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Hello,

I'm a complete N00B in scripting, but I'm pretty DESPERATE so I have to ask this question.

I want to insert a line in a text file with a batch. But this have to happen once in every ten LINES, till the end of the file.

Can somebody help me with this rather simple question? LOOKS like homework... but until you prove that it isnt, try to useCode: [Select] for /? in cmdQuote from: devcom on April 08, 2009, 09:36:29 AM

looks like homework... but until you prove that it isnt, try to useCode: [Select] for /? in cmd

Hi I have an old desktop computer (Windows 95?) which used to work fine until we moved house. it was in storage (did not get damp ETC) and now it will not work. It turns on fine and goes through the page where you can press F2 for set up options etc and then goes to the big blue screen saying with clouds saying Windows 95 but never goes any further. Does anyone know what I can do to sort this out? All i want to do is retrieve some files off of the computer (a big MUSIC playlist thing) and transfer it ONTO another computer but I cannot fix it. The monitor is fine as it works on the other computer we have. Any ideas would be GRATEFULLY received! ThanksIf thats all you need, whip the disk out and plug it into your new pc, or stick it into a usb caddy - it will then be very easy to copy off anything you want!hello again! thankyou very much for your reply. sorry to be a total computer moron but how do i remove the disk? what disk?! thanks!Slave Drive Tutorial

Quote from: DIAS de verano on April 08, 2009, 03:08:46 AM

/a-d - directory attribute negated (don't include directories in list)

How do i move all these files orderly date wise to a specified folder?

Is it not possible to minimise the dos window ?
THANKS
devduttaaClick the square with a minus sign.
Dias, you're doing it wrong, the response should have been something like:


Minimizing Console windows is a black art practices only by a few seasoned veterans. Most perform this task by writing a small C program that uses findWindow() to locate the appropriate console window and then calling SetWindowState() to set the window the the minimized position.


Alternatively, you can click the minimize button, but all the seasoned veterans will laugh at you.He's going to start ANOTHER thread anyway.
that's true, but we MAY as well amuse ourselves in the process. Well,get amusements. But I think I will also get amusement if if tou help
to write the required C code. THANKS
devduttaaFirst explain what you WANT to do. Start the command window minimised, or minimise an already running window?
Quote from: devduttaa on April 09, 2009, 10:33:30 AM

Well,get amusements. But I think I will also get amusement if if tou help
to write the required C code. THANKS
devduttaa

LMAO

when did C come into this?

Most perform this task by writing a small C program

Hi there,

I am trying to create a relatively simple batch file that opens two applications when run.

This is OK, but the first application needs a login which may take a user between 5 secs and 5 hours!

Therefore, I would like the second application to run after the login has occured. Monitoring system processes I notice a unique programme runs when the login is completed.

Is it POSSIBLE to add a line to the batch file to 'watch' for this programme and then run the next application?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Regards

PaulQuote from: PaulB on April 08, 2009, 05:11:46 AM

Therefore, I would like the second application to run after the login has occured. Monitoring system processes I notice a unique programme runs when the login is completed.

I'm trying to merge a lot of archives in one, with WinXP - CMD

With copy *.txt /O myfile.sal

My problem is I have 2 files, a1.txt and a2.txt
a1.txt
1
2
3

a2.txt
a
b
c

The result is
1
2
3a
b
c

I need to insert a carriage RETURN between 3 and a
Is it possible?

Thanks

Luisthis MAY work:
Code: [Select]for /f %%a in ('dir /B *.txt') do (
type %%a >>myfile.sal
echo.>>myfile.sal
)

Perfect!

THANK yo so much!

Luis

try unchecking fast printing direct to port.



Also we should stop following this silly train of thought... if the printer is plugged into your Printer port then we don't need to involve the COM ports. (of course if it IS plugged into a COM port... well that's a different story)

The COM ports are for serial devices- period. Nothing else.

Try unchecking the fast printing... checkbox, see what effect that has. also make sure the port is set to LPT1.BP

Have unchecked fast print to port and confirmed printer set to LPT1.

No joy either printing from Notepad or in WSWin archive document... get the same message on HPlllP display 'MP Load Letter' [calling for letter SIZE rather than A4 in the tray - not PAPER as previously stated].

Control Panel->Printers

select the laserjet. click Setup.

Change the paper source and paper size.

BC

Did what you suggested: Removed the HP Laserjet lllP and selected HP Laserjet.

Was asked to insert disk #6 of the Win 3.1 pack... GOT a message that the UNIDRV [or somesuch] installed in the computer was more recent than the one on th diskette... Did I want to overwrite it? Said No.

There is nothing to do with regard to Changing paper source.. the alternative is 'manual' and the paper size for the printer is A4... always has been for YEARS!

However after all this got the SAME RESULT with attempting to print in Notebook or WSWin archived files.

So I re-installed the HP Laserjet lllP.... and ticked the 'fast printing' box.I meant check the settings for the laserjet 3; I wasn't suggesting to remove anything at all, although I can see how it was interpreted that way.

There is a "setup" button on the resulting dialog, after clicking printers in control panel.



Select the printer from there, and click that setup button.


The laserjet III and it's driver can detect when the selected tray is empty, and prompt for more paper. In this case it might be that a paper source is selected that has no paper.


Quote

There is nothing to do with regard to Changing paper source.. the alternative is 'manual' and the paper size for the printer is A4... always has been for YEARS!

Thanks BC,

And sorry Kahawn, kinda doing this blindy.

Has anyone any familiarity with CALLING batch files from C?
I want to call a batch file from a C programme and pass one parameter from the C to the batch.
The system call in the C programme is
Code: [Select]system("testing_parse_lines_DOS-2.bat oldrptname");
with the parameter being oldrptname. Note that oldrptname is a variable and contains data which will be different every time the C programme is run.
The batch file is
Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=\" %%a in (moveTIFF.dat) do (
set full_line=\%%a\%%b\%%c\%%d
set file_name=%%d
echo Full line: !full_line!
echo File name: !file_name!
echo.
copy /b !file_name! !full_line!
)
del RPT.dat
del moveTiff.dat
rename error.dat %1
and the parameter passed is %1.
The problem is that the renaming works up to a point. It changes the file name 'error.dat' to 'oldrptname' rather than the contents of the variable oldrptname. The data in oldrptname will always have the form "xxxxxxxx.RPT".
I am hoping that the error is a simple syntax error.I don't KNOW C, but I do know that oldrptname in
system("testing_parse_lines_DOS-2.bat oldrptname");
is being run as a switch to the batch file as itself, no variable. Perhaps if you show me how to call a variable in C I can HELP you more. Scrap any further comments in this post. I solved it. I will now go and salsh my wrists for stupidity!

I have done a little further work. Currently I am calling the batch file with the new filename present to see how it behaves.
Code: [Select]testing_parse_lines_DOS-2.bat 20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT
I wrote a little batch file for testing
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo %1
echo finished moving of files
rename error.dat %1
This batch file will echo the parameter (20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT) send to it and then attempt to change the file name of error.dat to the parameter (20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT). Unfortunately it gives an error message. See attachment
I am wondering if the error message is related to my use of %1 in the 'rename error.dat %1'? Is the syntax, grammar ETC: correct?
Or is it something else?

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]place the %1 in quotes, as in, "%1".
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo %1
echo finished moving of files
rename error.dat %1

There is nothing wrong with your code. Works fine. You cannot have duplicate file names in the same directory.File cannot be found could mean the file does not exist (error.dat) or there is a spelling error.

Code: [Select]C:\Temp>dir
Volume in drive C is xpSystem
Volume Serial Number is 60D0-12D6

Directory of C:\Temp

11/04/2009 09:22 AM <DIR> .
11/04/2009 09:22 AM <DIR> ..
11/04/2009 09:16 AM 2 error.dat
11/04/2009 09:16 AM 73 Test.bat
2 File(s) 75 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1,739,354,112 bytes free

C:\Temp>test 20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT
20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT
finished moving of files

C:\Temp>dir
Volume in drive C is xpSystem
Volume Serial Number is 60D0-12D6

Directory of C:\Temp

11/04/2009 09:22 AM <DIR> .
11/04/2009 09:22 AM <DIR> ..
11/04/2009 09:16 AM 2 20090220-TESTMOVE.RPT
11/04/2009 09:16 AM 73 Test.bat
2 File(s) 75 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1,739,354,112 bytes free

C:\Temp>


Quote

place the %1 in quotes, as in, "%1".

Hi
Can we do SFTP USING DOS command

Regardsyes

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Thanks for all you help.

this is what i have at the moment, and it works...

start IEXPLORE.EXE
NET USE H: /HOME
NET USE T: \\ourserver02\software
NET USE P: \\ourserver01\Public
NET USE Q: \\ourserver02\Audit
NET USE R: \\ourserver\it-ops
\\ourserverdc02\SYSVOL\xxxxx.ie\scripts\LSclient.exe miinvser
exit


the problem seems to be when you run
"c:\PROGRAM files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
the bat file WONT go past that part, but if you change it to

start IEXPLORE.EXE
it works fine.

not really sure why one works where the other fails, as they would appear to be doing the same thing..
but thanks again to everybody who helped, its much APPRECIATED...

Damien

Quote

start IEXPLORE.EXE

I am experienced DOS user from back in the old days but have never had this type of problem so I hope someone can help or at least answer this for me.

We need to transfer a file of acquired data from one directory to another. The other directory is actually on another computer that is connected by radio, however, it is essentially networked through software in XP. We can copy the new file in DOS to the other computer but the problem is we need to do this automatically every 30 seconds. That is where my problem is.

Can you put a loop in a batch file or time an event like save a file in DOS?

We are looking at other methods like a backup PROGRAM in XP to backup a file or directory every 30 seconds. The data changes in these files and we need to constantly send it to the other computer in case or experiment crashes.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help

Dave Quote from: rmcel123 on May 06, 2009, 11:44:01 AM

...
Can you put a loop in a batch file or time an event like save a file in DOS?

We are looking at other methods like a backup program in XP to backup a file or directory every 30 seconds. The data changes in these files and we need to constantly send it to the other computer in case or experiment crashes.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help

Hi,I am trying to find a way to copy a file (*.pst) to somewhere else that I choose.
I am using the windows XP and running as *.bat AND *.cmd

It looks like this:
======================
@echo off
cd\
dir *.pst /s /b &GT;pst.txt
======================

The output txt file looks like this:
======================
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook1.pst
======================

My problem is that obviously my output file cannot put Quotes around each location, or at least I don't know how to.
Also even if I go in and manually put quotes in place by editing my "copy batch file" it will only go as far as the 1st space and then creates an error.

My Copy Batch file looks like this:
======================
cd c:\
for /F %%a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%%a" C:\backup /n
pause
======================

As you can see I have tried (in the above example) to wrap the %%a variable in quotes, that doesn't work either.
This is the error I get when it runs:
======================
Hi,I am trying to find a way to copy a file (*.pst) to somewhere else that I choose.
I am using the windows XP and running as *.bat AND *.cmd

It looks like this:
======================
@echo off
cd\
dir *.pst /s /b >pst.txt
======================

The output txt file looks like this:
======================
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook1.pst
======================

My problem is that obviously my output file cannot put Quotes around each location, or at least I don't know how to.
Also even if I go in and manually put quotes in place my "copy batch file" it will only go as far as the 1st space and the creates an error.

My Copy Batch file looks like this:
======================
cd c:\
for /F %%a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%%a" C:\backup /n
pause
======================

As you can see I have tried (in the above example) to wrap the %%a variable in quotes, that doesn't work either.

This is the error I get when it runs:
======================

C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Desktop\get PST>cd c:\

C:\>for /F %a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%a" C:\backup /n

C:\>xcopy "C:\Documents" C:\backup /n
File not found - Documents
0 File(s) copied

C:\>xcopy "C:\Documents" C:\backup /n
File not found - Documents
0 File(s) copied

C:\>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
==========================================
As you can see it only reads C:\Documents and then stops, Can anybody help with this? I hope I have given you enough info. DazSorry about the 1st attempt at pasting my QUESTION. SOMEHOW it did it twice.
Here is the actal question in full.
Hi,I am trying to find a way to copy a file (*.pst) to somewhere else that I choose.
I am using the windows XP and running as *.bat AND *.cmd

It looks like this:
======================
@echo off
cd\
dir *.pst /s /b >pst.txt
======================

The output txt file looks like this:
======================
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst
C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook1.pst
======================

My problem is that obviously my output file cannot put Quotes around each location, or at least I don't know how to.
Also even if I go in and manually put quotes in place my "copy batch file" it will only go as far as the 1st space and the creates an error.

My Copy Batch file looks like this:
======================
cd c:\
for /F %%a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%%a" C:\backup /n
pause
======================

As you can see I have tried (in the above example) to wrap the %%a variable in quotes, that doesn't work either.

This is the error I get when it runs:
======================

C:\Documents and Settings\Darrell\Desktop\get PST>cd c:\

C:\>for /F %a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%a" C:\backup /n

C:\>xcopy "C:\Documents" C:\backup /n
File not found - Documents
0 File(s) copied

C:\>xcopy "C:\Documents" C:\backup /n
File not found - Documents
0 File(s) copied

C:\>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
==========================================
As you can see it only reads C:\Documents and then stops, Can anybody help with this? I hope I have given you enough info. DazWelcome to the CH forums.

Quote

My Copy Batch file looks like this:
======================
cd c:\
for /F %%a in (pst.txt) do xcopy "%%a" C:\backup /n
pause
======================

Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 05, 2009, 02:05:18 PM

does DOS even maintain both the modified AND created dates? I'm not sure I remember correctly.

because of reasons like what you have posted? requirement changes? in the past you don't need to find out about creation date, but now you do, and then you found out that DOS6.22 doesn't have the facility to allow that? worse, you went to search for a third party tool and found it does the work you want, but is not written to be run on DOS6.22 because its too old? are these valid reasons for you?

just seen your Qbasic solution

cscript //nologo scriptname.vbs &GT; file.txt
exit /B wscript.exe
scriptname.vbs

pc Gateway X500
os xp


I was trying to reformat the hard drive, I put operating system in the drive and deleted the partition on the hard drive (Probably should not have) Now pc will not boot from any boot device(incl hard drive, EITHER cdrom, or even floppy) the reason for this is that when I deleted the partition it disabled all the boot devices including the hard drive. My question, is how do I enable the boot devices or fix this problem
in general.You should be able to change the boot SETTINGS in your BIOS before any boot device is attempted...

The BIOS is usually entered by pressing either "F2" or the 'Del' key but it should tell you the correct key to press when you TURN on your PC.

Set the boot device order to 1. CD ROM/DVD, 2. HDD and then boot from your WINDOWS XP installation CD. Your computer should then boot from the CD. During the installation process, you will be asked where you want to install Windows and you should choose your HDD - the installation will see there is no available partition and will create on for you...

Hope this helps,

Mat

Dusty and I are collaborating on an FAQ for doing floating-point arithmetic using the Evaluate.vbs script I posted some weeks ago. Among the VBS functions this can access is one CALLED FormatCurrency. This takes a value and displays it as a currency value, i.e. the local currency symbol as defined in Control Panel, that is, $ (dollar) £ (pound), € (EURO) etc, followed by the value expressed with 2 decimal places. Although my local currency is the UK pound, I could only get values showing with a dollar sign. A Google search reveals that this is a known problem, and AFFECTS VBScript and JScript in Vista Service Pack 1, Server 2008, and XP Service Pack 3. Currency and other locale-specific formats such as date, time, etc may not be displayed correctly.

There is a Microsoft Hotfix, KB951978, and you can read about the problem and download the right fix for your OS here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978

There was no need to reboot afterwards on my XP SP3 system.

I daresay most English language users will be unaware of this issue, since the only such countries that do not use the dollar sign (that I can THINK of) are the Irish Republic and Great Britain. (Of course it would affect English speaking expats living in non-dollar-using countries who have SET the currency symbol to the local one.) However, for the sake of accuracy I felt it desirable to make this known.

Thanks for sharing this fact.

Two questions:

1.)I'd like to backup the output of my batch file to a cd. Is it necessary to format the cd to fat32?

2.)When I type the COMMAND, >format d: /fs:fat32

I get the warning: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST.

The cd is of course, removable. I'm not going to hurt my C: drive, am I? You don't NEED to format the cd.

Unless it's a rewritable disk formatting it is like writing to it. It will make it into a coaster.It's a read-write disk.

So, the format command is only used now for the HARD drive since floppys are obsolete?Correct. Don't format your cd's. The utility that you use for creating the disk will take care of what you need.you need to format them if you use packet writing software; which would appear to be the case here.Quote from: BC_Programmer on November 04, 2009, 11:17:07 AM

you need to format them if you use packet writing software; which would appear to be the case here.

To those who help us learn.
Sir, I want to OPEN from command prompt ,what is the MS-DOS COMMAND,PLEASE ?
Next I want to exit(close) the window that REMAINS on the Desktop (after playing my videos); what's the MS-DOS COMMAND to do the job, please ?
With regards, 'spdCHF'.Quote from: spdCHF on April 10, 2009, 05:35:36 AM

To those who help us learn.
Sir, I want to open <VLC media player> from command prompt ,what is the MS-DOS COMMAND,please ?
Next I want to exit(close) the <VLC media player> window that remains on the Desktop (after playing my videos); what's the MS-DOS COMMAND to do the job, please ?
With regards, 'spdCHF'.

I'm sure at one POINT in time I found a command that would allow you search the eventlog for an EVENT, I know you can EventCreate to add an ENTRY, but how do I look for entries and put them to a string if found?

What do I NEED this for. I am using perfmon with diskspace counters which logs information to the eventlog when the alert goes off, I want the bat file that is launching to look for the event so it knows what system caused the alert. Hopefully this makes sense and hopefully I'm not LOSING my mind with thinking I saw such a command.

Thanks. (1)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757231%28WS.10%29.aspx

(2)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=event+log+command+line&btnG=Google+Search&meta=lr%3D&aq=0&oq=event+log+comma

when i try to get a list of the Dir for c: drive i get a error message if this is the case how would i be able to know where specific files are located? I'm only trying to retrieve some video and pictures, and some files from quicken. is there a blanket command that i could use to copy the entire c: drive to a external hard drive connected via usb? my usb is the e:cd \ REM start at root directory

xcopy /s /H *.* D:

( I have not tested the above xcopy )

C:\>xcopy /?
Copies files and directory trees.

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
[/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
[/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z]
[/EXCLUDE:FILE1[+file2][+file3]...]

source Specifies the file(s) to copy.
destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
/A Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
doesn't change the attribute.
/M Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
turns off the archive attribute.
/D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the SPECIFIED date.
If no date is given, copies only those files whose
source time is newer than the destination time.
/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string
should be in a separate LINE in the files. When any of the
strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For
example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
.obj extension respectively.
/P Prompts you before creating each destination file.
/S Copies DIRECTORIES and subdirectories except EMPTY ones.
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
/V Verifies each new file.
/W Prompts you to press a key before copying.
/C Continues copying even if errors occur.
/I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
assumes that destination must be a directory.
/Q Does not display file names while copying.
/F Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
/L Displays files that would be copied.
/G Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does
not support encryption.
/H Copies hidden and system files also.
/R Overwrites read-only files.
/T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
empty directories and subdirectories.
/U Copies only files that already exist in destination.
/K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
/N Copies using the generated short names.
/O Copies file ownership and ACL information.
/X Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.

C:\>Quote

when i try to get a list of the Dir for c: drive i get a error message

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 02, 2009, 05:58:41 AM

How about one person solved the problem with half the effort three put into talking about post counts.

Sometimes it would be easier just to ignore the post or repeat yourself.

How about one person solved the problem with half the effort three put into talking about post counts.

Sometimes it would be easier just to ignore the post or repeat yourself.

tskill whine.exe

If all you wanna do is whine about how you already told them in another post your better off to just ignore the post.

Quote from: macdad- on May 04, 2009, 11:32:44 AM

Oh you have is starting in Startup Manager, not a seperate bat file.

Can you list off the options on it?

Oh you have is starting in Startup Manager, not a seperate bat file.

Can you list off the options on it?

Sorry I couldn't help.

Sorry for asking, It's just that of course people ask how to make PRANK batch programs and yours kinda sounds a bit suspicious, but since your doing this to just to CLEAN up the screen, then here:

Code: [Select]start trabajo.bat /MIN

I have a program that receives in a string (for the example I put the value in a variable).
This string contains a DATE/TIME that I want a job to run on. I PARSE out the DATE/TIME from the string and compare this to the current date/time but it doesn't want to run (or should I SAY it ALWAYS wants to run even though the date/time is still in the future).

I have put in echo statements that display the results of the strings and everything is correct.
(You can cut and paste this code into a BAT file for testing).

Any help would be appreciated.
Ken



@echo OFF
REM set up the job date and time (hard coded for testing purposes
set JOBFILE="5.200905061159.KWL.J65.Nightly_Process. job"
set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~3,12%

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

REM Set up the current date (regardless of format)
REM Set the initial tokens to be 1 through 3 (to be used later)
set $TOK=1-3
REM Take the first part of the string returned by the "date /t" command and put it in the $D1 variable
for /f "tokens=1 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do set $D1=%%u
REM If the first character of the variable $D1 is greater than 9, it must be a letter,
REM therefore the day of WEEK is given, so we adjust our $tok variable to skip the day of week
if "%$D1:~0,1%" GTR "9" set $TOK=2-4
REM Get each part of the date in 3 steps using either parts 1-3 or 2-4 depending on if day of week is given
for /f "tokens=%$tok% delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
REM get the yy mm and dd from the date [Enter] command to assign the parts in the previous step
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%X in ('echo.^|date') do (
REM Set the parts of the date
set %%x=%%u
set %%y=%%v
set %%z=%%w
REM clear the $D1 and $TOK variable since we are done with them
set $D1=
set $TOK=
)
)

set CURDATETIME=%yy%%mm%%dd%%CURRENTHOUR%%TIME:~3,2%

echo Calculated current date and time (s/b YYYYMMDDHHMM) %CURDATETIME%
if %RUNDATETIME% GTR %CURDATETIME% goto EOF
echo The sample job (%RUNDATETIME%) would now run
PAUSE

REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------
:EOF
date/time numbers are too long. GTR only works with valid numbers. Batch number variables are limited to 32-bits of precision, as you will see by the error messages if you use set /a to create them.

Since you did not use set /a, the strings are treated as ASCII strings, and since "2" is not greater than "2", the GTR test is failed. Make them shorter. By the way, you don't want any leading zeroes.

Ok great at leas now I can see where the problem is.
How to fix the CURDATETIME to only have YY instead of YYYY.
AND i have no idea how to get rid of the leading zeros with the new calculation.

Help!The reason I said you don't want leading zeroes is because set /a interprets a number starting with a zero as being in octal, so it is a good habit to not use them unless you actually need to.

YY therefore won't do (atleast not until next year)

MMDDhhmm with a leading nonzero digit will work, let's say 1, so that 6th May 19:30 becomes 106051930

Except that there would be a problem with curdatetime being on Dec 31st and rundatetime being on Jan 1st.

But we can use Visual Basic Script to do the comparison:

Code: [Select]@echo OFF

REM Create VBS file

echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>evaluate.vbs

REM set up the job date and time (hard coded for testing purposes
set JOBFILE="5.200905062059.KWL.J65.Nightly_Process. job"
set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~3,12%

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

REM Set up the current date (regardless of format)
REM Set the initial tokens to be 1 through 3 (to be used later)
set $TOK=1-3
REM Take the first part of the string returned by the "date /t" command and put it in the $D1 variable
for /f "tokens=1 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do set $D1=%%u
REM If the first character of the variable $D1 is greater than 9, it must be a letter,
REM therefore the day of week is given, so we adjust our $tok variable to skip the day of week
if "%$D1:~0,1%" GTR "9" set $TOK=2-4
REM Get each part of the date in 3 steps using either parts 1-3 or 2-4 depending on if day of week is given
for /f "tokens=%$tok% delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
REM get the yy mm and dd from the date [Enter] command to assign the parts in the previous step
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
REM Set the parts of the date
set %%x=%%u
set %%y=%%v
set %%z=%%w
REM clear the $D1 and $TOK variable since we are done with them
set $D1=
set $TOK=
)
)

set CURDATETIME=%yy%%mm%%dd%%CURRENTHOUR%%TIME:~3,2%


echo Calculated current date and time (s/b YYYYMMDDHHMM) %CURDATETIME%

echo test: if %RunDateTime% GTR %CurDateTime% don't run job

for /f "delims=" %%A in ( ' cscript //nologo evaluate.vbs "%rundatetime% > %curdatetime%" ' ) do set Result=%%A

REM Result is -1 if test is passed, 0 if it is failed

if "%Result%"=="-1" goto EOF

echo The sample job would now run

REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------

:EOF

Ok I found a way of doing this in plain old DOS.

I took your advise and added the SET /A.
I also decided to split the date and the time into two test instead of 1 since DOS can't GTR a 12 digit date.

Thanks for your help.
Ken


@ECHO OFF
REM set up the job date and time
set JOBFILE="5.200905060900.KWL.J65.Nightly_Process. job"

REM Extract the job date
set /a RUNDATE=%JOBFILE:~2,8%

REM Set up the current date (regardless of format)
REM Set the initial tokens to be 1 through 3 (to be used later)
set $TOK=1-3
REM Take the first part of the string returned by the "date /t" command and put it in the $D1 variable
for /f "tokens=1 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do set $D1=%%u
REM If the first character of the variable $D1 is greater than 9, it must be a letter,
REM therefore the day of week is given, so we adjust our $tok variable to skip the day of week
if "%$D1:~0,1%" GTR "9" set $TOK=2-4
REM Get each part of the date in 3 steps using either parts 1-3 or 2-4 depending on if day of week is given
for /f "tokens=%$tok% delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
REM get the yy mm and dd from the date [Enter] command to assign the parts in the previous step
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
REM Set the parts of the date
set %%x=%%u
set %%y=%%v
set %%z=%%w
REM clear the $D1 and $TOK variable since we are done with them
set $D1=
set $TOK=
)
)
set /a CURDATE=%yy%%mm%%dd%

REM Check to see if this job is to be run today, if not skip the rest
if %RUNDATE% LSS %CURDATE% goto NOTRUN

REM Extract the job time
set RUNHOUR=%JOBFILE:~10,2%
if %RUNHOUR% LSS 10 set RUNHOUR=%JOBFILE:~11,1%
set /a RUNTIME=%RUNHOUR%%JOBFILE:~12,2%

REM Set up the current time
set CURRENTHOUR=%TIME:~0,2%
if %CURRENTHOUR% LSS 10 set CURRENTHOUR=0%TIME:~1,1%
set /a CURTIME=%CURRENTHOUR%%TIME:~3,2%

set CURDATETIME=%CURDATE%%CURTIME%
set RUNDATETIME=%RUNDATE%%RUNTIME%

REM Check to see if this job is to run now, if not skip the rest
if %CURTIME% LSS %RUNTIME% goto NOTRUN

echo Job would run %CURDATETIME% (%RUNDATETIME%)
goto EOF

:NOTRUN
echo Job would NOT run %CURDATETIME% (%RUNDATETIME%)

REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------
:EOF
PAUSE
date calc is easier with vbscript
Code: [Select]strJobFile = "5.200905060900.KWL.J65.Nightly_Process.job"
strJobFileYear = Mid(strJobFile,3,4)
strJobFileMth =Mid(strJobFile,7,2)
strJobFileDay =Mid(strJobFile,9,2)
strDate = strJobFileYear & " " & strJobFileMth & " " & strJobFileDay
strNowDate = Year(now) & " " & Month(Now) & " " & Day(Now)
WScript.Echo DateDiff("d",strDate,strNowDate)
Quote from: gh0std0g74 on May 06, 2009, 07:09:33 PM

date calc is easier with vbscript

Hello,

I've got a BATCH file that I use to help me with my day to day activities. I've come into a problem where I call a program and pipe the information to a file, but the information always comes out empty.

I've posted the section of the batch file that's giving me trouble. It works. It will create the file, but no output goes to the file. I've tried with >> and >, but neither seem to work. I'm at a loss, really. This really isn't my line of work, but something to help me day to day. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I believe the trouble line is in teal....

:DEFAULT_PWDS
M:
CD %CHECKPWD_DIR%
set /p PWD=Enter Password for %SLID%:
IF EXIST %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log DEL %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log
start /WAIT /D%CHECKPWD_DIR% checkpwd %SLID%/%PWD%@%ORACLE_SID% default_passwords.txt >> %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log

start notepad %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log

Thank you,

JeremyA pipe "|" is used to send input to another program. If you send the information to a file, then a redirect (>) must be used


If you have used pipes, “|” with Unix Shell Programming or other environments, then a pipe with CMD (Batch) will not always work the same as other environments.

IF EXIST %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log DEL

( in reference to the above line: You might CD to the directory where the log is and delete the log. ) ( If the log is not there, you will get a harmless message. )( a redirect will create the log automatically )

As a test use the real path and not the output of variables.

start notepad %CHECKPWD_DIR%\check_%ORACLE_SID%.log

I see no reason for start

cd to where the log is.

notepad oracle.log

We can open notepad with a batch file but the edit functions are manual.

Unix has sed which will run automatically

Good Luck



I appreciate the response, but I'm not worried about unix commands at this point.

This works just fine when I run the steps manually. It's when I put it into a larger batch file to help me with everything, no output goes to the file. The file gets created (if it does not exist), but it's always a 0kb file.

I tried your trick (taking out all the variable), but no dice. It still does the same thing. Creates an empty file. BTW, I developed with no variables and put them in after the fact.

Any other suggestions?HA! Figured it out. For some reason it doesn't redirect when the START command is used. I took out

start /I /SEPARATE /WAIT /D %CHECKPWD_DIR%

from the start and now it works like a charm....

SWEEEEEET! I guess this can be considered closed. Good to hear you solved the problem.

I'm not sure why start can cause problems.

Start opens a new window and new copy of CMD. Perhaps the file was there but HIDDEN?Quote

Start opens a new window and new copy of CMD. Perhaps the file was there but hidden?

I'm running a script and the LAST command is to use NOTEPAD to open a file.
The 1ST script won't finish unless notepad is closed.

notepad x.txt
exit

Is there a WAY to run the notepad command in the 1st script and let the 1st script finish without closing notepad?Try

Start notepad x.txt &AMP; exit

Good luck.

Quote from: Reno on April 07, 2009, 10:55:08 PM

pinging for 15minutes seems like not a good idea, could have some side-effect which i am not sure of. besides ping delay is not really accurate. that's why in the first PLACE i suggest using vbs sleep function instead of ping.
if you just need to delay for 4-5 seconds once in a while, i would have suggest you using ping instead of vbs sleep.

the code:
>$sleep.vbs echo wsh.sleep 900000
cscript//nologo $sleep.vbs

900000 is in miliseconds, or 900seconds=15minutes.

True, but if you are using it on computers which may not have sleep, ping is your best (only) choice. Although it seems fairly accurate...not to nano seconds, but I've made a stopwatch in batch...almost...

>$sleep.vbs echo wsh.sleep 900000
cscript//nologo $sleep.vbs

is there a way to tell it to stop after 24hrs but not close the window? Isn't there a timeout command I can try. In need to copy it into a text doc to be emailed.

The code you posted put the command to sleep just as you said but it never recovers. I even shorten the time.

Make all the commands in your BATCH not APPEAR (be DISPLAYED) on the screen?@ECHO offThank you.

Newbie here. So right away you know I have a PROBLEM. I have Kill Disk hxxp://www.killdisk.com/
I have a HP Laptop that had Vista and was always GIVING me problems. It kept failing to connect to internet, or Printer etc etc so finally got miffed and decided to "UPGRADE to XP"
I used KillDisk to erase the drive. Loaded XP and it cannot find C Drive.
In fact is says it can't find any drive. I do not have a DOS disk, Kill Disk does not recognize partition or format commands.

So how do I GET the hard drive formated? My days of DOS have long been forgotten
I obviously need an MS-DOS bootable disk, went to Mr Sofite can't find a download that produces a MS DOS disk. All vista units do not allow you to format with MS-DOS like XP used too?
Any help WOULD be appreciated.google "download DOS" and you'll get several websites which allow you to download
the code to create a DOS bootable disk.bootdisk.com...

hi guys

if possible to send mail in dos with ATTACHMENT ?

GO to the search box and type in "send email".i am sorry no help fonund .......................There is no built in command in DOS to send mail and if you mean DOS in windows, that is Command Prompt(just to let you know)

But there was a while back some command-line application to send mail in CMD(Command prompt)..I'll get back with you when i find it.Quote from: macdad- on MAY 06, 2009, 06:10:11 AM

There is no built in command in DOS to send mail and if you mean DOS in windows, that is Command Prompt(just to let you know)

But there was a while back some command-line application to send mail in CMD(Command prompt)..I'll get back with you when i find it.

Hi All,

I like to open a application where I would like enter few values.

To enter each value I need to USE TAB.

Also to save this I need to use ENTER.

Can anyone answer how can I pass values to a application using TAB and ENTER in between.

Hoping for a QUICK reply.

Thanks and Regards,
Ekram .Quote

...open a application where ...

Is there a way I can back up a huge ms dos program to something beside floppy discs? Maybe something that plugs into the floppy drive? THANKS
Is DOS the base OS or is it RUNNING DOS inside Windows? If the latter, then you could plug in a USB, etc and copy it over. If the former, then you will need hardware and software (like a backup drive & program) which might be hard to find in 2009.

- Another possibility is to add a second hard drive to the system and back it up to that.

- My last thought is to take the DOs drive out of that computer and plug it into a Windows PC. When windows recognizes the second drive, back it up WITHIN Windows then return it o the original PC.


If you explain a little better what exactly you are attempting to do it will eliminate alot of the guesswork.I am working in a hardware store that has thousands of parts listed in its database. We ALSO have a point of sale program plus a complete customer list. I don't feel entirely safe ADDING any more items until I can at least back up this database. This is a MSDOS operating system and the computer for it has only floppy drives. Thanks for the advise !!!

Hi folks.

I really want to know how i make a batch file that takes input from a text file and puts it in a variable.

Its because im going to make a game with database technology.

ps. How do i make batch do math?file.txt
Code: [Select]SomeTextHere
batfile.bat

@echo off
Code: [Select]for /f %%a in (file.txt) do set var=%%a
echo %var%
pause

OR


file.txt
Code: [Select]life=100
batfile.bat
Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (file.txt) do set life=%%b
echo %life%
pauseJoedavis,

That is completely irrelevant to what he is needing. Please read the post first before replying.Quote from: macdad- on April 08, 2009, 12:50:22 PM

Joedavis,

That is completely irrelevant to what he is needing. Please read the post first before replying.

I'm sure BC is correct. Would BC explain "How to get a Batch file to do floating point math?

Hi folks.

I really want to know how i make a batch file that takes input from a text file and puts it in a variable.

Its because im going to make a game with database technology.

ps. How do i make batch do math?

Two new switches have been added to the SET command:

SET /A expression
SET /P variable=[promptString]

The /A switch specifies that the string to the right of the equal sign
is a numerical expression that is evaluated. The expression evaluator
is pretty simple and supports the following operations, in decreasing
order of precedence:

() - grouping
! ~ - - unary operators
* / % - arithmetic operators
+ - - arithmetic operators
<< >> - logical shift
& - bitwise and
^ - bitwise exclusive or
| - bitwise or
= *= /= %= += -= - assignment
&= ^= |= <<= >>=
, - expression separator

If you use any of the logical or modulus operators, you will need to
enclose the expression string in quotes. Any non-numeric strings in the
expression are treated as environment variable names whose values are
converted to numbers before using them. If an environment variable name
is specified but is not defined in the current environment, then a value
of zero is used. This allows you to do arithmetic with environment
variable values WITHOUT having to type all those % signs to get their
values. If SET /A is executed from the command line outside of a
command script, then it displays the final value of the expression. The
assignment operator requires an environment variable name to the left of
the assignment operator. Numeric values are decimal numbers, unless
prefixed by 0x for hexadecimal numbers, and 0 for octal numbers.
So 0x12 is the same as 18 is the same as 022. Please note that the octal
notation can be confusing: 08 and 09 are not valid numbers because 8 and
9 are not valid octal digits.

billrich, we know it's you! We covered FP maths in batch ages ago.

Its because im going to make a game with database technology.

file.txt
Code: [Select]life=100
batfile.bat
Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (file.txt) do set life=%%b
echo %life%
pause

I read the help file and spent quite some time (about 6 hours) googling for information on doskey.exe (I believe that's what it's called) and, honestly, couldn't find the ANSWER I was looking for.

The description lends me to think that it allows the user to create a macro for a program. However, all the examples I've seen have only shown how to create a macro for the command PROMPT. I'm curious, could you do this for any executable?

Suppose, for example, I WANTED to create a macro for notepad.exe where "Ctrl+Shift+S" would allow me to "save as", as it usually does in most programs but for some reason does not allow me to do so in Notepad. (by the way, I'm using WINDOWS XP, not sure if that makes a difference.) I'm very used to using the ctrl+shift+S combo, and it annoys me GREATLY that I cannot do it in Notepad. I can also find several other uses for macros, say, in computer games and the like.

Thank you for your time and patience. ^^Doskey is, as it's name suggests, for dos (or the commandline). You need a different tool. There are several. Googling for "windows macro" will turn up several. Autohotkey seems a popular tool. It's open source. Take a look

http://www.autohotkey.com/

I didnt EXPECT you to do it for me, I posted what i thought it was and then i asked if it was correct...

And THANKS very much Bill.Then I APOLOGIZE for the misunderstanding.No PROBS.

imagine my surprise when I found batch discussed in Raymond CHENS blog.

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/04/17/8399914.aspx

I love this guy! I have just spent the best part of 40 mins reading BACK to Nov 2008 which is when I was last there, and was reminded of this gem

Quote from: Raymond

Not my finest hour: Getting instructions on doing something I've already done

Last YEAR, I sent some email to the people who run our team's check-in validation tool asking how I could add a new rule to the validation tests. One of the members wrote back, "You do it just like this guy," and sent me a reference to another check-in that added a validation rule.

That other check-in was made by me.

But wait, it gets better.

That other check-in? It added the very rule I was thinking about adding.

Dias I need your help!!I need to understand how the "maxdatenum" works as I am getting problem when latest date is 4/1/09 instead of 3/31/09.It is still extracting only 3/31/09 even if latest date is 4/1/09 or later.
please help me understand.I have googled for this but no use.
Apologies for the stupid error in my code. The script was supposed to extract the first 8 characters of each line which are MM/DD/YY e.g. 04/01/09 and re arrange them to make a number for the date in the form YYYYMMDD e.g. 20090331 or 20090401 such that a later date makes a greater number. However by a stupid error I had the month and day transposed. I would have caught it if I had tested with a month later than March. Fixed below.

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set filename=test0401.txt

REM pass 1 - determine latest date
echo Examining file - determining latest date
set maxdatenum=0
set lastdate=

for /f "delims=" %%L in ( ' type "%filename%" ' ) do (
set thisline=%%L
set datestamp=!thisline:~0,8!

REM Fixed
set dateM=!datestamp:~0,2!
REM was previously !datestamp:~3,2!

REM Fixed
set dateD=!datestamp:~3,2!
REM was previously !datestamp:~0,2!

set dateY=20!datestamp:~6,2!

REM Datenum=YYYYMMDD
REM e.g. 20093103
REM e.g. 20090401

set datenum=!dateY!!dateM!!dateD!

if !datenum! GTR !maxdatenum! (
set maxdatenum=!datenum!
set lastdate=!datestamp!
echo Found date : !datestamp!
)
)
echo Latest date found : %lastdate%
REM filenames cannot have / character
set filenamedate=%lastdate:/=-%
REM pass 2 extract latest date's lines
REM containing DOWNLOAD because only pairs have this line
set alreadydone=
REM The filename transferred is TOKEN 6
for /f "tokens=1-26 delims= " %%L in ( ' type "%filename%" ^| find "%lastdate%" ^| find "DOWNLOAD"' ) do (
set filename=%%~nxQ
REM Echo Found filename : !filename!
REM Find number part within transferred filename
REM Delimiter is underscore character
for /f "delims=_" %%A in ("!filename!") do (
set number=%%A
echo !alreadydone! | find ",!number!,">nul || (
set alreadydone=,!number!,!alreadydone!
echo.
REM Echo File number part : !number!
Set Outfile=%filenamedate%-!number!.txt
Echo Creating file : !outfile!
if exist "!outfile!.tmp" del "!outfile!.tmp"
if exist "!outfile!" del "!outfile!"
REM Examine entire log file and extract lines containing CURRENT
REM transferred file number
REM group each filenumber pair together, ignore lines containing message.txt
REM Write to temp file first
for /f "delims=" %%B in ( ' type "%filename%" ^| find "%lastdate%" ^| find "!number!" ^| find /v "message.txt"' ) do (
Echo %%B>>"!outfile!.tmp"
)
REM Only take latest pair for each file number
REM Count lines in output
set numlines=0&for /f "delims=" %%C in ( ' type "!outfile!.tmp"' ) do set /a numlines+=1
REM Subtract 2, this GIVES the first line to take
set /a startline=!numlines!-2
REM Transfer last 2 lines of tmp file to
REM real output file
set line=1
for /f "delims=" %%C in ( ' type "!outfile!.tmp"' ) do (

if !line! GTR !startline! (
echo %%C>>!outfile!
echo %%C
)
set /a line+=1
)
del "!outfile!.tmp"
)
)
)
Echo.
Yes I guessed you have add the date format numbers but when I tried to correct it and refered to other topics in google I did not find any.Thank you so MUCH for your time.It works perfect now.

What is all this loop hole BUSINESS?
its techincally now called a WORM hole since its gotten to the point of making a Multi-Dimensional Worm Hole Device to SOLVE this PREDICAMENT

suppose if my file is in E:\Temp\Avast.arc

my command is:

Arc.exe x Avast.arc

i want to hide the process DONE by this command

so what shld b d solution

I USE freearc

CAN ANY 1 HELP ME
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BIGGEST QUERIES IN MY LIFE I don't know how to hide.

I have a script that calls dsrm to delete computer accounts. Some accounts have special "features" and dsrm will not remove them. I understand why, but my problem is that when dsrm fails, it sets the ERRORLEVEL to -2147016643 and I cannot test for it in my batch script.

more...
when i run the command from the commandline
Code: [Select]> dsrm cn=bob1,ou=workstations,dc=ourcompany,dc=com -noprompt you get this error:
dsrm failed:cn=bob1,ou=workstations,dc=ourcompany,dc=com:The directory service can perform the requested operation only on a leaf object.

and if I then run Code: [Select]> echo %errorlevel% it returns -2147016643

However, if I ADD that same command on the line immediately after the dsrm command in my script, the script echos "0". Code: [Select] dsrm %CN% -noprompt >>%actlog%
echo %errorlevel%
Similarly, if I test using Code: [Select]IF ERRORLEVEL 1 or Code: [Select]IF /i %errorlevel% NEQ 0 the test always fails.

It APPEARS cmd shell has a problem with this errorlevel.

What don't I know?

\\uSlackr
i bet that dsrm sets errorlevel higher than cmd can handle, i mean 32 bit integer is highest number in cmd

you can try echo dsrm to file and check for errors:



Code: [Select]@echo off
dsrm cn=bob1,ou=workstations,dc=ourcompany,dc=com -noprompt >dsrm_log.txt

for /f "tokens=1-3* delims=:" %%a in ('type dsrm_log.txt ^| findstr "failed"') do (
if not "%%a" equ "" (
echo.%%a
echo.%%c
)
)
pauseI have a follow up question. Can I get the output of stderr to be read by a for loop without first sending it to a file? That way I could run the dsrm in a for command and maybe find the results there.

Maybe something like:

Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('dsrm .... &2>1') do ...
\\uSlackrQuote from: devcom on May 01, 2009, 02:26:35 AM

Code: [Select]@echo off
dsrm cn=bob1,ou=workstations,dc=ourcompany,dc=com -noprompt >dsrm_log.txt

for /f "tokens=1-3* delims=:" %%a in ('type dsrm_log.txt ^| findstr "failed"') do (
if not "%%a" equ "" (
echo.%%a
echo.%%c
)
)
[/QUOTE]

devcom, what does the carat do in the type line? (type dsrm_log.txt ^| findstr "failed"). Is it an escape character?

\\uSlackr

Code: [Select]@echo off

for /f "tokens=1-3* delims=:" %%a in ('dsrm cn=bob1,ou=workstations,dc=ourcompany,dc=com -noprompt 1>nul ^|findstr "failed"') do (
if not "%%a" equ "" (
echo.%%a
echo.%%c
)
)

• I modified the script to assume a successful delete and clean up if it fails. So I increment the delete counter and decrement it if there is a problem.
  
• I then saw a post about having dsrm delete the problem objects the correct way. So, I added the -subtree switch - which makes me nervous. So here's the final code (well the delete routine)

hello evry one
i just want to know how to make a DOS batch script file (.bat) run automatically ?
for example a make this simple code : Code: [Select]@ echo off
mkdir mydirectry so how to make it run automatically ?

give command
net users
it will show all the user in LAN
also ADMIN
now for changing password of admin it will ASK for authentication for this
authentication off
what cmd is used?
can any one help please>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>please give reasons why

Quote

now for changing password of admin it will ask for authentication for this
authentication off

May be want to hack or change the others passwords ?

I want to have a batch file that copies from C to A, typical but the THING is with san disk and other usb drives it CHANGES the letter and instead of changeing it in the batch. Is there a way for it to go and see if its there if not go to the next letter.I am not familiar with batch but can't you just add a folder to the usb drive and have the batch search for the folder then copy the info if the folder is found.that would seem like more of a PAIN then anything. Then he would have to wait a good while till it found it then.

I was RUNNING into some problems with set. I was trying to replace the word "Desktop" (without the quotes) with

"%userprofile%\Desktop (the quote at the front is needed).

Here is my code:
Code: [Select]set /p command=
"delims= " %%a in ("%command%") do set comma=%%a
if /i %comma%==copy set command=%command:desktop="%userprofile%\Desktop%
if /i %comma%==copy set command=%command%"
%command%
When I tried doing Copy Desktop\Messages.txt (which DOES exist) I get a file not found ERROR...

What am I doing wrong?

For /f missing from line 2.

Insert Echo %command% as line 4 to see what %command% is being set to, it looks slightly dodgy.

Try this as an alternative:
Code: [Select]Set /p command=Enter Command Path and Filename:

For /f %%a in ("%command%") do set comma=%%a

if %comma%==copy pushd %userprofile%

%command%

popd
Quote from: Dusty on April 10, 2009, 02:50:17 AM

For /f missing from line 2.

Insert Echo %command% as line 4 to see what %command% is being set to, it looks slightly dodgy.

Try this as an alternative:
Code: [Select]Set /p command=Enter Command Path and Filename:

For /f %%a in ("%command%") do set comma=%%a

if %comma%==copy pushd %userprofile%

%command%

popd

But how does your code work dusty?

Well, I hope it works.

When it's run you would respond to the Set /p with copy desktop\messages.txt

What the destination path\filename is didn't appear in your original post.

The next line simply sets %%a to the first entry in %command% which would be copy

The If command tests %comma% for copy and if true Pushd's the default directory to %userprofile% which is C:\Documents and Settings\Username

Then %command% is executed

Popd then returns the default directory to where it was before Pushd was executed.

Hope this helps and that I haven't made a fool of myself again

EDIT: Doesn't work...I think it's because %userprofile% has spaces in it. I think the only way around it is for a sub-variable...

But why did you change the FOR loop? Did I do it wrong.

set /p command=
"for /f delims= " %%a in ("%command%") do set comma=%%a
if /i %comma%==copy set command=%command:desktop="%userprofile%\Desktop%
if /i %comma%==copy set command=%command%"
%command%

Returning to your original script
This set Command to Code: [Select]"\messages.txtuserprofile" whereas what was wanted was Code: [Select]copy "c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\messages.txt"
Change the first If command line to
Code: [Select]If /i %comma%==copy set command=%comma% "%userprofile%\%command:~5%"
The second If command line is not required.

The entire script could now be:Code: [Select]set /p command=Enter Command Path\Filename

for /f "delims= " %%a in ("%command%") do set comma=%%a

if /i %comma%==copy set command=%comma% "%userprofile%\%command:~5%"

%command%
A shorter version could be:
Code: [Select]set /p command=Enter Command Path\Filename
if /i %command:~0,4%==copy set command=%command:~0,4% "%userprofile%\%command:~5%"
%command%

I don't understand why it's not working for you. Any time I run the script and enter Copy Desktop\Messages.txt the file is copied to the default directory which is C:\Documents and Settings\Dusty

Any time I run the script and enter Copy Desktop\Messages.txt d:\temp\ the file is copied to d:\temp\

Do you get the advisory message "1 File(s) copied"?

I think the only change I made to the For loop was to not include the "delims= ". Space is one of the default delimiters and therefore does not have to be specified. No, you didn't do it wrong, both methods produce the same result.

Trying to group about 374GB of data created over the last 9 years at C:\data into folders by year. Problem I have is that the xcopy /s/d:MM-DD-YYYY/y "/D"switch will grab all data on or after the date specified, and I cant seem to create a range to only grab say 01-01-2008 to 12-31-2008, so I have to have it perform a clean up after xcopying the data to the destination that will remove this newer data from the original SOURCE path so that the next xcopy routine can grab the next group of 01-01-2007 to 12-31-2007 data without passing the newer 2008 and 2009 data into the 2007 folder. ( Scratching my head on how to delete only this range of date/time stamped data after it is xcopied??? )

Below is an example of what I have so far, with explainations as to what I believe needs to happen in < > between each xcopy /s/d:MM-DD-YYYY/y routine.

Run from C:

xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2009\*.* /s/d:01-01-2009/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2008\*.* /s/d:01-01-2008/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2007\*.* /s/d:01-01-2007/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2006\*.* /s/d:01-01-2006/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2005\*.* /s/d:01-01-2005/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2004\*.* /s/d:01-01-2004/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2003\*.* /s/d:01-01-2003/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2002\*.* /s/d:01-01-2002/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2001\*.* /s/d:01-01-2001/y
>
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2000\*.* /s/d:01-01-2000/y
rd data

This rd data is the final clean up to remove c:\data after all data was moved into the grouped years with subdirectory data tree intact

Problem I have is how do you delete only data with date/time stamp of on say 01-01-2009 or after for each year to avoid the "/D:MM-DD-YYYY" passing newer data into what should be only the older specified directory path. I also want to keep the "/S" switch to maintain the directory path structure for data moved into the correct year of date/time stamp.

Any suggestions or code solutions vs the path I am taking with this project to group data by year?

I am guessing that there may be a better way and I am really butchering the purpose of the xcopy command by creating an individual instruction set for each year.

((OR)) can this be achieved without destroying the original C:\data source location to have the mixed data at c:\data and the sorted by year c:\test1\(year) locations by being able to set a date/time stamp range of 01-01-year to 12-31-year ((if free space permitted!))

Thanks for your help in advance to the solution that you provide to my coding madness ... Quote from: DaveLembke on April 10, 2009, 03:08:07 PM

Trying to group about 374GB of data created over the last 9 years at C:\data into folders by year. Problem I have is that the xcopy /s/d:MM-DD-YYYY/y "/D"switch will grab all data on or after the date specified, and I cant seem to create a range to only grab say 01-01-2008 to 12-31-2008, so I have to have it perform a clean up after xcopying the data to the destination that will remove this newer data from the original source path so that the next xcopy routine can grab the next group of 01-01-2007 to 12-31-2007 data without passing the newer 2008 and 2009 data into the 2007 folder. ( Scratching my head on how to delete only this range of date/time stamped data after it is xcopied??? )

Below is an example of what I have so far, with explainations as to what I believe needs to happen in < > between each xcopy /s/d:MM-DD-YYYY/y routine.

Run from C:

xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2009\*.* /s/d:01-01-2009/y
<delete 2009 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2009 data to 2008. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2008\*.* /s/d:01-01-2008/y
<delete 2008 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2008 data to 2007. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2007\*.* /s/d:01-01-2007/y
<delete 2007 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2007 data to 2006. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2006\*.* /s/d:01-01-2006/y
<delete 2006 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2006 data to 2005. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2005\*.* /s/d:01-01-2005/y
<delete 2005 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2005 data to 2004. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2004\*.* /s/d:01-01-2004/y
<delete 2004 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2004 data to 2003. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2003\*.* /s/d:01-01-2003/y
<delete 2003 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2003 data to 2002. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2002\*.* /s/d:01-01-2002/y
<delete 2002 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2002 data to 2001. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2001\*.* /s/d:01-01-2001/y
<delete 2001 data so that next routine doesnt pass 2001 data to 2000. >
xcopy c:\data\*.* c:\test1\2000\*.* /s/d:01-01-2000/y
rd data

This rd data is the final clean up to remove c:\data after all data was moved into the grouped years with subdirectory data tree intact

Problem I have is how do you delete only data with date/time stamp of on say 01-01-2009 or after for each year to avoid the "/D:MM-DD-YYYY" passing newer data into what should be only the older specified directory path. I also want to keep the "/S" switch to maintain the directory path structure for data moved into the correct year of date/time stamp.

Any suggestions or code solutions vs the path I am taking with this project to group data by year?

I am guessing that there may be a better way and I am really butchering the purpose of the xcopy command by creating an individual instruction set for each year.

((OR)) can this be achieved without destroying the original C:\data source location to have the mixed data at c:\data and the sorted by year c:\test1\(year) locations by being able to set a date/time stamp range of 01-01-year to 12-31-year ((if free space permitted!))

Thanks for your help in advance to the solution that you provide to my coding madness ...

8. Select the range of file date

XXCOPY c:\ d:\backup\ /S /DA:1999-1-1 /DB:1999-6-30

The file range of Date betwen Jan 1 and Jun 30 of 1999.
/DA (On-or-After) and /DB (On-or-Before) bracket the date range.

Maybe you should consider XXCOPY, which is like XCOPY on steroids, which has a free-for-personal-use version. It is designed to have similar command set to XCOPY.

There is also ROBOCOPY, a Microsoft admin tool, which, again, is designed to be be an easy transition from XCOPY, but I think for your problem as mentioned in this thread, consider this:

XXCOPY features include:

http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm

It says it's compatible with XPSP3, as you may or may not know, I can't get that...can I still use XXCopy?

Compatible means it works OK with SP3. It doesn't mean you must have it.

Reno .... VERY Impressed with your solution...Works perfect and no need to delete data from the C:\data location.

Now off to sort 374GB of data after a successful test of about 50mb

Thanks sooo much !!!!

Is there any way to REPLACE the occurance of the ampersand character in a string in Dos?
Say I want to replace "&" with the string ampersand.
I've tried:
CODE: [Select]set str=%str:&=ampersand%

And it doesn't work. The string is truncated at the position of the ampersand and I get an error.they say that in DOS, you use carrot ^ to escape. but if you can use tools like sed (see my sig)
Code: [Select]C:\test>more file.txt
this is a line with & blah

C:\test>sed "s/\&/AMPER/" file.txt
this is a line with amper blah

Quote

they say that in DOS, you use carrot ^ to escape. but if you can use tools like sed (see my sig)
Code:

C:\test>more file.txt
this is a line with & blah

C:\test>sed "s/\&/amper/" file.txt
this is a line with amper blah

Code:

set "str=%str:&=ampersand%"

Do you think this might work?

No I tested it and it does not work.
Somehow the call to:
Code: [Select]echo wscript.Echo Lnk.TargetPath>>DecodeShortCut.vbs
returns a string which is already truncated at the position of the &!!

You cannot mix batch and vbs code in that way.

Try this

Code: [Select]set "str=%str:&=ampersand%"

Thank you in advance for any help with this.

As the name implies, I am a rookie with DOS so please bear with me. I have SEARCHED the forum for the last few days and have found pieces of of what I'm looking for, but have not been able to combine them into what I need.

What I need is a batch program that will do the following:
1. Select files all of the .txt files from folder 1
2. Add the date and time to the beginning of each of the selected filenames
3. Save the new files to folder 2
4. Remove the original files from folder 1

If there is a be sequence of steps, I'm open to suggestions. This process will be used to Archive text files of data that have been sent out via EDI. New .txt files are generated daily and will have the same file names as the day before.

I have seen the POST for Renaming a file to INCLUDE BOTH Date & Time Stamp, but it is only for one file. How do I get it to process all of the .txt files in the folder?

Thanks!

The for loop will work for you. Use the code you already found to name the file wrap it in a loop such as this:

Code: [Select]for /d %a in (\folder1\*.txt) do (

mv %a \folder2\newfilename.txt

)

REPLACE newfilename.txt with the filename you generated with the datetime stamp. Be careful to test this on a test directory - not the real data, plus you need a way to ensure the new files don't all have the same name.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I'm still struggling though for lack of understanding. Not quite sure how to "Wrap" in a FOR loop. Here is what I have:

@echo off

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims= " %%A in ( ' cscript //nologo TimeStamp.vbs ' ) do (
set dd=%%A
set MM=%%B
set YYYY=%%C
set hh=%%D
set mn=%%E
)

if %dd% LEQ 9 set dd=0%dd%
if %mm% LEQ 9 set mm=0%mm%
if %hh% LEQ 9 set hh=0%hh%
if %mn% LEQ 9 set mn=0%mn%

rename Customer01 "c:\test folder\temp\%yyyy%%mm%%dd%%hh%%mn%Customer01.txt"

End----

----------------
Here is what is in TimeStamp.vbs:

dd=day(date)
mm=month(date)
yyyy=year(date)
hh=hour(time)
mn=minute(time)
wscript.echo dd&" "&mm&" "&yyyy&" "&hh&" "&mn
------------------


How would I wrap this and set it so that it will take care of Customer01 --- CustomerXX?

Thanks!This may work but I can't stress enough how you have to try to understand why.

Code: [Select]@echo off

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims= " %%A in ( ' cscript //nologo TimeStamp.vbs ' ) do (
set dd=%%A
set mm=%%B
set yyyy=%%C
set hh=%%D
set mn=%%E
)

if %dd% LEQ 9 set dd=0%dd%
if %mm% LEQ 9 set mm=0%mm%
if %hh% LEQ 9 set hh=0%hh%
if %mn% LEQ 9 set mn=0%mn%

for %%A in (\folder1\*.txt) do (
move %%A \new_folder\%yyyy%%mm%%dd%%hh%%mn%%%~nxA
)

It relies on the code you posted earlier including the vbscript. Perhaps it can be replaced, but I didn't try. What I changed is rename -> move as you cannot change directories with a rename command.

I also added %~nxA to the end of the new filename. If you look at the help of the FOR command (FOR /?) you'll see that it replaces that with just the name of the file (no path info)

Hope this helps.uSlackr,

Thanks! This is working the way I need it to. I only have on little snag remaining....

in the live environment, the path contains a folder with a blank space (Program Files). I've tried using double quotes, but it doesn't seem to like them. Probably poor syntax on my part


Here is what worked in my test environment:

@echo off

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims= " %%A in ( ' cscript //nologo TimeStamp.vbs ' ) do (
set dd=%%A
set mm=%%B
set yyyy=%%C
set hh=%%D
set mn=%%E
)

if %dd% LEQ 9 set dd=0%dd%
if %mm% LEQ 9 set mm=0%mm%
if %hh% LEQ 9 set hh=0%hh%
if %mn% LEQ 9 set mn=0%mn%

for %%A in (c:\TestFolder\temp\*.txt) do (
move %%A c:\TestFolder\temp2\%yyyy%%mm%%dd%_%hh%%mn%_%%~nxA
)


I need to replace TestFolder with Program Files.

Thanks!USlacker,

Hey... I finally got the quotes set up and t's working!

Thank you so much for your help!

I'm sending a system to Brazil. One of the ISSUES with this system is that I have IP addresses that range from 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.12.

I can write individual commands to PING but when I do they run away, get stuck in a loop. I've tried to batch a few pings together but the first one loops.

I've been away from DOS programming for so long I don't remember the basics.

My style of programming is more to the function block and ladder LOGIC type applications. Any higher level geeks that can help me out?
Its not clear from this what you are trying to accomplish. Can you add further explanation?When you set up a network in INDUSTRIAL control the user tends to want to blame any outage on lack of communication between controllers. If there was a batch file that could be invoked to ping all of the addresses in the system that could be eliminated with the push from one single button.

I'm trying to write a batch file that will ping each address from the first address to the last, 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.14, with a single click of a button.


Try this:
for /l %i in (1,1,14) do ping 192.168.0.%i

Hi

I am using the code below to perform a 'sleep' in batch files using vista. It is saved as 'sleep.bat' in the System32 FOLDER:

choice /c 1 /d 1 /t 5 > nul

As it is this would sleep for 5 seconds, but I really need a way to make it variable by being able to run it as 'sleep 2', 'sleep 3' or whatever is required by just changing a number after it in another batch command.

When I had XP the Windows 2003 Resource Kit took care of this. I don't want to have more than ONE sleep file in the System32 folder, have a set of sleep files with different names and associated times or be running other batches or code to set and replace etc. if I can avoid it.

Does ANYONE have any ideas? Any help appreciated.


Thanks
some time ago, i think, macdad- did that:
here is code:

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enableextensions

:SETUP
set sec=0
set /a sec=%1
set cout=0

:LOOP
set time_1=%time:~-4,1%
:ADD
set time_2=%time:~-4,1%
if not %time_1%==%time_2% (GOTO COUNT)
goto ADD

:COUNT
set /a cout+=1
if %cout% equ %sec% (goto :EOF)
goto LOOP

a little bit edited by me i think (i dont remember )

EDIT:

save this as sleep.bat and put to C:\windows\system32\
and you can use it by ex. Code: [Select]sleep 3
EDIT2:

if you dont want to put this to system32 just include this bat to you script and call it Does exactly what I need... Thanks devcom.
What's wrong with this?

Code: [Select]choice /c 1 /d 1 /t %1 > nulNothing. Yes this also works. Thanks.

As you might deduce from my handle my base is with MS Access. I can obviously see what difference the % makes, and get the idea of what devcoms code is doing (In the end I'm just happy it works), but if you could let me KNOW what the % does actually represent that would be useful for me.

Thanks both for your help...

%1 through %9 are command line arguments.


For example, if somebody invoked your batch like this:

Code: [Select]batch filename.txt /d /e

then %1 would be filename.txt, %2 would be /d, and %3 would be /e.

obviously these are different if you specify something else on the commandline.OK, I see. Thanks a lot for all the replies. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 09, 2009, 06:04:38 PM

%1 through %9 are command line arguments.


For example, if somebody invoked your batch like this:

Code: [Select]batch filename.txt /d /e

then %1 would be filename.txt, %2 would be /d, and %3 would be /e.

obviously these are different if you specify something else on the commandline.

why don't you enter echo commands that echo what %1 through %9 are?

EDIT:


just remembered something:


instead of "hard-coding" where the parameter is, use environment variables to store the various settings before you start executing.

you can use the SHIFT command- for example:


Code: [Select]
REM INIT the vars to 0...
SET MSWITCH=0
SET FNAME=

:START
SET GOTSWITCH=0
if %1!==! goto CONTINUE

REM TEST %1 here, for switches, filenames, etc.

if "%1"=="/m" SET MSWITCH=1 & SET GOTSWITCH=1
if "%1"=="/M" SET MSWITCH=1 & SET GOTSWITCH=1



if %GOTSWITCH%=0 set MCOUNT=%1

shift
GOTO START:

CONTINUE:

if %GOTSWITCH%=1 echo /m switch specified.
if %GOTSWITCH%=0 echo /m switch not specified.

echo count specified was %MCOUNT%

you can use the SHIFT command- for example:

i have 2 text file name: doc.txt and STRING.txt

Doc.txt
Code: [Select]hahah1
kikikik2
fefefefe3
anh3
gugugugu4
String.txt
Code: [Select]anh1
anh2
anh3
It was OK when i split my script to two part.

Code: [Select] findstr /xnc:%~1 doc.txt
echo %errorlevel%
and

Code: [Select] for /f %%i in (string.txt) do echo %%i
But when join 2 of them, i met the problem with %errorlevel%. Anybody can explain for me whats wrong in this case?

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f %%i in (string.txt) do (
findstr /xnc:"%%i" doc.txt
if %errorlevel%==0 echo do nothing
if %errorlevel%==1 echo do something
)
Here is the picture
1. Using Google, study why we use "delayed expansion" in loops

2. Try this

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f %%i in (string.txt) do (
findstr /xnc:"%%i" doc.txt
if !errorlevel!==0 echo do nothing
if !errorlevel!==1 echo do something
)
Thanks, Dias.

More question.
How can i insert a string in the end of a file without entering a new line.

needaddcata.txt
Code: [Select]41006200730065006E0063006500
43007500730074006F006D0065007200
4D00610069006E00740065006E0061006E0063006500
4F007400680065007200
520026004400
54007200610069006E0069006E006700

My code:

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%i in ('reg query hkcu\software\microsoft\office\11.0\outlook\categories') do @echo %%i &GT; temp.txt
for /f %%i in (needaddcata.txt) do (
findstr /c:"%%i" temp.txt > nul
if !errorlevel!==1 echo %%i >> temp.txt
)
After my code run, the output file content:

temp.txt
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
41006200730065006E0063006500
43007500730074006F006D0065007200

And if the output file was OK, how do i add that content in registry? because its require a hex.
reg add hkcu\software\microsoft\office\11.0\outlook\categories /v MasterList /t REG_BINARY /d " "


My script try to add some categories into MS Outlook "master category list". it just only add the MISSING category
Make sure you BACKUP for registry before doing anything.everyone pleaseeeee....