I am trying to write a batch script that recursively lists all directories and their files with *.js type in the below format:
For example, if I start with the C:\project directory
c:\project
project.js
project_time.js
c:\project\core
core.js
core_render.js
core_application.js
I tried to implement the above logic in code as follows:
#echo off
for /r %%f in (*.js) do (
echo %%f >> names.txt
)
pause
I was not able to print the directory under which the files are listed.
#echo off
setlocal disabledelayedexpansion
set "lastdir="
( for /r %%A in (*.js) do (
set "nextdir=%%~dpA"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if /i not "!lastdir!" == "!nextdir!" (
rem Empty line and directory path.
if defined lastdir #echo(
#echo !nextdir!
)
endlocal
rem Filename.
#echo %%~nxA
set "lastdir=%%~dpA"
)
) > "names.txt"
The lastdir variable is to record the last directory path so it is echoed only once.
If lastdir is different to %%~dpA:
If lastdir is defined, then an empty line will be echoed.
Directory path of found file is echoed.
Filename is always echoed.
for modifiers dp is the drive and path. nx is the name and extension.
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion is used only where needed so paths with ! are not vulnerable.
I am not going to suggest a command line solution as it would be very long. Instead suggest use of tree command if the output format is suitable.
Here's an untested example, (I'm not expecting it to be quick if your base directory is large):
#Echo Off
(
For /F "Delims=" %%G In ('Dir /B /S /A:D "C:\Project" 2^> NUL') Do (
%__AppDir__%where.exe /Q "%%G":*.js 1> NUL 2> NUL
If Not ErrorLevel 1 (
Echo/
Echo %%G
For /F "EOL=| Delims=" %%H In ('%__AppDir__%where.exe "%%G":*.js')Do (
Echo %%~nxH
)
)
)
) 1> "names.txt"
Pause
If you prefer to run something from the Command Prompt, then try this version:
(For /F "Delims=" %G In ('Dir /B/S/AD "C:\Project" 2^>NUL')Do #(%__AppDir__%where.exe /Q "%G":*.js >NUL 2>&1&&(Echo/&Echo %G&For /F "EOL=|Delims=" %H In ('%__AppDir__%where.exe "%G":*.js')Do #Echo %~nxH)))>"names.txt"
Two simple ways to do this:
dir /S *.js
You get the answers, just as you requested.
FORFILES /S /M *.js /C "cmd /c echo #path"
You get complete path for every file.
I need windows batch file to prefix filename in subfolders with name of folder & subfolder name
e.g. I have folder created for date 12012017 with following structure
d:\12012017\1234\ABC\file1.txt
d:\12012017\1234\ABC\file2.txt
d:\12012017\5678\PQR\file3.txt
d:\12012017\2345\XYZ\file4.txt
Need them to rename to
d:\12012017\1234\ABC\1234_ABC_file1.txt
d:\12012017\1234\ABC\1234_ABC_file2.txt
d:\12012017\5678\PQR\5678_PQR_file3.txt
d:\12012017\2345\XYZ\2345_XYZ_file4.txt
Tried following code but didn't work
set mydate=%date:~0,2%%date:~3,2%%date:~6,4%
REM ECHO %mydate%
D:
CD D:\%mydate%
#ECHO STARTING RENAME
pushd D:\%mydate%
for /d %%D in (*) do (
#ECHO 1- pushd "%%D"
#ECHO CD %%D
for /d %%X in (*) do (
#ECHO pushd "%%X"
for /r %%F in (*) do (
#ECHO 2- pushd "%%F"
for %%P in ("%%F\..") do (
#ECHO 3- pushd "%%P"
#ECHO 4 - ren "%%F" "%%~nxD_%%~nxF"
)
)
)
popd
)
popd
CD\
There are better ways to get the current date in the correct format, but I will preserve your existing method that is locale dependent.
It is important to use FOR /F with DIR on the inner loop instead of simple FOR because simple FOR can iterate files that have been already named, but FOR /F will not.
#echo off
:: Set current directory to today's date
pushd "d:\%date:~0,2%%date:~3,2%%date:~6,4%"
for /d %%A in (*) do ( %= Iterate all child folders =%
for /d %%B in ("%%A\*") do ( %= Iterate grandchild folders = %
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%F in ( %= Iterate result of DIR command =%
'dir /b /a-d "%%~B\*" 2^>nul' %= List all files in grandchild folder =%
) do ren "%%~B\%%F" "%%~A_%%~nxB_%%F" %= Rename each file =%
)
)
popd
I have following script that removes all subdirectory from ROOT directory and removes all files in a ROOT directory except *.bat files.
pause
FOR /R C:\Temp\ %%F IN (*.*) DO IF NOT "%%~xF" == ".bat" DEL /F /S "%%F"
for /d %%i in ("c:\Temp\*") do rmdir /s /q "%%i"
pause
Help me improve script that it can also scan files *.bat in a ROOT subdirectories and remove all files with other extensions.
Test. If what it shows in console is what needs to be done, remove the echo command from destructive lines keeping the rmdir or del commands.
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions
set "root=c:\temp"
rem For the %root% tree
for /r "%root%" %%d in (.) do (
rem Test for the presence of .bat files under directory
dir /s /b "%%~fd\*.bat" 2>nul | find /v "" > nul
if errorlevel 1 (
rem If there is no .bat files under directory, remove directory
echo(**** rmdir /s /q "%%~fd"
) else (
rem There are bat files in directory or under it. Remove anything else in this directory
for %%f in ("%%~fd\*") do if not "%%~xf"==".bat" echo(-------- del "%%~ff"
)
)
EDITED - To adapt to comments - How to adapt the code so it will process more than one root folder? Take the code and convert it into a subroutine, then call it with the corresponding root. Iterate over the list of root directories
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions
for %%r in ("c:\temp" "c:\temp2" "c:\temp3") do call :processRoot %%r
endlocal
exit /b
:processRoot
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "root=%~1"
rem For the %root% tree
for /r "%root%" %%d in (.) do (
rem Test for the presence of .bat files under directory
dir /a /s /b "%%~fd\*.bat" 2>nul | find /v "" > nul
if errorlevel 1 (
rem If there is no .bat files under directory, remove directory
echo(**** rmdir /s /q "%%~fd"
) else (
rem There are bat files in directory or under it. Remove anything else in this directory
for %%f in ("%%~fd\*") do if not "%%~xf"==".bat" echo(-------- del "%%~ff"
)
)
endlocal
goto :eof
I need a script that will allow me to strip filenames to files that are placed within folders, and apply the folder names to the files, and add an incremental number to the end of each filename.
So the filenames would look something like this in their original state:
gdgeregdja34gtj.jpg
And then look like this after the script is executed:
foldername>foldername001.jpg
foldername>foldername002.jpg
I have this script, which allows the folder name to prefix any filename of files within folders. But it doesn't strip the filenames.
#echo off
pushd "Folder"
for /d %%D in (*) do (
for %%F in ("%%~D\*") do (
for %%P in ("%%F\..") do (
ren "%%F" "%%~nxP_%%~nxF"
)
)
)
popd
This will echo the rename commands to the screen, so if it does what you want then remove the echo to make it work.
Filenames with ! characters will not be renamed.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /d /r %%a in (*) do (
set n=0
pushd "%%a"
for /f "delims=" %%b in (' dir /b /a-d 2^>nul ') do (
set /a n=n+1
set num=0000!n!
echo ren "%%b" "%%~nxa!num:~-4!%%~xb"
)
popd
)
pause
How can I iterate over each file in a directory using a for loop?
And how could I tell if a certain entry is a directory or if it's just a file?
This lists all the files (and only the files) in the current directory and its subdirectories recursively:
for /r %i in (*) do echo %i
Also if you run that command in a batch file you need to double the % signs.
for /r %%i in (*) do echo %%i
(thanks #agnul)
Iterate through...
...files in current dir: for %f in (.\*) do #echo %f
...subdirs in current dir: for /D %s in (.\*) do #echo %s
...files in current and all subdirs: for /R %f in (.\*) do #echo %f
...subdirs in current and all subdirs: for /R /D %s in (.\*) do #echo %s
Unfortunately I did not find any way to iterate over files and subdirs at the same time.
Just use cygwin with its bash for much more functionality.
Apart from this: Did you notice, that the buildin help of MS Windows is a great resource for descriptions of cmd's command line syntax?
Also have a look here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490890.aspx
To iterate over each file a for loop will work:
for %%f in (directory\path\*) do ( something_here )
In my case I also wanted the file content, name, etc.
This lead to a few issues and I thought my use case might help. Here is a loop that reads info from each '.txt' file in a directory and allows you do do something with it (setx for instance).
#ECHO OFF
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%f in (directory\path\*.txt) do (
set /p val=<%%f
echo "fullname: %%f"
echo "name: %%~nf"
echo "contents: !val!"
)
*Limitation: val<=%%f will only get the first line of the file.
There is a subtle difference between running FOR from the command line and from a batch file. In a batch file, you need to put two % characters in front of each variable reference.
From a command line:
FOR %i IN (*) DO ECHO %i
From a batch file:
FOR %%i IN (*) DO ECHO %%i
This for-loop will list all files in a directory.
pushd somedir
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /b /a-d-h-s') do echo %%f
popd
"delims=" is useful to show long filenames with spaces in it....
'/b" show only names, not size dates etc..
Some things to know about dir's /a argument.
Any use of "/a" would list everything, including hidden and system attributes.
"/ad" would only show subdirectories, including hidden and system ones.
"/a-d" argument eliminates content with 'D'irectory attribute.
"/a-d-h-s" will show everything, but entries with 'D'irectory, 'H'idden 'S'ystem attribute.
If you use this on the commandline, remove a "%".
Hope this helps.
%1 refers to the first argument passed in and can't be used in an iterator.
Try this:
#echo off
for %%i in (*.*) do echo %%i
I had trouble getting jop's answer to work with an absolute path until I found this reference: https://ss64.com/nt/for_r.html
The following example loops through all files in a directory given by the absolute path.
For /R C:\absoulte\path\ %%G IN (*.*) do (
Echo %%G
)
Here's my go with comments in the code.
I'm just brushing up by biatch skills so forgive any blatant errors.
I tried to write an all in one solution as best I can with a little modification where the user requires it.
Some important notes: Just change the variable recursive to FALSE if you only want the root directories files and folders processed. Otherwise, it goes through all folders and files.
C&C most welcome...
#echo off
title %~nx0
chcp 65001 >NUL
set "dir=c:\users\%username%\desktop"
::
:: Recursive Loop routine - First Written by Ste on - 2020.01.24 - Rev 1
::
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem THIS IS A RECURSIVE SOLUTION [ALBEIT IF YOU CHANGE THE RECURSIVE TO FALSE, NO]
rem By removing the /s switch from the first loop if you want to loop through
rem the base folder only.
set recursive=TRUE
if %recursive% equ TRUE ( set recursive=/s ) else ( set recursive= )
endlocal & set recursive=%recursive%
cd /d %dir%
echo Directory %cd%
for %%F in ("*") do (echo → %%F) %= Loop through the current directory. =%
for /f "delims==" %%D in ('dir "%dir%" /ad /b %recursive%') do ( %= Loop through the sub-directories only if the recursive variable is TRUE. =%
echo Directory %%D
echo %recursive% | find "/s" >NUL 2>NUL && (
pushd %%D
cd /d %%D
for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir "*" /b') do ( %= Then loop through each pushd' folder and work on the files and folders =%
echo %%~aF | find /v "d" >NUL 2>NUL && ( %= This will weed out the directories by checking their attributes for the lack of 'd' with the /v switch therefore you can now work on the files only. =%
rem You can do stuff to your files here.
rem Below are some examples of the info you can get by expanding the %%F variable.
rem Uncomment one at a time to see the results.
echo → %%~F &rem expands %%F removing any surrounding quotes (")
rem echo → %%~dF &rem expands %%F to a drive letter only
rem echo → %%~fF &rem expands %%F to a fully qualified path name
rem echo → %%~pF &rem expands %%A to a path only
rem echo → %%~nF &rem expands %%F to a file name only
rem echo → %%~xF &rem expands %%F to a file extension only
rem echo → %%~sF &rem expanded path contains short names only
rem echo → %%~aF &rem expands %%F to file attributes of file
rem echo → %%~tF &rem expands %%F to date/time of file
rem echo → %%~zF &rem expands %%F to size of file
rem echo → %%~dpF &rem expands %%F to a drive letter and path only
rem echo → %%~nxF &rem expands %%F to a file name and extension only
rem echo → %%~fsF &rem expands %%F to a full path name with short names only
rem echo → %%~dp$dir:F &rem searches the directories listed in the 'dir' environment variable and expands %%F to the fully qualified name of the first one found. If the environment variable name is not defined or the file is not found by the search, then this modifier expands to the empty string
rem echo → %%~ftzaF &rem expands %%F to a DIR like output line
)
)
popd
)
)
echo/ & pause & cls
To iterate through all files and folders you can use
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /s') do echo %%a
To iterate through all folders only not with files, then you can use
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a:d /b /s') do echo %%a
Where /s will give all results throughout the directory tree in unlimited depth. You can skip /s if you want to iterate through the content of that folder not their sub folder
Implementing search in iteration
To iterate through a particular named files and folders you can search for the name and iterate using for loop
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir "file or folder name" /b /s') do echo %%a
To iterate through a particular named folders/directories and not files, then use /AD in the same command
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir "folder name" /b /AD /s') do echo %%a
for %1 in (*.*) do echo %1
Try "HELP FOR" in cmd for a full guide
This is the guide for XP commands. http://www.ss64.com/nt/
The following code creates a file Named "AllFilesInCurrentDirectorylist.txt" in the current Directory, which contains the list of all files (Only Files) in the current Directory. Check it out
dir /b /a-d > AllFilesInCurrentDirectorylist.txt
It could also use the forfiles command:
forfiles /s
and also check if it is a directory
forfiles /p c:\ /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c if #isdir==true echo #file is a directory"
I would use vbscript (Windows Scripting Host), because in batch I'm sure you cannot tell that a name is a file or a directory.
In vbs, it can be something like this:
Dim fileSystemObject
Set fileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim mainFolder
Set mainFolder = fileSystemObject.GetFolder(myFolder)
Dim files
Set files = mainFolder.Files
For Each file in files
...
Next
Dim subFolders
Set subFolders = mainFolder.SubFolders
For Each folder in subFolders
...
Next
Check FileSystemObject on MSDN.
I use the xcopy command with the /L option to get the file names. So if you want to get either a directory or all the files in the subdirectory you could do something like this:
for /f "delims=" %%a IN ('xcopy "D:\*.pdf" c:\ /l') do echo %%a
I just use the c:\ as the destination because it always exists on windows systems and it is not copying so it does not matter. if you want the subdirectories too just use /s option on the end. You can also use the other switches of xcopy if you need them for other reasons.
Try this to test if a file is a directory:
FOR /F "delims=" %I IN ('DIR /B /AD "filename" 2^>^&1 ^>NUL') DO IF "%I" == "File Not Found" ECHO Not a directory
This only will tell you whether a file is NOT a directory, which will also be true if the file doesn't exist, so be sure to check for that first if you need to. The carets (^) are used to escape the redirect symbols and the file listing output is redirected to NUL to prevent it from being displayed, while the DIR listing's error output is redirected to the output so you can test against DIR's message "File Not Found".
try this:
::Example directory
set SetupDir=C:\Users
::Loop in the folder with "/r" to search in recursive folders, %%f being a loop ::variable
for /r "%SetupDir%" %%f in (*.msi *.exe) do set /a counter+=1
echo there are %counter% files in your folder
it counts .msi and .exe files in your directory (and in the sub directory). So it also makes the difference between folders and files as executables.
Just add an extension (.pptx .docx ..) if you need to filter other files in the loop
In my case I had to delete all the files and folders underneath a temp folder. So this is how I ended up doing it. I had to run two loops one for file and one for folders. If files or folders have spaces in their names then you have to use " "
cd %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\
rem files only
for /r %%a in (*) do (
echo deleting file "%%a" ...
if exist "%%a" del /s /q "%%a"
)
rem folders only
for /D %%a in (*) do (
echo deleting folder "%%a" ...
if exist "%%a" rmdir /s /q "%%a"
)