So I am trying to create a batch file that will take a pdf file in the same directory as the batch file and output the file name (sans extension). I used this code to accomplish this:
#echo off
for /r "C:\Users\me\Test Folder" %%G in (*.pdf) do set "name=%%~nG"
This works fine. The next step is to search another directory and find a directory within the searched directory whose name matches the output of the above code (stored in the %name% variable). Here's what I tried:
dir "P:\Accounting\Acc Pay" | find %name% | set "loc=%%~dp"
The goal of the above code was to find only the directories that had the same name as the original pdf file and then set the drive and path of the output to a variable %loc%. I think this is where I messed up.
Once the path to the folder is set to %loc%, I then am supposed to finish with this line:
move .\*.pdf %loc%
This would take all the pdf files (there will only be one in the directory at once) in the directory with the batch file and move it to the path currently stored in the %loc% variable.
In total the code looks like this:
#echo off
for /r "C:\Users\me\Test Folder" %%G in (*.pdf) do set "name=%%~nG"
for /r %%A in ('dir "P:\Accounting\Acc Pay" | find %name%') do set "loc=%%~dpA"
move .\*.pdf %loc%
However, the code seems to move the pdf file into the same location it was already in (ie the folder with the batch file). I assume the %loc% variable is not working properly. Any help much appreciated.
Like #Magoo said (^|). And you surely want to add the following switches for the dir command: /b for "bare format" (name only) and /ad for "Attribute Directory" to return folder names only. find needs its's argument quoted, and for safety, the destination for the move command should also be quoted. Your find could benefit from /i to make it case-insensitive.
I personally would do it with nested loops to avoid creating superflouos variables:
#echo off
for /r "C:\Users\me\Test Folder" %%G in (*.pdf) do (
for /r %%A in ('dir /b /ad "P:\Accounting\Acc Pay" ^| find /i "%%~nG"') do (
move "%%G" "%%~dpA"
)
)
Bonus: should there be more than one .pdf file (maybe after the Weekend or Holidays), this would process all of them correctly in one go.
Depending on your naming structures, consider replacing find /i "%%~nG" with findstr /iblc:"%%~nG" (see findstr /?to find out what the switches mean)
(Note to prevent confusion: findstr is the only command (as far as I'm aware) that supports concatenating switches into one. /iblc is the same as /i /b /l /c)
Related
I'm trying to copy specific files from C: to "X: for example". The files are named with the same format.
A1234_ZZabc123_DT1_F1.tst
A4567_ZZdef4567_DT2_F2.tst
A8901_ZZghi1289_DT1.tst
A2345_ZZjfkbu12_to_modify.tst
A6789_ZZlmny568_F1_to_modify.tst
A1234_ZZabc478_DT1.txt
I want to copy only the .tst files, and with the same format as the first 3 Axxxx_ZZyyyxxx_DTx_Fx.tst where x=number and y=letter.
After ZZ, it might be 4 letters and 3 numbers, or 5 letters and 4 numbers, like a "namecode".
Example: ZZkusha122 or ZZkus1551.
I need to copy the folders along with the files too.
I'm new to coding and really need some help.
I need to find and copy all those files along 10k+ files together
You claim that the first 3 of your example filenames fit the pattern you describe. I believe that only two do.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
rem The following setting for the directory is a name
rem that I use for testing and deliberately includes spaces to make sure
rem that the process works using such names. These will need to be changed to suit your situation.
SET "sourcedir=u:\your files"
FOR /f "delims=" %%e IN (
'dir /b /a-d "%sourcedir%\A*.tst"^|findstr /X /I /R "A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_ZZ[a-z][a-z][a-z]_DT[0-9]_F[0-9].tst" '
) DO ECHO COPY "%sourcedir%\%%e" X:
)
GOTO :EOF
Always verify against a test directory before applying to real data.
The required COPY commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO COPY to COPY to actually copy the files. Append >nul to suppress report messages (eg. 1 file copied)
Simply execute a dir command that reports only filenames matching the *.tst mask. Filter this list with findstr which /X exactly matches the regular expression provided. findstr only has a limited implementation of regular expressions. The /I forces a case-insensitive match. If you want case-sensitive, remove the /I and change each [a-z] to [a-zA-Z] (leave as-is if you want lower-case only in these positions.)
See findstr /? from the prompt for more documentation, or search for examples on SO.
---- revision to cater for multiple filemasks and subdirectories ---
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
rem The following setting for the directory is a name
rem that I use for testing and deliberately includes spaces to make sure
rem that the process works using such names. These will need to be changed to suit your situation.
SET "sourcedir=u:\your files"
SET "maskfile=%sourcedir%\q74442552.txt"
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims=" %%e IN (
'dir /b/s /a-d "%sourcedir%\*.tst"^|findstr /E /I /R /g:"%maskfile%" '
) DO ECHO COPY "%%e" X:
)
GOTO :EOF
Changes:
Establish a file, name irrelevant, as maskfile
The dir command requires the /s switch to scan subdirectories
The filemask for the dir command loses the initial A
The findstr command replaces the /X switch with /E
The findstr command loses the regex expression. These are transferred to a file and the file is nominated by the /g: switch.
The copy command loses the source-directory as the directory will be included in %%e
The file "q74442552.txt" contains lines that are of the form
A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_ZZ[a-z][a-z][a-z]_DT[0-9]_F[0-9].tst
A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_ZZ[a-z][a-z][a-z]_to.*.tst
This time, %%e acquires the full pathname of the files found. Since the filemask ends .tst, the only filenames to pass the dir filter will be those that end .tst.
The /e switch tells findstr to match string that End with the regex strings in the file specified as /g:.
The strings in the file must comply with Microsoft's partial regex implementation, one to a line.
In summary, findstr uses as regex
Any character,literally
[set] any character of a set of characters
[^set] any character not in a set of characters
. any character
.* any number of any character
prefix any of the special characters with\ to use it literally
a set may include a range by using low-high
So - you then need to brew-your own using the examples I've supplied. The second line matches Axxxx_ZZyyy_to{anything}.tst for instance.
--- Minor revision to deal with maintaining destination-tree -----
(see notes to final revision for why this doesn't quite work)
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
rem The following setting for the directory is a name
rem that I use for testing and deliberately includes spaces to make sure
rem that the process works using such names. These will need to be changed to suit your situation.
SET "sourcedir=u:\your files"
SET "maskfile=%sourcedir%\q74442552.txt"
SET "destdir=u:\your results"
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims=" %%e IN (
'dir /b/s /a-d "%sourcedir%\*.tst"^|findstr /E /I /R /g:"%maskfile%" '
) DO ECHO "%%~nxe"&XCOPY /Y /D /S "%sourcedir%\%%~nxe" "%destdir%\">nul
)
GOTO :EOF
This version adds the destination root directory as destdir.
The dir ... findstr... works as before to list the filenames to copy.
The prior version used echo copy to report the proposed copy operation, but the destination was always the same directory.
The replacement XCOPY line maintains the directory structure at the destination.
Note : the XCOPY is "live". The files will be copied to the destination if run as-is. Always verify against a test directory before applying to real data.
To "defuse" the XCOPY, add the /L switch and remove the >nul. This will cause XCOPY to report the source name that would be copied instead of copying it. (The >nul suppresses the report)
The /D only copies source files that eitherr do not exist in the destination of have a later datestamp in the source.
The action is to xcopy each filename found (%%~nxe) from the source directory tree to the destination. Therefore, any file xyz.tst found anywhere in the source tree will be xcopyd to the destination tree. The /D means that once xyz.tst is encountered on the source tree, it will be skipped should it be encountered again.
--- Final (I hope) revision ---
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
rem The following setting for the directory is a name
rem that I use for testing and deliberately includes spaces to make sure
rem that the process works using such names. These will need to be changed to suit your situation.
SET "sourcedir=U:\Users\tocil\Desktop\aoi"
SET "maskfile=%sourcedir%\q74442552.txt"
SET "destdir=u:\your results"
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims=" %%e IN (
'dir /b/s /a-d "%sourcedir%\*.tst"^|findstr /E /I /R /g:"%maskfile%" '
) DO (
rem drive and path to 'dirname' - has terminal "\"
SET "dirname=%%~dpe"
rem remove the sourcedir from dirname
FOR %%y IN ("%sourcedir%") DO CALL SET "dirname=%%dirname:%%~y=%%"
rem copy or xcopy the file to the destination.
FOR /f "tokens=2delims==" %%y IN ('set dirname') DO XCOPY /Y "%%e" "%destdir%%%y">nul
)
)
GOTO :EOF
Always verify against a test directory before applying to real data.
Note to self: Only if the filemask provided to XCOPY is ambiguous (ie. contains ? or *) will XCOPY obey the /s switch unless the target file exists in the starting source directory.
hence
xcopy /s sourcedir\myfile destdir
will copy myfile from the entire tree ONLY if sourcedir\myfile exists.
xcopy /s sourcedir\myf?le destdir
will copy myfile from the entire tree regardless. Unfortunately it will also copy myfale and myfule as well.
Hence, the new approach.
First, perform a dir /b /s to get all of the filenames and filter as before. This is being assigned to %%e.
Take the drive and path only of the file and assign to dirname.
The next step is a little complex. First, set the value of %%y to the name of the source directory. Next, use a parser trick to remove that name from dirname. The mechanics are: Parse the %%dirname:%%~y=%% (because the call causes the set to be executed in a sub-shell) whuch does the normal left-to-right evaluation. %% is an escaped-%, so is replaced by %; %%y is an active metavariable so is replaced by (the name of the source directory) and the ~ causes the quotes to be stripped from that name. The resultant command executed is thus SET "dirname=%dirname:nameofsourcedirectory=%"
So now we can construct a copy-class instruction. dirname now contains the relative directory for the destination, which we can extract from the environment by parsing a set listing (Could also be done with delayed expansion) where %%y gets set to the relative directory and has both a leading and trailing backslash, so the destination directory is simply "%destdir%%%y". XCOPY then knows to create that directory if necessary (%%y has a trailing backslash) and we know the source filename is in %%e.
You could also use a copy to do the same thing, but you'd need to create the destination directory first. Another advantage of XCOPY is that you can also specify the /d switch to not copy files that have an earlier date over files that have a later date.
How do I get relative directories / partial paths to display as echo output from a windows .bat file?
How to split the filename from a full path in batch?
Talks about everything but.
I've found drive letters, filenames, extensions, shortened (8.3) names, and full paths - but no relative paths.
I'm running a recursive FOR /R loop; which traverses sub-directories. I would like something - that doesn't have twenty characters of useless path info - that tells me which directory each duplicate file lives in... without hardcoding the .bat file to live in a certain directory/path?
Maybe a solution would be to measure the length of the script's path and cut that off of the front of the full path? But I don't know how to manipulate that.
Script could be in many locations:
F:\a.bat<BR>
F:\Dir1\fileA.txt<BR>
F:\Dir20\fileA.txt
C:\Users\Longusername\Desktop\Container\a.bat<BR>
C:\Users\Longusername\Desktop\Container\Dir1\fileA<BR>
C:\Users\Longusername\Desktop\Container\Dir20\fileA
And right now the only options I have for output are (%%~nxG):
fileA.txt
fileA.txt
Which doesn't tell me which directory each file is in...or (%%~pnxG)
\Users\Longusername\Desktop\Container\Dir1\fileA.txt
\Users\Longusername\Desktop\Container\Dir20\fileA.txt
What I'd like, from any location:
\Dir1\fileA.txt
\Dir20\fileA.txt
Could be missing the leading \, but that's negligible. Other options than echo are permissible if they'll work on most window machines. They may lead to more questions, though - as I've figured out my other pieces with echo.
quite easy, if you think about it: just remove the current directory path (%cd%):
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /r %%a in (*.txt) do (
set "x=%%a"
echo with \: !x:%cd%\=\!
echo without \: !x:%cd%\=!
)
By the way: \folder\file always refers to the root of the drive (x:\folder\file), so it's not exactly a relative path.
This is similar to the already accepted answer, but with delayed expansion enabled only where needed. This should correctly output filenames containing ! characters.
#Echo Off
SetLocal DisableDelayedExpansion
Set "TopLevel=C:\Users\LongUserName"
For /R "%TopLevel%" %%A In ("*.txt") Do (
Set "_=%%A"
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Echo=!_:*%TopLevel%=!
EndLocal
)
Pause
You could also use Set "TopLevel=%~dp0", (the running script's directory) or Set "TopLevel=%~dp0..", (the running script's parent directory)
One potential benefit of the above method is that you can also use a location relative to the current directory for the value of %TopLevel% too, (in this case, based upon the initial example, the current directory would be C:\Users):
Set "TopLevel=LongUserName"
Although this would only work correctly if LongUserName didn't already exist as content of the path earlier in the tree.
You could use xcopy together with its /S (include sub-directories) and /L (list but do not copy) options since it returns relative paths then, so you do not have to do any string manipulation, which might sometimes be a bit dangerous, particularly when the current directory is the root of a drive:
xcopy /L /S /I /Y /R ".\*.txt" "\" | find ".\"
The appended find command constitutes a filter that removes the summary line # File(s) from the output.
To capture the output of the aforementioned command line just use a for /F loop:
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('
xcopy /L /S /I /Y /R ".\*.txt" "\" ^| find ".\"
') do (
rem // Do something with each item:
echo/%%I
)
I am new to windows batch scripting .. please help on this scenario
I have file structures as below ::
dir1:
c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder
subfolder1
one.java
subfolder-2
two.java
dir2:
c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder
subfolder1
one.class
subfolder2
two.class
Subfolder3
three.class
Need to find and replace dir1 files in respective subfolders i.e one.java and two.java from dir2 files i.e one.class and two.class ( need to replace certain .java files with .class files from specific folder )
much appreciated for your help.
Thanks
Arjun
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d "c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder\*.java"') do (
if exist "c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder\%%~na.class" (
echo copy "c:\workspace\target\class\com\folder\%%~na.class" "c:\workspace\changeset\com\folder\%%a")
)
The required COPY commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO COPY to COPY to actually copy the files. Append >nul to suppress report messages (eg. 1 file copied)
Note that execution directly from the prompt and as lines with a batch file are different. The metavariable (loop-control variable) %%x must be referenced as %%x for a batch line and %x if executed from the command prompt. Since it makes little sense to repeatedly execute a line containing a for from the prompt (it's easier to create a batch file), I post the batch-file version. User's responsibility to adjust for direct-from-prompt if desired.
Read each filename in /b basic form /a-d without directories and assign the filename+extension to %%a.
If a file in the other directory called thenamepartofthefile.class exists, then copy that file to the first directory.
Please post the entire problem to be solved. The approach can change radically, as in this case.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET "sourcedir1=U:\sourcedir\changeset"
SET "sourcedir2=U:\sourcedir\target"
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (
'dir /b /s /a-d "%sourcedir1%\*.java" '
) DO (
SET "javadir=%%~dpa"
SET "classfile=!javadir:%sourcedir1%=%sourcedir2%!%%~na.class"
IF EXIST !classfile! ECHO COPY "!classfile!" "%%a"
)
GOTO :EOF
You would need to change the settings of sourcedir1 and sourcedir2 to suit your circumstances.
Essentially, the same approach and the same comments re messages. The difference is that this procedure uses files and subdirectories in the dir list and substitutes the first part of the directoryname in deriving the expected name of the .class file.
We are using Jenkins as our CI tool. At present, I have written a batch file, which takes build value from a notepad file (written by developer), and then copies it to the network drive with the build value as a folder.
The batch file is mentioned below
for /f "tokens=2" %%i in ('findstr Build "C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\jobs\**\build.txt"') do set Build=%%i
set Build=%Build:'=%
if not exist "\%Build%\" mkdir "%Build%\"
My motive now is that, if the value in notepad is 6.1 or 6.a, i.e anything after decimal,it doesn't create folder, but places it in 6 subfolder. Alternatively, if the value is full, it creates a parent folder.
The text file, where I get the build number is mentioned below.
#define MyAppVersion '4.0.0.0'
#define MyFullAppVersion '4.1.0.0'
#define BuildNumber '81'
I need to create folder on the basis of value entered in "Build Number". If the value is in decimal, it should create within subfolder, else there should be only a main folder.
With the help of below input, I created below batch file for achieving this, but it didn't worked.
for /f "tokens=2" %%i in ('findstr Build "C:\Folder Check\logs\build.txt"') do set Build=%%i
set Build=%Build:'=%
for /F "tokens=2""delims=." %%j in ('findstr Build "C:\Folder Check\logs\build.txt"') do set "sub=%%j"
if exist "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\" mkdir "\\network\%Build%\%sub%%"
if not exist "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\" mkdir "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\"
if exist "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\%sub%%j" XCOPY /y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\readme.txt" "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\%sub%\" /E /S
if not exist "\\172.19.0.4\Departement$\Development\Development RCX\RCX_M02_CSP\INTERNAL RELEASES\CI\%Version%\%Build%\%sub%%" XCOPY /y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\readme.txt" "\\network\%Version%\%Build%\" /E /S
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
You could use the following code to split off the period . and everything behind:
for /F "delims=." %%j in ("%Build%") do set "Build=%%j"
Take also a look at the quoted set syntax, which is the one I recommend in general, because no special characters could cause problems that way.
Your if exist syntax appears a bit odd to me; I am not sure where the directory %Build% should be located, because you precede a \ during existence check but you do not during creation. If you want to ensure the directory exists in the current working directory, do not precede the \:
if not exist "%Build%\" mkdir "%Build%"
If you want it to be located in the root directory od the current drive, then do precede it by \, but this is not what you want, I guess.
However, the appended \ is needed to check a directory for existence; not providing it would also check for files.
Anyway, to ensure a directory exists, you do not need to check for existence, you can just create it and suppress the error message that appears in case the directory already exists, like this:
mkdir "%Build%" 2> nul
I am not sure if I interpret the ** in your path specification right, but I assume you are going to let me know...
You can use global wild-cards (*, ?) only in the last element of a path, so C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\jobs\**\build.txt is not valid. In case there is only a single directory in C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\jobs\, you can get it like this:
for /D %%D in ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\jobs\*") do set "SubDir=%%~D"
If there are multiple directories and you want to get the last modified one, you could use this:
for /F "eol=: delims=" %%D in ('
dir /B /A:D /O:D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\jobs\*"
') do set "SubDir=%%D"
I have some folders with different names. Each folder has a specific structure as listed below:
Folder1
Contents
x64
Folder1.aaxplugin
TransVST_Fixer.exe
Folder 2
Contents
x64
Folder 2.aaxplugin
TransVST_Fixer.exe
There are two files within each subfolder x64. One file has the same name as the folder two folder levels above. The other file is an .exe file whose name is the same in all folders.
Now I need to run file with file extension aaxplugin on each specific .exe file. It would be obviously very time consuming opening each and every single folder and drag & drop each file on .exe to run it on this file.
That's why I am trying to create a batch script to save some time.
I looked for solutions here on Stack Overflow. The only thing I have found so far was a user saying this: When I perform a drag & drop, the process 'fileprocessor.exe' is executed. When I try to launch this exe, though, CMD returns error ('not recognized or not batch file' stuff).
How can I do this?
UPDATE 12/22/2015
I used first a batch file with following line to copy the executable into x64 subfolder of Folder1.
for /d %%a in ("C:\Users\Davide\Desktop\test\Folder1\*") do ( copy "C:\Program Files\Sugar Bytes\TransVST\TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%a\x64\" 2> nul )
After asking here, I tried the following script:
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /s x64\*.aaxplugin') do "%%~dpFTransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%F"
Unfortunately, the output is as following
C:\Users\Davide\Desktop>for /F "delims=" %F in ('dir /b /s x64\*.aaxplugin') do "%~dpFTransVST_Fixer.exe" "%F"
The system cannot find the file specified.
Try the following batch code:
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /R "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\test" %%F in (*.aaxplugin) do (
set "FilePath=%%~dpF"
if not "!FilePath:\x64\=!" == "!FilePath!" "%ProgramFiles%\Sugar Bytes\TransVST\TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%F"
)
endlocal
The command FOR with option/R searches recursive in all directories of directory %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\test being expanded on your machine to C:\Users\Davide\Desktop for files with file extension aaxplugin. The loop variable F contains on each loop run the name of the found file with full path without surrounding double quotes.
The drive and path of each found file is assigned to environment variable FilePath.
Next a case-sensitive string comparison is done between file path with all occurrences of string \x64\ case-insensitive removed with unmodified file path.
Referencing value of environment variable FilePath must be done here using delayed expansion because being defined and evaluated within a block defined with ( ... ). Otherwise command processor would expand %FilePath% already on parsing the entire block resulting in a syntax error on execution because string substitution is not possible as no environment variable FilePath defined above body block of FOR loop.
The strings are not equal if path of file contains a folder with name x64. This means on provided folder structure that the file is in folder x64 and not somewhere else and therefore the application is executed next from its original location to fix the found *.aaxplugin file.
The line with IF is for the folder structure example:
if not "C:\Users\Davide\Desktop\test\Folder1\Contents" == "C:\Users\Davide\Desktop\test\Folder1\Contents\x64\"
if not "C:\Users\Davide\Desktop\test\Folder 2\Contents" == "C:\Users\Davide\Desktop\test\Folder 2\Contents\x64\"
So for both *.aaxplugin files the condition is true because the compared strings are not identical
Also possible would be:
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /F "delims=" %%F in ('dir /A-D /B /S "%USERPROFILE%\test\*.aaxplugin" 2^>nul') do (
set "FilePath=%%~dpF"
if not "!FilePath:\x64\=!" == "!FilePath!" "%ProgramFiles%\Sugar Bytes\TransVST\TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%F"
)
endlocal
But command DIR is not really necessary as it can be seen on first provided code.
But if the application TransVST_Fixer.exe for some unknown reason does its job right only with directory of file being also the current directory, the following batch code could be used instead of first code using the commands pushd and popd:
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /R "%USERPROFILE%\test" %%F in (*.aaxplugin) do (
set "FilePath=%%~dpF"
echo !FilePath!
if /I "!FilePath:~-5!" == "\x64\" (
pushd "%%~dpF"
"%ProgramFiles%\Sugar Bytes\TransVST\TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%~nxF"
popd
)
)
endlocal
There is one more difference in comparison to first code. Now the last 5 characters of path of file are compared case-insensitive with the string \x64\. Therefore the file must be really inside a folder with name x64 or X64. A folder with name x64 or X64 anywhere else in path of file does not result anymore in a true state for the condition as in first two batch codes.
But if for some unknown reason it is really necessary to run the application in same folder as the found *.aaxplugin and the directory of the file must be the current directory, the following batch code could be used:
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /R "%USERPROFILE%\test" %%# in (*.aaxplugin) do (
set "FilePath=%%~dp#"
if /I "!FilePath:~-5!" == "\x64\" (
pushd "%%~dp#"
"%%~dp#TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%~nx#"
popd
)
)
endlocal
The path of the file referenced with %%~dpF always ends with a backslash which is the reason why there is no backslash left of TransVST_Fixer.exe (although command processor could handle also file with with two backslashes in path).
In batch code above character # is used as loop variable because %%~dp#TransVST_Fixer.exe is easier to read in comparison to %%~dpFTransVST_Fixer.exe. It is more clear for a human with using # as loop variable where the reference to loop variable ends and where name of application begins. For the command processor it would not make a difference if loop variable is # or upper case F.
A lower case f would work here also as loop variable, but is in general problematic as explained on Modify variable within loop of batch script.
For understanding the used commands and how they work, open a command prompt window, execute there the following commands, and read entirely all help pages displayed for each command very carefully.
dir /?
echo /?
endlocal /?
for /?
if /?
popd /?
pushd /?
set /?
setlocal /?
Your question isn't quite clear, but it seems, something like this should work:
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /b /s X64\*.ext') do "%%~dpfMyExe.exe" "%%f"
Maybe you have to change directory to each folder (depends on your .exe):
for /f "delims=" %%d in ('dir /B /ad') do (
pushd "%%d"
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /b "contents\x64\*.ext"') do (
cd Contents\x64
MyExe.exe "%%f"
)
popd
)
Assuming:
The Directory structure is fixed and the files are indeed in a subfolder contents\X64\.
MyExe.exe is the same (name) in every folder.
There is only one file *.ext in every folder.
I'll give you the script I created for doing so, hope it works for you
for /d %%d IN (./*) do (cd "%%d/Contents/x64" & "../../../TransVST_Fixer.exe" "%%d" & cd "/Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins")
Please note that I placed the fixer inside the root folder so I just have to copy it once. You have to place it inside your root folder and execute it. What it does:
iterate over each folder
for each one it enters /Contents/x64, executes the fixer (wich is 3 levels above) and after that returns to the original folder.
If you have your plugins in a different folder, you just have to change this part replacing the path for the one you have your plugins in.
cd "/Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins"
REMEMBER to place the script on that folder. For this example I place my script on the folder "/Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins" and run it (as a .bat).
PS: the fixer will place the fixed plugins in "C:\Users\Public\modified" (just read the screen while executing, it gives you the new files path. If you want to move them to the right path, you can execute this from the new files path ("C:\Users\Public\modified")
for %%d IN (*.aaxplugin) do (mkdir "%%d_temp/Contents\x64" & move "%%d" "%%d_temp/Contents\x64/%%d" & rename "%%d_temp" "%%d")
with that, I iterate over every plugin and create a folder with the same name (I create _temp because of name colision, after moving the file I rename it to the correct one), also with the subfolder "/Contents/x64", and move the plugin inside. Once donde, you can just take the resulting folders and place them in their correct path.
Hope it works, for me it works like a charm.