=2 echo A+B should return 3 end echo A+1 shoud return 2
or A=A+1 ?

this is my batch so far

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Hello
pause
echo How are you doing today?
echo If you are doing Great type yes and press enter
echo If you arent doing great type no and press enter

if '%option%'=='yes' goto :yes
if '%option%'=='no' goto :no
set /p option=

:yes
echo Well that is great! would youlike to play a game?
echo If you would like to play a game please type yes and then press enter.
pause

if '%option%'=='yes' goto :game
if '%option%'=='no' goto :game
set /p option=

:game
echo Thank you for wanting to play the game!
pause
echo First i would like to ask you some questions,
echo just to get to know you.
pause
echo First i would like to ask you for your name.







:no
echo Awwwwww.....that SUCKS alot...do you want to cheer yourself up with a game?
pause
well befor the huge space i need to know how to MAKE the batch file TALK back to the person after they input their name......if you can help i would love u forever (nohomo)

Thanx4 helping

~Shnarg~Quote

@echo off
echo Hello
pause
echo How are you doing today?
echo If you are doing Great type yes and press enter
echo If you arent doing great type no and press enter

set /p option=
if '%option%'=='yes' goto :yes
if '%option%'=='no' goto :no
// You cant check for varialbe before its set

:yes
echo Well that is great! would youlike to play a game?
echo If you would like to play a game please type yes and then press enter.
pause

set /p option=
if '%option%'=='yes' goto :game
if '%option%'=='no' goto :game
// You cant check for varialbe before its set

:game
echo Thank you for wanting to play the game!
pause
echo First i would like to ask you some questions,
echo just to get to know you.
pause
echo First i would like to ask you for your name.


set /p name=
echo Your name is: %name%
pause



:no
echo Awwwwww.....that sucks alot...do you want to cheer yourself up with a game?
pause

Quote

@echo off
echo Hello
pause
echo How are you doing today?
echo If you are doing Great type yes and press enter
echo If you arent doing great type no and press enter

set /p option=
if '%option%'=='yes' goto :yes
if '%option%'=='no' goto :no
// You cant check for varialbe before its set

:yes
echo Well that is great! would youlike to play a game?
echo If you would like to play a game please type yes and then press enter.
pause

set /p option=
if '%option%'=='yes' goto :game
if '%option%'=='no' goto :game
// You cant check for varialbe before its set

:game
echo Thank you for wanting to play the game!
pause
echo First i would like to ask you some questions,
echo just to get to know you.
pause
echo First i would like to ask you for your name.


set /p name=
echo Your name is: %name%
pause



:no
echo Awwwwww.....that sucks alot...do you want to cheer yourself up with a game?
pause

is that what you looking for ??

On my XP computer "==" is replaced by "EQU" ?

Hi folks My name is yunny yanez I did A+ last year and now Im doing N+ I just build me a computer to do networking practice and installed windows xp professional what I did wrong i dont KNOW but part of the program went to an extended partition like this windows xp on C: and boot ? on G:
its 300 gb hdd which I split into C: primary and three other extended partitions of which i already deleted two of them which had nothing on them I have now C: and G: which i cannot delete since all commands get a negative response from the OPERATING system not accepted as an internal command or wrong syntax ETC etc

MAYBE I am not skilled enough to cope with the problem but i want to improve my knowledge so please help me try this http://www.partition-manager.com/

Hello. I'm having a problem with the net view command. I'm trying to use to it and net use to set up a shared folder between mine and my brothers COMPUTER so we can share maps for the game Warcraft III. So I tried typing in "net view *ip*" but it would return "System error 53 OCCURRED." "The net work path was not found." any ideas on how I can get past this?why not just share the folder using windows explorer...Or just email eachother.Quote from: BatchFileCommand on January 10, 2009, 07:02:54 PM

Or just email eachother.

why not just share the folder using windows explorer...

I TYPED in robocopy /? in my COMMAND line and I COMPARED it to yours with all the strikethroughs, and apparently it didn't have any of the stuff that got striked.Quote from: BatchFileCommand on JANUARY 10, 2009, 06:37:50 PM

I typed in robocopy /? in my command line and I compared it to yours with all the strikethroughs, and apparently it didn't have any of the stuff that got striked.

I ran this deplorably ugly code on some test data and it seems that the variable !NUM! - which seems to be something gumbaz has devised for renaming a file in the event of a name collision - is being set to nothing (a blank) leading to a torrent of "ECHO is ON" messages and the variable being rendered literally rather than being expanded.

I mentioned about a week ago (on 26 Jan) that labels inside loops or other parenthetical structures are FROWNED UPON. I was ignored. The reason is that labels must be at the start of a line. The commands within the parentheses are really just one LONG line of multiple commands and the label ENDS up buried in the middle of that line. That code won't -ever- work.

Rather than repair this mess, I would call it a learning experience and start again, and this time I would:

Get the method and logic right and then write the code!

so how would you go about coding in a same name collision renaming function then all mighty Guru Master..??I would rename the incoming colliding file somehow. Maybe use the system clock which changes 100 times every second.

e.g.

Code: [Select]set timecode=%time%
set timecode=%timecode::=%
set timecode=%timecode:.=%
echo %timecode%Code: [Select]CD /D C:\FILES
set MEDIA=C:\[-MEDIA-]
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if not exist "%MEDIA%" MD "%MEDIA%"
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('DIR /ARASH /A-D /B /S') do (
if not exist "%MEDIA%\%%~xF" MD "%MEDIA%\%%~xF"
if not exist "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nxF" ATTRIB -H -S -A -R "%%F" & COPY "%%F" "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nxF" & DEL /F /Q "%%F" & ECHO MOVED "%%F" to "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nxF"
if exist "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nxF" ATTRIB -H -S -A -R "%%F" & COPY "%%F" "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nF(%TIME::=%)%%~xF" & DEL /F /Q "%%F" & ECHO MOVED "%%F" to "%MEDIA%\%%~xF\%%~nF(%TIME::=%)%%~xF"
)
Everything works ok in this new script except the (%TIME::=%) part at the end..
the time never changes when renaming the 2nd same named file collisions..
it just keeps the same time and if there are more than 2 same files the 3rd file gets deleted..??
whats causing the time to stay the same..??Quote from: gumbaz on February 28, 2009, 08:01:24 AM

Everything works ok in this new script except the (%TIME::=%) part at the end..
the time never changes when renaming the 2nd same named file collisions..
it just keeps the same time and if there are more than 2 same files the 3rd file gets deleted..??
whats causing the time to stay the same..??

so how exactly would i use the !time! feature in my code then..??

Hello,

I'm having trouble finding the right commands to rename existing files, by ADDING a number

For example:
I want to change all file names in a certain folder, by adding the nummer 7000 to the existing filename (and not change the extension of the file).

Does anyone have any idea?

Many thanks for your insight.

ShapeHow do you mean 'adding'
from 2009-02-17.txt to 7000-2009-02-17.txt
or
from 2009-02-17.txt to 9009-02-17.txt

The first is relatively simple :

ren 2009-02-17.txt 7000-2009-02-17.txt
The second really depends on what the file is called, as you would have to take the name, extract the part with the number, add 7000 and reinsert the result, then ren the old name to the new value

The file names in the directory are different.
For example three files are in the directory stored:
shape.pdf
telephone.xls
memo.doc

Now I want to rename these files (by command) to:
7000shape.pdf
7000telephone.xls
7000memo.doc

Referring to your answer, option two would be the right one, however, the number of files are in reality al lot more than three, and each have different names. Changing the names "manually" would take a lot of time

I've searched for commands such as "rename" and "replace", but couldn't find the right one.
The "rename" command for instance, doesn't add the 7000 but changes the first four tokens of the file name in 7000, if the command is: ren *.* 7000*.*

Is this perhaps even possible in DOS commands?Try this:

Code: [Select]set /p "rena=Enter the file name and extension:
ren %rena% 7000%rena%

Try that.I've tried it.
The command STILL changes the first four characters of the file name into 7000.It works fine here. renamed vert.txt to 7000vert.txt.Quote from: Shape on February 17, 2009, 10:18:51 AM

I've tried it.
The command still changes the first four characters of the file name into 7000.

what about:
echo add "7000" to beginning of all files in current directory?
cd
echo press Ctrl+Break to cancel, otherwise
pause
for %%P in (*.*) do ren %%P 7000%%P
as a batch file?

I was wondering how you would sweep the whole system for a file without having to mess with the path. (if any of this is possible, of course.)This will scan all NTFS partitions on your system for file.ext:

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=3" %%A in ('echo list volume ^| diskpart ^| find "NTFS"') do (
dir %%A:\file.ext /s /b

FBSo what would a NTFS partition be?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS NT file system. It's the file system used by NT based systems. NT based systems will also support FAT file systems but i was assuming you don't use them.

FB
that is sounds intersting. but does the command work in winxp ? I tried it but there was no thing listed. I'm not sure if this will work because, I want the user to be able to input the file he WISHES to find, and then if the file does exist he has 3 options with it. To remove it, leave it, or rename it.PUT in another for loop with the OUTPUT from the dir command.

FBQuote from: BatchFileCommand on JANUARY 08, 2009, 05:58:01 PM

So what would a NTFS partition be?

What is the sky?

Why do we put shoes on our feet and not on our hands?

Why don't pineapples taste like sausages?

:facepalm:


re: drag & drop
should have thought about that... especially since I'm using it with my file search program. Never thought about the simple solution... I was stuck in VB mode...

But really a batch doesn't require any DIFFERENT code from that which would be used for ARGUMENTS- that's another PLUS to.


I wonder If this method could be used to place some loose security on my goat pics, by concealing them in "mainstream" pornographic images.Quote from: BCP

:facepalm:

I wonder If this method could be used to place some loose security on my goat pics, by concealing them in "mainstream" pornographic images.