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hi there to all my friends specially you !
well. i have a reg key (myreg.reg) when i double click it.. it exports some data to registry and it's just fine
now here's the problem= i want to ADD these data through a batch file(not myreg.reg file) so i think i should USE REG ADD right?
here is my reg data

Quote

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\My Own File Sorter]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\My Own File Sorter\Regcode]
@="DCFA1E43-4F572A3A-C6EC9F67-8A1C9C41-0607E9D7-BF1FDF3A-AE703C7E-B3666661"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\My Own File Sorter\User]
@="new user"

REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT....
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT....

reg add "HKCU\Software\My Own File Sorter"

reg add "HKCU\Software\My Own File Sorter" /v Regcode /d "DCFA1E43-4F572A3A-C6EC9F67-8A1C9C41-0607E9D7-BF1FDF3A-AE703C7E-B3666661"

reg add "HKCU\Software\My Own File Sorter" /v User /d "new user"

i have had trouble with an error that comes up , it says error when write data to registry. how does one correct that ?

I need to write part of a BATCH file, that goes out to a folder, deletes all folders that have numbers in them (meaning they are strictly numbers) and nothing else. I have tried, and am probably not understanding rmdir, and also rd... but neither are working properly, for what I need to do. does anyone have any ideas?im sorry this may be off topic and i apologize in advanced but what kind of word is confuzzling?!?!?!.....lol

-sorry i dont know anything about batch!Quote from: zonatedace on August 28, 2009, 01:34:49 PM

im sorry this may be off topic and i apologize in advanced but what kind of word is confuzzling?!?!?!.....lol

-sorry i dont know anything about batch!

rmdir, and also rd... but neither are working properly

Ok, let's say I'm trying to copy a file from my computer, to another computer. Is this possible without being on a LAN? Can I send files if I have the computer's IP address? I'm trying to get another ALTERNATIVE to a FTP site that works via batch.If you are both on a peer to peer network you could share files.We're not...

If you can recommend a good FREE FTP host, that would greatly be apreciated. I'll even let you be a beta tester for when it's almost ready to release. Google is your friendQuote from: BatchFileBasics on AUGUST 30, 2009, 03:47:49 PM

Google is your friend

ftp> open 0catch.com
Connected to 0catch.com.
220 ftp NcFTPd Server (licensed copy) ready.
User (0catch.com:(none)): batchfilebasics.0catch.com
331 User batchfilebasics.0catch.com okay, need password.
Password: its a masked password

ah yes, thanks to my vault of scripts i always keep

you will have a file with the data
Code: [Select]username
password
commands
and in your ftp batch
Code: [Select]ftp -i -s:data.txt ocatch.com

what does -i do

I'm trying to understand why multiple batch files are even necessary.

I'm trying to understand why multiple batch files are even necessary.

Esgrimidor, what do you need 100 batch files for anyways? 1 file, about 10 lines, and a good for loop can probably do what all these files would do..

and really, this is confusing me,
here you go
Code: [Select]@echo off
:begin
set pth=
echo.
set /p pth=Path of folder:
if not exist "%pth%" (
mkdir "%pth%"
goto :PRE
)
echo.
echo ERROR: Folder exists
goto :begin
:PRE
set /p pr=Prefix for files:
echo.
echo IF THE PREFIX CONTAINS INVALID CHARACTERS, FILES WOULD NOT BE CREATED.
pause
cd /d "%pth%"
for /l %%a in (800,1,899) do (
echo @echo off>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo taskkill.exe /im gmw5.exe /f>>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo Y:\GoldminePrg\gmw5.exe /i:esm /u:JOSE /p: /m:Y:\GoldminePrg\Macros\%pr%.%%a >>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo exit>>%pr%.%%a.bat
)

sorry, i mean the extensions it is being output to is not in bat

following your..."requests"

this is it:
Code: [Select]@echo off
:begin
set pth=
echo.
set /p pth=Path of folder:
if not exist "%pth%" (
mkdir "%pth%"
goto :PRE
)
echo.
echo ERROR: Folder exists
goto :begin
:PRE
set /p pr=Prefix for files:
echo.
echo IF THE PREFIX CONTAINS INVALID CHARACTERS, FILES WOULD NOT BE CREATED.
pause
cd /d "%pth%"
for /l %%a in (800,1,899) do (
echo @echo off>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo taskkill.exe /im gmw5.exe /f>>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo Y:\GoldminePrg\gmw5.exe /i:esm /u:JOSE /p: /m:Y:\GoldminePrg\Macros\%pr%.%%a >>%pr%.%%a.bat
echo exit>>%pr%.%%a.bat
)

I NEED help creating a batch FILE that will automaticall turn on high CONTRAST under display in ACCESSIBILITY options for a user that has problems seeing. I have Zenworks and have used a roaming profile, but the high contrast will work even better.What video display adapter is it ? ?
Some allow creating profiles which you could simply create a Desktop icon for...1 clik and boom.It is for a user that will LOG in to different systems in a large environment. The one that I am testing it on is an nvidia geforce 7950. Is the one click program executed with a batch file?

Where could I find DRIVER cdc710.sys for download?http://www.driverfiles.net/No, I`m sorry but the driver I`m searching for is not found on the webadress you refer to, or is it me who is not able to search properly??Quote from: tor47 on August 29, 2009, 10:30:33 AM

Where could I find driver cdc710.sys for download?

Optical drives don't need any extra drivers under XP.

Win XP Home - Cmd.exe

The only Internal/External command which works with ADS appears to be More. Any others please?

ThanksQuote

The only Internal/External command which works with ADS appears to be More

I can't help but be a bit suspicious...... I could only find one legitimate use of ADS for certain files in Windows that have a summary tab in their properties...... I can't help but be a bit suspicious...... What are you trying to accomplish?

good question, Sidewinder.

All I want is a better (faster) method of displaying the contents of ADS which I am capable of writing.

Wow, my little innocuous project brought out the big guns.

All I want is a better (faster) method of displaying the contents of ADS which I am capable of writing.

Nonsense. We only scrambled a few jets with their Sidewinder payloads. For the big guns we would have gone to the silos for the Titans.

Can I use wildcards when defining a variable name? Like this:

set num*=abc

If I have these variables: num1, NUM2, num3, etc.

Would be a pretty big timesaver if I could.you NEED a programming construct called an array. batch doesn't have that... (although in batch you could probably do a enable delayed expansion , use a for loop and set to CREATE each individual variables with those names)Quote from: gh0std0g74 on August 29, 2009, 06:18:30 PM

you need a programming construct called an array. batch doesn't have that... (although in batch you could probably do a enable delayed expansion , use a for loop and set to create each individual variables with those names)

no it doesnt i just tried it

I have a lot of .jpg's in one folder with a lot of different names. I want to rename them all in sequence i.e. 10001.jpg, 10002.jpg and so on. Or even with names like a.jpg, B. jpg or even aa.jpg, ab.jpg ac.jpg...

Can anyone shed light on how to do this?

Thanksthis is what i got...not really much to explain...except this will rename all files jpg in order 0 - xxx.

change "C:\path\of\files\" for the path of your files
Code: [SELECT]:begin
set count=1
cd
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%f IN ('dir /A-d /b') do (call :filecount "%%f")
:filecount
set /a count+=1
for /f %%a in ('dir /w /b "*.jpg"')do (
for /l %%b in ('1,1,%count%') do (
ren %%a %%b.jpg
)
)@echo off&setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
(for %%a in (*.jpg) do echo "%%a")>jpg.tmp
set i=0
for /f %%a in (jpg.tmp) do (
set /a i+=1
ren %%a !i!.jpg
)
del jpg.tmpCode: [Select]@echo off&setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set i=0
(for %%a in (*.jpg) do (
set /a i+=1
ren %%a !i!.jpg
)

I posted this in the Windows forum and was told that I should have posted it here:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have been actively using computers since 1979 so I am quite familiar with batch files in a DOS environment. I find the are certain tasks that I do over and over in Windows XP and I would like to write a batch file to bring this repetition down to just one click.

The following are tasks that I would like to have batch files for:

1. Click an icon to open the same group of 4 windows and if possible SIZED so they are all visible (like my screen had been quartered).

2. Click an icon to search for a file in a specific directory along with its subdirectories no matter what my current window/directory is and show the results in a window and not a dos shell environment so that I can just click on the file to open it. I KNOW that I can search the whole computer but I have over 1 TB of files so a general search takes some time. Usually I have to navigate to the window I want, click "Search" from the toolbar, pick "all files and folders" from the side bar and the type in the file name I am looking for. I want to click once and then type in the file name.

3. Format/erase everything on a SD card or thumb drive and except for one file (always the same exact file).

There are other things that I already use batch files for. I am good at DOS, I grew up on it but I haven't FIGURES out how to use DOS to do thinks like open a window in the Windows environment.

Slam
[emailprotected]

email addy removed to prevent SPAM.(1) You will need a 3rd party app to do this. CMDOW is free.

http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/

You can start the 4 apps and then move / RESIZE them to specified positions and window sizes

(2) HMMM....

(3), is the file in the root folder or buried somewhere in a sub folder?

Help:


<<"I have 100 files that are named 001xxx, 002xxx, 003xxx, and so on with the "xxx" standing for the remainder of the file name. Each name being different after the numbering.

I would like to know if there is a way to globally change the files name, taking off the numbering and leaving the remainder of the name intact.">>I use this: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.phpAssuming that

1. In each case, you wish to remove the first 3 characters of each filename
2. All the files to be renamed are in the same folder
3. There are not any other files in the same folder that should not be renamed.

Code: [Select]
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set batchname=%~nx0
for /f "delims=" %%F in ( ' dir /B ^| find /v "%batchname%" ' ) do (
set oldname=%%F
set newname=!oldname:~3!
echo renaming "!oldname!" to "!newname!"
REM ren "!oldname!" "!newname!"
)
echo Done
echo.
echo pause


Put a copy of this batch in the folder with the files to be renamed; it will not rename itself; test it and use Notepad to remove the REM when you are HAPPY it works; test it with a copy of your data to be safest.


Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 20, 2009, 01:03:15 AM

Assuming that

1. In each case, you wish to remove the first 3 characters of each filename
2. All the files to be renamed are in the same folder
3. There are not any other files in the same folder that should not be renamed.

Code: [Select]
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set batchname=%~nx0
for /f "delims=" %%F in ( ' dir /b ^| find /v "%batchname%" ' ) do (
set oldname=%%F
set newname=!oldname:~3!
echo renaming "!oldname!" to "!newname!"
REM ren "!oldname!" "!newname!"
)
echo Done
echo.
echo pause


Put a copy of this batch in the folder with the files to be renamed; it will not rename itself; test it and use Notepad to remove the REM when you are happy it works; test it with a copy of your data to be safest.

how do you make it take of 5 chars?

Can someone please help me? I'm trying to find a command line that will end a process like when you open task manager and go to the process TAB and end processes. The reasoning is when I run my virus removal software it tells me to end a few things and it would just be easier to click a .bat file then to bring up task-manager ..please help A similar question appeared earlier this week. I guess some code just never dies.

Code: [Select]@echo off
:loop
for /f "tokens=1 skip=3" %%f in ('tasklist') do (
if /i .%%f equ .%1 taskkill /im %1 /f
)
if not .%2==. (
shift
goto loop
)

Save the above snippet with a bat extension. You can then run your batch file to KILL any number of jobs named on the command line.

ie: If you saved the file as RunTheKill, you could run it as:

RunTheKill excel.exe iexplore.exe

Both Excel and Internet Explorer will be killed.

Good luck. it says tasklist is not recognized as .... am i supposed to put the tasks in there?Apparently my crystal ball was not PLUGGED in. Tasklist and Taskkill are utilities installed with some NT operating systems. (Note: XP Home has TLIST).

You can download both from here

Happy coding.

Next time please mention your OS. You'd be surprised how helpful that little piece of information can be.What would the code be for Windows Server 2003?It's FLATTERING you would drag up an OLD post from 11 months ago. Gives new meaning to Groundhog Day.

Windows XP pre-dates Windows Server 2003. Seems reasonable taskkill and tasklist would be included with the newer OS. The snippet has been slightly modified from the original.

Code: [Select]@echo off
:loop
for /f "tokens=1-2" %%f in ('tasklist') do (
if /i %%f equ %1.exe taskkill /F /IM %%f 2>nul
)
if .%2==. goto :eof
shift
goto loop




Thanks so much!

Hello all,
From my web application when i click on "Done" button a group of 7 batch files will be downloaded in to the users PC in the path "C:\temp" and these batch files will be executed one after the other.

I want to find the order of the batch files running. I mean, i want to find which batch file is excuted at first, second,third...

All these batch files will be running in silent mode.

Anybody please help me. Please give me the code.

Thanks in advanceIt seems to be impossible.QUOTE

these batch files will be executed one after the other.

fill F range list
go G [=address]

Billrich, can you talk me through how this will enable the OP to do what he wants?

I asked because debug will not help the OP one little bit, and I don't believe you actually know an answer to the OP's question.

Hello all,
From my web application when i click on "Done" button a group of 7 batch files will be downloaded in to the users PC in the path "C:\temp" and these batch files will be executed one after the other.

I want to find the order of the batch files running. I mean, i want to find which batch file is executed at first, second,third...

All these batch files will be running in silent mode.

Anybody please help me. Please give me the code.

Thanks in advance

i WANT to have so if i click on it it will SAY "what do you want to do" and when i drag a torrent file it will open utorrent

[attachment deleted by admin]Drag and Drop is a technique with windows. There is no drag and drop command for the command prompt ( Dos commands? ).

http://www.linfo.org/drag-and-drop.html

<<"Drag-and-drop is the ability to MOVE graphical user interface (GUI) objects, i.e., ICONS and windows (and menus on some programs), by means of manipulating a mouse or other tracking device (such as a trackball, touchpad or pointing stick). ">>Quote from: billrich on August 19, 2009, 07:44:08 PM

Drag and Drop is a technique with windows. There is no drag and drop command for the command prompt ( Dos commands? ).

yes i know that but i want it to open utorrent when i put a torrent file on top of the batch file

An example of the code I'm using that works properly. This allows a user to input a numerical value, then the process will loop that many times, letting the user specify a new VARIABLE each time.

Code: [Select]setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set /p counter=Enter numerical value:

: loop

if not %counter%==0 (
set /p var=Enter a NAME:
set /a counter=!counter!-1
goto loop
)
However, when I give the %counter% variable a different name with two words, such as %counter a%, it breaks.

Code: [Select]setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set /p counter a=Enter numerical value:

: loop

if not %counter a%==0 (
set /p var=Enter a name:
set /a counter a=!counter a!-1
goto loop
)
Maybe it's something simple like quoting the name somewhere in the code, or perhaps set /a doesn't like spaces? Anyone know?

Thanks for the help.Your second thought is correct, variable names cannot include spaces

GrahamQuote from: gpl on October 17, 2008, 02:26:22 AM

Your second thought is correct, variable names cannot include spaces

Graham

Just seems so much more logical and easy to ready with spaces. Maybe it's just me.

Hello,

I am FAMILIAR with NOHUP in unix. I have a SCHEDULED job on 2003 which calls a BATCH file. Within this file it calls a cygwin (Unix) script. When I LOG out of the box, after the schedule starts, the program dies. The scheduled job is actually not even the same user as I am. It's just that when I exit the box, the started job ENDS. (I would use nohup on the bash script but I don't know how to call a bash script and nohup at the same time either.

bash nohup

Hi everyone

IM new to batch files, so please bear with me as I try to explain Ive got a batch file that is giving me worms actually 2 of them they look like this

rename panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} panel
ren panel panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

now when I have this folder "panel" in the same directory as the batch files they work as expected.. but I need to move these two batch files out of the same path so I tried this

cd E:\Documents and Settings\handsome\Desktop\
ren panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} panel

and put it in another folder but it wont work? But if I copy and paste it into a CMD window then hit ENTER it does! THATS when I get frustrated is there a way to do an "enter" statement in dos or does someone have a suggestion?? Im sure I am OVERLOOKING some rule of DOS or something

Thanks in advance Chas

Quote from: chas_3rd on October 15, 2008, 08:41:09 AM

cd E:\Documents and Settings\handsome\Desktop\
ren panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} panel

also can you give me an example of the syntax on cd/d ?

I have searched QUITE a few topics and haven't seen ANYTHING which seems to meet my REQUIREMENTS......

objective - read every record in a txt file and prefix it with a variable..

1. set a variable (XXX) to the current TIME
2. read the txt file
3. write to a new txt file PREFIXING the output record with XXXYou probably won't find an exact solution. You'll need to write a script.

1. set a variable equal to the current time.

2. In a loop:

a. Read every "record" (do you mean every line?) in the text file
b. Prepend the time variable to the line and
c. Write it out to the new file.

Hi folks,

I am using a WinXP computer that is used on two NETWORKS. Both are using TCP/IP but one network uses DHCP and the other uses a static configuration. It is imperative that it is NEVER connected to both at the same time. For now I have been switching the network cable and going into the microsoft Control Panel to reconfigure the interface every time I switch. The machine has two ethernet SOCKETS but I am currently restricting usage to only one to ensure that the two networks never meet. As I need to switch 3-4 times a day it wasn't LONG before 'there must be an easier way' popped into mind.

I know that if this was a 'nix system I could have each network plugged in to each socket and use 'ifconfig' to start/stop each interface. I could then write a script that would ensure that eth0 was disabled before ETH1 was activated, and vice versa. However the MS equivalent seems unable to do this. Does anyone know otherwise?

An acceptable alternative would be to stay with the lead-switching but have a script reconfiguring the interface. Again the MS command set seems lacking?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Many thanks, kimdino

just remove the delims

Hello

i have one BAT FILE, and i whant to print to file everything what this file do.
For example:
test.bat
Quote

cd\
cd c:
cd:\temp3
ping 127.0.01

D:\>cd\

D:\>cd c:
C:\

D:\>cd:\temp3
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

D:\>ping 127.0.01

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, MAXIMUM = 0ms, Average = 0ms

D:\>cd\

D:\>cd c:
C:\

D:\>cd:\temp3
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

echo off
ping 10.0.0.1 > c:\CheckPoint\ping.txt
findstr "Reply from" c:\CheckPoint\ping.txt
IF %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 GOTO END
cd\
cd c:
call c:\secu.bat >> test.txt

:END

Hi there,

I am going to use Dos/Batch with VBscript suggested from some guru in this forum to generate time stamp for text files. The partial codes are as follow: -

@echo off
IF EXIST "collect_*.TXT" (
echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>"%cd%\evaluate.vbs"
For /f %%D in ( ' CSCRIPT //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "day(date)" ' ) do set /a d=%%D
For /f %%M in ( ' cscript //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "month(date)" ' ) do set /a m=%%M
For /f %%Y in ( ' cscript //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "year(date)" ' ) do set /a yyyy=%%Y
del/q "%cd%\evaluate.vbs"
if %d% LSS 10 (set dd=0%d%) ELSE (set dd=%d%)
if %m% LSS 10 (set mm=0%m%) else (set mm=%m%)
set TimeStamp=%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd
) else (
echo.
echo no information collected!
)
echo.
pause
exit

However, the program does not run properly with following error mesages:

It gives an error message: ) was unexpected at this time.
for statement:
echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>"%cd%\evaluate.vbs"

and it gives error message: 10 was unexpected at this time.
for the statements: if %d% LSS 10 (set dd=0%d%) else (set dd=%d%)
if %m% LSS 10 (set mm=0%m%) else (set mm=%m%)

Any idea about that?


Thanks,
ThomasI suspect it does not like nested IFs
I would fake it with GoTos

Code: [SELECT]@echo off
IF Not EXIST "collect_*.TXT" GoTo IfElse

echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>"%cd%\evaluate.vbs"
For /f %%D in ( ' cscript //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "day(date)" ' ) do set /a d=%%D
For /f %%M in ( ' cscript //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "month(date)" ' ) do set /a m=%%M
For /f %%Y in ( ' cscript //nologo "%cd%\evaluate.vbs" "year(date)" ' ) do set /a yyyy=%%Y
del/q "%cd%\evaluate.vbs"
if %d% LSS 10 (set dd=0%d%) else (set dd=%d%)
if %m% LSS 10 (set mm=0%m%) else (set mm=%m%)
set TimeStamp=%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd
GoTo IfEnd

:IfElse
echo.
echo no information collected!
GoTo IfEnd

:IfEnd
echo.
pause
exit

Quote from: gpl on August 19, 2009, 09:32:10 AM

I suspect it does not like nested IFs
I would fake it with GoTos

but i assume the computer is XP+
and i will not help you shut down the prompt because it sounds slightly fishy
just USE googleanybody else getting a headache from the brick wall?if all this fighting continues
an admin should jsut lock or delete the threadQuote from: BC_Programmer on August 17, 2009, 09:21:42 PM

anybody else getting a headache from the brick wall?

Ok. How it can be done to copy files to CD in background without promting?

I don't think you can copy files straight to a cd without burning.

packet writing

good, so all that the OP needs to do is to invisibly check wether packet writing software is installed, if not, invisibly install it, then invisibly invoke it, then invisibly copy the files to it,after invisibly ensuring a disc is present and if not invisibly asking the user to insert one, all while remaining invisible to the user for some unknown reason that I'm sure we can all fathom on our own.

whats awk?

I’ve searched the forums on this site & couldn’t find ANYTHING conclusive. I need a DOS batch command similar to the one below to add a '.tif' extension to multiple files that have a specific pattern in their extension.

The DOS batch command line:
for %%i in (*.??) do REN %%i %%i.tif

For example, rename *.20080902 to *.20080902.tif in the same DIRECTORY as the batch file.

The only problem is that the above script renames all files in the directory (including the batch file 'ren2tif.bat').

The script needs to SKIP files that DO NOT have the 8-digit numeric format (i.e., *.yyyymmdd) in the extension.

Any ideas?ok, so this is a PRETTY sloppy way because it does not cover the whole 8 digit thing, but just finds if the files have 2008 or 200x in it.

Code: [Select]ren "*.2008*" "*.2008*.tif"
ren "*.2009*" "*.2009*.tif"
using asterisks to fill in the "void" of numbers will find all files with the "pre" file as a guide.

or, if i am wrong. please correct mekeep in mind, a rename of a pic.jpg to pic.tif does not change the format of the picture. The picture remains a jpg picture.

There are conversion programs that will change the format. And almost any image editor will allow you save a picture as a new format.

p.s. Until you are pleased with the new name use copy instead of ren or move. Good luckCode: [Select]for %%i in (*.2???????) do ren %%i %%i.tif
that should do it Thanks,

That worked. The solution looks so obvious now.

I changed the the batch file as follows:
for %%i in (*.20???) do ren %%i %%i.tif

This will rename any file produced this century. These are simply TIF images that get churned out by a CAD program & uploaded to a unix server. I needed this script to work for WINDOWS so we can review/print drawings before uploading them to our unix server. Some projects may over a hundred drawings so renaming them one by one is not practical!

To rename them back I just use:
ren *.20*.tif *.

Hi,
I am trying to connect two telnet sessions using batch script.
After connecting one telnet session I have to enter login/password and then connect other telnet session from there.
I tried some thing like
@echo off
telnet 192.11.1.111
set /p login= ABCD
set /p password= ABCD1946
telnet 192.10.1.123

and ALSO using net use z: \\ServerName\ResourceName\ ABCD /user:Domain\ABCD1946
but I have to enter only login and password without any server name or resource name
Please suggest correct syntax for this.Any help would be appreciated.
telnet and windows command prompt are two different things.

both have different syntax.

Code: [SELECT]Microsoft Telnet> help

Commands may be abbreviated. Supported commands are:

c - close close current connection
d - display display operating parameters
o - open hostname [port] connect to hostname (default port 23).
q - quit exit telnet
set - set set options (type 'set ?' for a list)
sen - send send strings to server
st - status print status information
u - unset unset options (type 'unset ?' for a list)
?/h - help print help informationI am beginner so not ABLE to make it.Please suggest batch script for thisQuote from: BatchFileBasics on August 17, 2009, 01:28:05 AM

telnet and windows command prompt are two different things.

I have a CODE...


@echo off
echo.
echo. Please Select the TASK you want to execute.
echo.
echo 1-Install SOFTWARES
echo 2-Install GAMES
echo 3-Play a game
echo.
set /p T= Select 1,2 or 3 and then press Enter:
echo.
If %T%==1 GOTO softwaremenu
IF %T%==2 GOTO gamesmenu
If %T%==3 GOTO playgame


Now if d USER types anything other than 1,2 or 3 the batch ends...
I want it to flash back a msg sayin to check no. entered & enter again....

Plz...help me...Try this.


Code: [Select]@echo off
:beginning
echo.
echo. Please Select the task you want to execute.
echo.
echo 1-Install SOFTWARES
echo 2-Install GAMES
echo 3-Play a game
echo.
set /p T= Select 1,2 or 3 and then press Enter:
echo.
If %T%==1 GOTO softwaremenu
IF %T%==2 GOTO gamesmenu
If %T%==3 GOTO playgame
cls
code here
pause
cls
goto :beginningAnd what about if they just press Enter?
Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 17, 2009, 05:56:35 AM

And what about if they just press Enter?

If its not 1, 2 or 3 then it loops.

Hi there,

I have a weird problem, I can't manage to export the registry.

Actually, I manage to export the registry, by using reg export, or the regedit command, but when I open the registry FILES on A DIFFERENT computer, then I always get the error: "corrupted file" or SOMETHING. Everytime I open the file I see a lot of chinese/japenese characters. I know that it is normal if you use reg save that you see strange characters because the file is encrypted, but even with the regedit, where batch saves as a normal .reg I can't manage to open the file

Please help me, I really need a SOLUTION for THISI suggest using ERUNT...Quote from: patio on August 17, 2009, 06:34:18 AM

I suggest using ERUNT...

Hi there,
I want to BACKUP my firefox profiles and with xcopy I can copy all the files, but the problem is the map structure is copied too. Now I want that all files from the profilesxxx folders are moved into one folder. The problem is: the xxx in profilesxxx is a random string so I can't just say "move profilesxxx onefolder"

Any IDEAS??

Tnx in forwardPlease describe how your Firefox profile folders are arranged. The default is one folder for each user called

%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

where %APPDATA% translates to the following

Vista: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\

XP, 2000: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\

In this folder you will find one or more folders with names like

nlqmgqma.default
p0js9db5.default

Are your profile folders set out like this?

Hi Salmon,

I have a similar problem, so I'm posting here, too.
We are working on XP, so our Mozilla profiles are in C:\Documents...\...\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\.
We need to copy a CERTAIN file into that folder (for all users, on all machines), but I do not have a clue how to do that with DOS.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance!use wildcard.

copy *.default C:\Documents...\...\Profiles\


http://www.easydos.com/copy.html

"You can also combine files by using wildcard characters (? and *). To copy all files with a .DOC filename extension on drive C to a new file ALLDOCS on drive B, enter"

copy c:*.doc b:alldocs C:\Documents and Settings\Bill Richardson\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles&GT;



05/09/2009 07:11 AM .
05/09/2009 07:11 AM ..
08/15/2009 10:18 PM wphrcj55.default
0 File(s) 0 bytes
3 Dir(s) 307,326,705,664 bytes free

copy *.default D:\

( use copy instead of move until you know it works )Hi Bill,

thanks for your input, but I think we are talking about different things (maybe my explanation was poor...).
1. When Firefox is installed and started, the folder C:\Documents...\...\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\ is created. This is the status of our machines which we cannot change...
2. One certain File shall be copied in a subdirectory of the xxxxx.default folder (or: into the xxxx.default folder on every machine).
3. I think the problem with copying inside DOS comes up only when I want to use a wildcard in the destination folder, not the source (and, especially, FOLDER).

Any more ideas?

Thanks a lot!
Quote

chobbes wrote:

"I think the problem with copying inside DOS comes up only when I want to use a wildcard in the destination folder, not the source (and, especially, FOLDER)."

Ok, I'll open up with I'm VERY new to the computer experience, outside from game's, internet, and simple matinence. The man guiding me in this excellent experience GAVE me a test.

After a month and a half, I finally GOT a Pentium 3 to run windows 98, and have it fully operational. Now he want's me to get the setup files, onto my DOS, format the computer, and run the setup, and re-install windows 98, without the CD.

I could have BASTARDIZED what he told me. But any idea of what I'm talking about and what to do?

Thank's!The only way to do this without using the CD would be to copy the Windows i386 directory onto a freshly created partition...boot back into DOS...change drives to the new partition and run setup from there...
Is this Homework ? ?Now, I can make a partition once window's is already installed using the DOS correct?

It is in a way. But he said to use all mean's and recourses that I can to get this done.

That mean's you guy's=)Quote

Now, I can make a partition once window's is already installed using the DOS correct?

How woul I go about getting said i386 files onto the partition without having the OS installed?

Custom bootable CD or pen drive maybe...

I have a text file which contains some type of LOG, I want to parse the file for a corresponding line, EG.,

archiving abc1
inflating abc1
some type of garbage
some type of garbage
some type of garbage
archiving abc2
inflating abc2
some type of garbage
archiving abc3
inflating abc3
some type of garbage
archiving abc4
some type of garbage
archiving abc5
inflating abc5
some type of garbage
archiving abc6
inflating abc6
some type of garbage
archiving abc7
some type of garbage
archiving abc8
inflating abc8
some type of garbage
some type of garbage

For each of the above line which has "archiving abcN", I want to know which one is missing the second half of the MESSAGE. From the above, you can see that "archving abc4" is missing "inflating abc4" line.
if you can download gawk for windows(see my sig), its a piece of cake to do

Code: [Select]C:\test>gawk "/archiving/{s=$NF;getline;if($0!~/inflating/){print \"no inflating \"s};next}" file
no inflating abc4
no inflating abc7
Thanks for posting the UNIX like utility to use. I wish I knew how to do this when I was writing some UNIX scripts awhile back, it WOULD've made life easier.

hi
does some BODY knows how to USE NORTON Commander (NC) to MAKE a network between a DOS 6.22 &AMP; a XP. of course NC is installed on both of them.
thanks

Hi,

I am going to use batch FILE to rename group of folders with timestamp so that I can perform backup and hosue-keeping tasks.

My current regional and language setting for date/time is dd/MM/yyyy and h:mm:ss respectively.

Therfore the name of folder would be xxxx_dd-MM-yyyy[hh.mm']

Here is the code:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ("%date%") do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=: " %%d in ("%time%") do set Xtime=[%%d.%%e']
set TimeStamp=%XDate%%XTime%
mkdir "%CD%\xxxx_%TimeStamp%"
move/y test*.TXT "%CD%\xxxx_%TimeStamp%" > nul


However, if I changed to different date/time format, the name would be changed accordingly.
for example:
yyyy/MM/dd will create a folder name with format of xxxx_yyyy-mm-dd[hh.mm']

Is it possible to create a timstamp as dd-MM-yyyy[hh.mm'] from different date/time setting ?

Thanks,
Thomaswell if you are asking what i think you are, you would take
Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ("%date%") do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c
and rearrange %%a %%b %%c accordingly
%%a = day
%%b = month
%%c = year


correct me if im not understanding your question?Sorry, it is not I want.

Actually, my batch code will be used in other PC clients but I don't know what
Date/Time setting they are using.

Therefore, I'm afraid that the generated Date/Time format
would not be what I expected.

I think using system variables ("%Date%") and ("%Time%") only get the Date/Time format according to the setting in Regional and Language setting.

I wonder whether there is a way to get the fields of yyyy, MMM, and dd
from system clock so that I can format to a proper format.

Thanks,
Thomas ok, with an intense 10 minutes of searching google, i have came upon this:
which at the end, gives out the year(yyyy) month(mm) day(dd) and day of week(dow)
Code: [Select] @echo off
if %1/==:/ goto %2
if NOT %1/==/?/ goto Begin
for %%C in (echo. goto:End) do %%C
:Begin --------------------------------------------------------------
echo. | date | FIND "(mm" > NUL
if NOT errorlevel 1 %0 : %OS%Parse MM DD
%0 : %OS%Parse DD MM
:Windows_NTParse ----------------------------------------------------
for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/.- " %%A in ('date /T') do if %%D!==! (
set %3=%%A&set %4=%%B&set YYYY=%%C
) else (
set DOW=%%A&set %3=%%B&set %4=%%C&set YYYY=%%D)
goto End
:Parse --------------------------------------------------------------
for %%C in (md cd) do %%C @[emailprotected]
echo @prompt set _D=$D$_> ~tmp1.bat
%COMSPEC% /e:2048 /c ~tmp1.bat > ~tmp2.bat
call ~tmp2
echo %_D% | FIND "/" > NUL
if NOT errorlevel 1 goto Slash
lfnfor on > "%_D%.-"
ren "%_D%.-" "??? ?? ?? ????"
for %%F in ("??? ?? ?? ????") do set _D=%%F
lfnfor off
:Slash
echo set DOW=%%%3%%>~tmp1.bat
for %%S in ("%3=%%%4%%" "%4=%%YYYY%%" "YYYY=%%1") do echo set %%S>>~tmp1.bat
for %%S in (%_D%) do call ~tmp1 %%S
echo %_D% | FIND "/" > NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto Cleanup
echo @prompt set %4=$%%%4%%$_set YYYY=$%YYYY%$_ > ~tmp1.bat
%COMSPEC% /e:2048 /c ~tmp1.bat > ~tmp2.bat
call ~tmp2
:Cleanup
for %%C in ("set _D=" cd.. "deltree /y @[emailprotected] > NUL") do %%C
:End ----------------------------------------------------------------
echo YYYY=%YYYY% MM=%MM% DD=%DD% DOW=%DOW%
pauseYou can get the day, month and year in a standard format, independent of the local settings, in Visual Basic Script. It is quite easy to do this from a batch file. A one-line VBS script can be created "on-the-fly", used to get the day, month and year, and then deleted. the VBS Day(Date) and Month(Date) FUNCTIONS return a single figure if the day or month is before the 10th so we can add a leading ZERO in these cases to get the dd mm and yyyy format.

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>"%temp%\evaluate.vbs"
For /f %%D in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "day(date)" ' ) do set /a d=%%D
For /f %%M in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "month(date)" ' ) do set /a m=%%M
For /f %%Y in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "year(date)" ' ) do set yyyy=%%Y
del "%temp%\evaluate.vbs"
if %d% LSS 10 (set dd=0%d%) else (set dd=%d%)
if %m% LSS 10 (set mm=0%m%) else (set mm=%m%)

echo dd %dd%
echo mm %mm%
echo yyyy %yyyy%
echo dd-mm-yyyy %dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%
echo dd/mm/yyyy %dd%/%mm%/%yyyy%
echo yyyymmdd %yyyy%%mm%%dd%Thank you for your suggestions.

Chris(BatchFileBasics) codes still does not fit my requirement.
I had tested with different Date/Time setting but generated
different format. for example:
it gives YYYY=Sun MM=09 DD=08 DOW=16 for d/MM/yy
but it gives YYYY=16 MM=08 DD=2009 DOW= for yyyy/MM/dd

Any ideal?

Salmon's code works FINE, but my clients' working
environment does not allow to use VBscripts.

Thanks,
Thomas

im taking a class right now that has alot to do with using dos command prompt and in my homework it says to do a few commands then to "type in the task number and the commands i used to create directories"...what is the task number and how do i know what it is? ive looked around google and cant seem to find anything on it...can SOMEBODY please help me?
PID is the Process IDentification number
C:\>tasklist

Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============
System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K
System 4 Console 0 240 K
smss.exe 776 Console 0 424 K
csrss.exe 1120 Console 0 4,300 K
winlogon.exe 1288 Console 0 2,960 K
C:\>mkdir /?
Creates a directory.

MKDIR [drive:]path
MD [drive:]path

If Command Extensions are enabled MKDIR changes as follows:

MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed.
For example, assume \a does not exist then:

mkdir \a\b\c\d

is the same as:

mkdir \a
CHDIR \a
mkdir b
chdir b
mkdir c
chdir c
mkdir d

which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.

Quote from: xbabyboy4021x on August 12, 2009, 11:39:39 PM

im taking a class right now that has alot to do with using dos command prompt and in my homework it says to do a few commands then to "type in the task number and the commands i used to create directories"...what is the task number and how do i know what it is? ive looked around google and cant seem to find anything on it...can somebody please help me?

Do your own homework. We don't provide homework assistance here.

Just for any other people out there who need homework help, one or two questions is ok usually, but please, for the love of God, Google it first, READ your textbooks, do your PART! All I gotta say

Flame

Hi,

I have Parent file DEL_FOLDER.BAT which call Del_archive.bat file .

Batch file Del_archive.bat CONTAIN a question for user to delete or not the archive file like

SET /P Option=Do you REALLY want to delete all previous month Backup folders (Y/N)=: -^>
IF NOT '%Option%'=='' SET Option='%Option%'


if %Option%=='Y' goto :menu1
if %Option%=='y' goto :menu1
if %Option%=='N' goto :menu2
if %Option%=='n' goto :menu2
echo "%Option%" is not valid choice then try again......
goto :menu4


but when I tried to ran DEL_FOLDER.BAT parent file then the question from child file doesn't appear on screen.
CODE for DEL_FOLDER.BAT
CALL Del_archive >%LOG_FIL%


What is missing in the code?Quote

code for DEL_FOLDER.BAT
CALL Del_archive >%LOG_FIL%

What kind of file is %LOG_FIL%. If it's text

good day,

i have a batch file that i have made slowly over the past months to do backups, with help from here, and several other websites. i want to update the batch file to backup up some other FOLDERS but only need that part of the batch file to run if it is the last day of the month.

ex. currently i back up C:\DOCS every day. But if it's the last day of the month, i want it to back up C:\TOSHIBA along with the C:\DOCS folder. can that be done, or is it easier to write the code to do it on the first of the month (last day of the month varies as ending on the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st.

I was thinking just write another batch and run it on the first of every month to do the monthly backup, but the daily backup creats a log file, and when that back up is done, it reboots the system. i do not want the system to reboot while the monthly backup is still being performed.

any ideas?

jat
This combination of VB Scripting and batch commands should do what you want. The VB script gets tomorrow's day-of-month number and passes it to the FOR command which sets the NewDay variable. Should be run on the last day of each month. I have done some testing in XP but you should confirm...

Quote

@ECHO off
cls

set vbsfile=%temp%\newdate.vbs

echo Newdate = (Date()+1)>%vbsfile%
echo Dd = DatePart("D" , Newdate)>>%vbsfile%

echo Wscript.Echo Dd>>%vbsfile%

FOR /F %%A in ('cscript //nologo %vbsfile%') do (
set NewDay=%%A
)
del %vbsfile%

echo %NewDay%

IF %NewDay% NEQ 1 GOTO Docs

{backup commands for C:\TOSHIBA here}

:Docs
{backup commands for C:\DOCS here}

Code: [Select]if exist ME del ME
Mshta VBScript:Execute("If Month(Now)<>Month(DateAdd(""d"",1,Now)) Then CreateObject(""Scripting.FileSystemObject"").CreateTextFile(""ME""):End If:Close")

if not exist ME goto Docs
del ME
{backup commands for C:\TOSHIBA here}

:Docs
{backup commands for C:\DOCS here}

any suggestions?

thank you,

jat

I am working on a shut down bat that will shutdown a list of computers remotely. I am having issues getting it to work correctly. I have narrowed the issue down to the shut down command. Any IDEAS on what the cause of the issue might be? It will hit the shutdown command and then loop back to the :SHUT portion of the bat.

Code: [Select]@ECHO OFF
CLS

ECHO THIS WILL SHUTDOWN THE COMPUTERS.....
ECHO.
ECHO.


REM CHECKING TO SEE IF SHUTDOWN LIST EXISTS

IF EXIST "%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT" DEL "%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT"




REM THIS SECTION IS ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED TO BE SHUTDOWN

ECHO DOTVCOSMO3>"%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT
ECHO DOTSCOSMO2>>"%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT



REM USE SMOShutDown.TXT IN A FOR LOOP

FOR /f "delims==" %%A IN (C:\DOCUME~1\%USERNAME%\LOCALS~1\Temp\SMOShutDown.TXT) DO SET A=%%A& CALL :SHUT %%A


REM CLEANING UP FILES

IF EXIST "%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT" DEL "%TEMP%\SMOShutDown.TXT"
GOTO EOL


:SHUT
:LOOPSH
SET errorlevel=
ECHO TESTING %A%

REM TEST TO SEE IF SYSTEM IS ACTIVE

ping -n 1 %A% > nul
ECHO %errorlevel%


REM PING ERRORLEVEL OF 0 MEANS SUCCESS
REM PING ERRORLEVEL OF 1 MEANS THE HOST IS NOT FOUND OR TURNED OFF

IF NOT %errorlevel%==0 GOTO OFF


REM PROCEEDING WITH SYSTEM SHUTDOWN
pause
SHUTDOWN -s -f -m \\%A% -t 05 -c "SMO SYSTEM SHUTDOWN DUE TO HEAT"

ping -n 1 -w 25000 1.1.1.1 > nul

GOTO LOOPSH




:OFF

ECHO SYSTEM %A% HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN.....
ping -n 1 -w 500 1.1.1.1 > nul

:EOL

thanks,
WayneThis behavior can occur if the Unlock Computer dialog box appears on the desktop, or if the computer is locked.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371

Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 21, 2009, 01:46:40 PM

This behavior can occur if the Unlock Computer dialog box appears on the desktop, or if the computer is locked.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371

Is the %A% variable being expanded correctly?

what happens if you put echo %errorlevel% straight after the shutdown line?

Good morning, I have a very daunting task before me that I really could use some help with. I have 652 files named in an increasing sequence “startofthefilename000_000” the 000_000 change. My problem is I need to take one file and replace the integrity of the 652; while keeping their naming convention of course.

I have a few years programming experience, and networking but its been years since I have touched dos. I have windows XP, is there anyway I could use Replace with wild cards or some other command from the windows Command Prompt to do this? Or could a batch file be able easily accomplish this?

I would greatly appreciate any help,Could you please explain what you mean by the "integrity of the 652"? In fact, could you please explain much more clearly what it is that you want to do?

I have 6 folders, with a total of 652 files. To simplify things I'll just deal with one.

The folder is called small and it has 310 files in it are "small00_00" followed by "small00_01" up through "small00_09" then next file is "small01_00" this goes up to "small29_09". They are different color textures, I need to bland things out by replacing each of them with the same color. So I meant integrity as the files contents being changed.Thank you. Please confirm that I understand properly.

You have a number of folders. Each folder contains a number of files. They are different. You want to change them so all the files have the same contents as each other, but preserving their former filenames?

Correct, you hit the nail right on the head. So... you want to do this, I think?

For each file in a folder:

delete (Query: or rename?) the file?
create a new file with the same NAME
place in that file some standard contents (Query: unique to that folder, or the same for all 652 files?)

There are a number of tools that can be used to do this. A batch file, or a Visual Basic Script (VBS), or another tool such as awk or perl or others still. I know how to do this sort of thing in a batch file, but other people can probably suggest much more elegant SOLUTIONS using the other tools I have mentioned. Please, THEREFORE, state your preference.

Great to hear, I dislike VB, a batch file would work well.

Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 21, 2009, 10:35:12 AM

(Query: unique to that folder, or the same for all 652 files?)

Suppose you call this file MakeAllSameAs.bat and

place it in a folder containing the files to be altered and the file to be copied to each

open a command window in that folder and type its name followed by the name of the file to be copied e.g.

MakeAllSameAs "small_new"

Code: [Select]@echo off
set repfile=%~1
echo Replacement file: %repfile%
for /f "delims=" %%F in (' dir /b ^| find /v "%repfile%" ^| find /v "MakeAllSameAs.bat" ' ) do (
Echo Replacing %%F
del "%%F"
copy "%repfile%" "%%F"
)

Can anyone tell me why this BATCH file's window flashes on and off quickly when it is run, it is supposed to write a password to the desktop but for some reason it has stopped doing so.
any help is much appreciated

@echo off
set sDate=%DATE:~10,4%%DATE:~4,2%%DATE:~7,2%
set aux=%sDate%

set sDate=

:LOOP
if "%aux%"=="0" goto END
set last_digit=%aux:~-1%
set sDate=%sDate%%last_digit%
set /A aux=%aux%/10
goto LOOP

:END

set /A div=2260
set /A integer=%sDate%/%div%
set /A remainder=(%sDate% - %div%*%integer%)%%div%
set /A fracc=10000*%remainder%/%div%
if %fracc% lss 999 set fracc=0%fracc%


setsol=%fracc%
echo %fracc%
echo password = %sol% >"C:\Documents and Settings\genie\Desktop\Password.txt"
pause



Thanks
Geniewell HERES what you could do,
take out @echo off, open command prompt then run your batch from there:

c:\> "C:\path\of\file.bat"

and you should get all your syntax etc. it should tell why it stopped. i.e. Sysntax is incorrect.

the lines above that should be the errors that caused itThanks BFB,
I did as you suggested and it came up with these errors at the end. I'm a newbie here and am not sure what's GOING on. It appears to be date related as some days it will run fine but I'm clueless as to how to fix it. again your help is much appreciated. The program is supposed to take the present date (year,month, day) then reverse the numbers and divide by 2260. The four digits after the decimal point of the answer is what should be displayed on the screen if everything runs correctly

Genie
...........
C:\> set /A integer=02709002/2260
invalid number. Numeric constants are either decimal (17),
hexadecimal (0x11), or octal (021)

C:\>set /A remainder=02709002 - 2260*)%div
invalid number. Numeric constants are either decimal (17),
hexadecimal (0x11), or octal (021)

C:\>set /A frac=1000*/2260
Missing operand.
999 was unexpected at this time.

C:\> if 1ss 999 set fracc=0well for the first two,

CODE: [Select]invalid number. Numeric constants are either decimal (17),
hexadecimal (0x11), or octal (021)
you cannot have a 0 in front of your value, to shorten it,
youll take your original code:

Code: [Select] set /A integer=%sDate%/%div%
change it to:

Code: [Select] set /A integer=%sDate:~1,20%/%div%
starts after the first char(in this case its a 0) and stops after 20th char(set as you like, but 20 is so it will always show the val)

so it WOULD look like Code: [Select]2709002thanks BFB , that worked wonderfully

best regards
Genie

I would like to find a particular word in a text file and check if the word is available in the other text file
C:\>findstr /n /o particular *.txt

textfileone.txt:1:0:particular word

textfiletwo.txt:1:0:particular word

C:\>TYPE textfileone.txt
particular word
C:\>C:\>type findstring.bat
Code: [SELECT]@echo off

Rem Use COMMAND line argument to search for any word

findstr /n /o %1 *.txtC:\>findstring.bat particular
textfileone.txt:1:0:particular word

textfiletwo.txt:1:0:particular word
C:\>REM From the root directory, search the complete disk for the word. In this case the word is "support" The /s option will search all sub directories
The wc -l counts how many times "support" occurred on the disk in a *.txt ( text ) file. Correction: It is only counted one TIME for each file when using the /m option

Code: [Select]findstr /s /m support *.txt | wc -l

517Hey, thanks for the update...

Can you help me to put this in a if condition ....

I have a batch file batch1.bat and two text files first.txt and second.txt file

Batch1.bat should have if statement to check if a particular word is there in first.txt, if available SEND "Success" to second.txt file

Thanks in advanceSureShred,

C:\>type Batch1.bat
Code: [Select]@echo off

REM Use Batch1.bat particular

echo. > second.txt
type second.txt

echo %1 > first.txt

findstr particular first.txt

if %errorlevel%==0 echo Success > second.txt

type second.txt
Output:

C:\>Batch1.bat bad


C:\>Batch1.bat particular

particular
Success
C:\>it works.

Thanks a lot billrich

As the title states, my BATCH problem is too long to simply write in the title. I have tried everything and I can't figure out how to do this. So, here's my problem:
I have a program that GENERATES a code, specifically with a STRING of numbers divided by underscores.
(there won't be any strings with matching numbers) Example : 1_2_3_4_5, 2_7_4_9_0 etc. So I have a folder filled with text files with titles containing the same kind of string, none of the strings match. But here's what I would like to do: take a random string like 1_3_5_7_9 and see how many matching numbers the two strings contain. I have tried experimenting with the for command but everything I try fails. This one is more difficult then what I normally do as it requires more extensive knowledge and use of the for command. Quote from: BatchFileCommand on August 13, 2009, 10:12:55 PM

As the title states, my batch problem is too long to simply write in the title. I have tried everything and I can't figure out how to do this. So, here's my problem:
I have a program that generates a code, specifically with a string of numbers divided by underscores.
(there won't be any strings with matching numbers) Example : 1_2_3_4_5, 2_7_4_9_0 etc. So I have a folder filled with text files with titles containing the same kind of string, none of the strings match. But here's what I would like to do: take a random string like 1_3_5_7_9 and see how many matching numbers the two strings contain. I have tried experimenting with the for command but everything I try fails. This one is more difficult then what I normally do as it requires more extensive knowledge and use of the for command.

here's what I would like to do: take a random string like 1_3_5_7_9 and see how many matching numbers the two strings contain.

I've searched for an answer to this but haven't come across it. I apologize in advance if I just missed it.

I'm USING the following to copy files from the local hard drive to a USB drive:

XCOPY c:\Database_Backup\*.* E:\Database_Backup\*.* /D /S /Y

It will copy several .bat files that are in that directory but then ERRORS out when it gets to the first .bak file I have with:

File creation error - The parameter is incorrect.

I tried several of the variations to this that I found in this forum but get the same error. The interesting thing to me is that I USE the exact same batch file command to copy files from a mapped drive to the local drive and all works correctly.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

DaveSorry, I think I found the problem. When COPYING the file through windows I get an error that tells me the file is too large for the destination drive. I has plenty of room on it so I must have a DIFFERENT problem not related to the DOS command.

Background information:
I am writing a batch program, which can search the employee.txt file and through the result based on the user input. EXAMPLE, One user may enter Department as a key WORD and see all the EMPLOYEES in the department. In another case he may enter name as the keyword to find the department. I have used the "findstr" command for the case above. Also I have CREATED a shortcut and changed the Target variable name.

When the user click the shot cut icon, he will get a dos screen and he will type emp HR to see all HR employee. (FYI - Bath file name is emp.bat)

Help required:
Here I do not want the user to enter the batch file name and the keyword. The user should simply click the icon and enter the key word directly and the batch files should do the rest.

Thanks in advance

Rangsha
Use command line options or a menu:

emp.bat HRThanks, But my point here is, I do not want the user to see the batch file name.try MAKING a shortcut to it?

How WOULD I find out the name of the batch file that's running the current command?

i.e. If I run abc.bat, what command would return the value of "abc.bat"?%1-9 are the parameters paseed to a batch file.

%0 is the batch file itself.
Quote from: justaguylooking on August 13, 2009, 09:29:37 AM

%1-9 are the parameters paseed to a batch file.

%0 is the batch file itself.

In fact, I have a .EXE file which want to be executed by dos COMMAND, and I need to input the directory which "" should be included , just like Path = "C:\test\simple.dll", but after the .exe file executed, the result is only Path = C:\test\simple.dll, so do you know how to realize the raw input which won't filter my """.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!Dir D:\Test

That will get a directory of the folder "Test" within the D drive. I am sorry, maybe I did not express clearly...
infact, I have a .exe file which want to be executed by dos command, and I need to input the directory which should be included "", just like Path = "C:\test\simple.dll", but after the .exe file executed, the result is only Path = C:\test\simple.dll, so do you know how to realize the raw input which won't filter my """.

Quote from: Helpmeh on August 13, 2009, 05:14:55 AM

Dir D:\Test

That will get a directory of the folder "Test" within the D drive.

OHHH! Now it makes sense. Put the command in quotes (and the command's path) and put the path to something else in different quotes. For example:

"C:\folder name\prog.exe" "D:\other folder\"


Understand?

OHHH! Now it makes sense. Put the command in quotes (and the command's path) and put the path to something else in different quotes. For example:

"C:\folder name\prog.exe" "D:\other folder\"


Understand?

Hi Im looking to create a txt file which contains a list of all FILES located in a folder directory.

I currently use the following script in a .BAT file.

But I just require it to display a list of files located and not system info.

I also want to be able to apply it to various folders, not just files on c:drive

@dir %1 /A /S > c:\dirListing.txt
@echo OPENING c:\dirListing.txt in Notepad
@notepad c:\dirListing.txt
@echo Deleting c:\dirListing.txt
@del c:\dirListing.txt
@pauseI can't remember what the A switch does, but the B switch is "bare format", meaning only names (or names and paths with the S switch).

If you want to do a different folder, the whole command would be (using your chosen switches)
Dir [foldername] /a /b /s

You have it so this batch file is best run off the command prompt because it IMPLEMENTS %1. That means that the first word you put after the batch NAME becomes part of the script. So to do it that way, drag and drop the batch file (after adding the B switch between the A switch and the S) and type the folder you want to run the directory script on (remember to add path!)

Sorry for the double POST, but I have a project update. Okay, I have the base of the program. There's one problem, I can't seem to find a way to cycle through the files. I've tried USING a for /l loop. But even with setlocal enabledelayedexpansion and all the VARIABLES SET in the foor loop are surrouned with !'s and all that other crap. But it just seems like the for /f loop won't function in the for /l loop.

what is ERROR CODE ?error code 5??List of MS-DOS &AMP; COMMAND Prompt Error Codes