For a given directory, How to find .java file in current and sub-directory and verify if the file containing "com.demo" then replace with "com.practice" in Windows bat command?
Assumptions:
OS: Windows 10
After doing lot of google I came to below command but it neither throwing error nor doing anything.
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%f in ("<my direcoty path>*.java") do (
type %%f | repl "com.demo" "com.practice" >%%f.new
move %%f.new %%f
set /p val=<%%f
echo %val%
echo "fullname: %%f"
echo "name: %%~nf"
echo "contents: !val!"
)
pause
I am on Windows 10. I have a folder with sub folder. All subfolders have "Subs" folder inside them. I want to loop through all subdirectories, goto Subs directory, unrar a file, Goto next subdirectory and repeat.
I tried below script but could not get to work.
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
set "rootFolder=C:\Users\MNM\MAT"
echo ----------------------------------------------------------------------
for /d /r "%rootFolder%" %%a in (.) do (
set mypath=%cd%
#echo %mypath%
cd %%a
set mypath=%cd%
#echo %mypath%
cd Subs
set mypath=%cd%
#echo %mypath%
C:\Users\MNM\MAT\unrar e *subs.rar C:\Users\MNM\mat2\
cd C:\Users\MNM\MAT
)
This simple task can be done with just a single command line:
#echo off
for /R "%USERPROFILE%\MAT" %%I in ("*subs.rar") do "%USERPROFILE%\MAT\UnRAR.exe" x -c- -idcdp -y "%%I" "%USERPROFILE%\mat2\"
USERPROFILE is a predefined Windows Environment Variable which is on your computer for your user account defined with value C:\Users\MNM.
The command FOR searches in directory C:\Users\MNM\MAT and all its non hidden subdirectories because of /R for non hidden files matching the pattern *subs.rar. Each file name found is assigned with full path to loop variable I.
UnRAR is executed for each found RAR archive file for extracting the archive to directory C:\Users\MNM\mat2 with extracting also the directory structures inside the RAR archive file because of command x instead of e. Existing files in destination directory (tree) are automatically overwritten because of -y. The switches -c- and -idcdp are for displaying less information during extraction process.
For a brief description of used and additionally available switches of UnRAR run in command prompt window UnRAR without any parameter or with /? as parameter. A complete description of the commands and switches of UnRAR can be found in text file Rar.txt in program files folder of WinRAR if that shareware application is also installed and not just the freeware UnRAR.
It is absolutely not needed to change into the directory containing the RAR archive file on extracting all RAR archives into same destination directory as it can be seen here.
This is one possible way if I understood your folder structure correctly:
#echo off
set "Base=C:\Users\MNM\MAT"
echo ----------------------------------------------------------------------
for /F "delims=" %%A in (
'dir /B/S "%Base%\*subs.rar" ^| findstr /i "^%Base:\=\\%\\[^\\]*\\Subs\\[^\\]*subs.rar$"'
) do Echo "C:\Users\MNM\MAT\unrar.exe" e "%%~fA" "C:\Users\MNM\mat2\"
the for /f will parse the output of the dir and findstr
dir will iterate all *subs.rar in the tree starting from %Base%
the complex RegEx in findstr will filter the rar's to those in a folder subs in a subfolder of %Base%
as a backslash is an escape char in a RegEx, literal backslashes have to be doubled.
If the output looks ok remove the echo in the last line.
Just because recursing all subdirectories and extracting all *subs.rar files wasn't requested here's an example that is based upon my assumptions:
#ECHO OFF
SET "rootDir=%USERPROFILE%\MAT"
IF /I NOT "%CD%"=="%rootDir%" CD /D "%rootDir%"
FOR /D %%A IN (*
) DO IF EXIST "%%A\Subs\*subs.rar" UNRAR e "%%A\Subs\*subs.rar" mat2\
Using a batch file, I am trying to get the last foldername in a path.
The batch file gets the current working directory, goes up one level and uses that foldername. The problem is that if the foldername has spaces like "My Project", then the below code will return just "Project".
#echo off
cls
:: get pathnames
set ProjectRoot=%~dp0..\
set ProjectRootLast=%ProjectRoot:~0, -1%
for %%f in (%ProjectRootLast%) do (
set ProjectName=%%~nxf
)
echo %ProjectRoot%
echo %ProjectName%
pause
aschipfl is right, you should use:
#echo off
cls
:: get pathnames
set "ProjectRoot=%~dp0..\"
set "ProjectRootLast=%ProjectRoot:~0,-1%"
for %%f in ("%ProjectRootLast%") do (
set "ProjectName=%%~nxf"
)
echo %ProjectRoot%
echo %ProjectName%
pause
But you could do this much more efficiently using
for %%* in (.) do echo %%~nx*
to get the name of the current directory and
for %%* in (./..) do echo %%~nx*
To get the name of the directory above that
I want to write a Windows batch file script that will loop through a text file of FILE PATHS, do some work using data from each file path, then ultimately delete the file.
I started by running the FORFILES command and sending its output (the #PATH parameter is the full path of any file it matches) to a text file (results.txt).
I end up with a results.txt file like this:
"C:/Windows/Dir1/fileA.log"
"C:/Windows/Dir1/fileA.log"
"C:/Windows/Dir2/fileC.log"
"C:/Windows/Dir3/fileB.log"
What I want to do is:
Use a FOR loop and read each line in the results.txt file
For each line (file path), strip out the directory name that the log file is sitting in (ie: Dir1, Dir2, etc..) and create a directory with that SAME name in a different location (ie. D:/Archive/Backups/Dir1, D:/Archive/Backups/Dir2, etc..) -- assuming the directory doesn't exist.
Move the actual .log file to a zip file in that directory [I have code to do this].
Delete the .log file from its original location. [Pretty straightforward]
I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to accomplish the first 2 steps. My FOR loop seems to stop after reading the very first line:
FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 delims=\" %%G in ("results.txt") DO (
...
)
You don't want to parse the path with the tokens/delims options because you don't know how many directory levels you are dealing with. You want to preserve each line in its entirety. TO parse the path you want to use the FOR variable modifiers. (type HELP FOR from the command line and look at the last section of the output)
%%~pG gives the path (without the drive or file name). If we then strip off the last \, we can go through another FOR iteration and get the name (and possible extension) of the file's directory by using %%~nxA.
The toggling of delayed expansion is just to protect against a possible ! in the path. If you know that no path contains ! then you can simply enable delayed expansion at the top of the script and be done with it.
EDIT - this code has been modified significantly since Aacini pointed out that I misread the requirements. It should satisfy the requirements now.
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%G in ("results.txt") do (
set "myPath=%~pG"
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%A in ("!myPath:~0,-1!") do (
endlocal
if not exist d:\Archive\Backups\%%~nxA md d:\Archive\Backups\%%~nxA
rem ::zip %%G into zip file in the D: location
rem ::you should be able to create the zip with the move option
rem ::so you don't have to del the file
)
)
I wrote this to timestamp files before offloading to SFTP.
Hope you find it useful.
The timestamp coding may seem irrelevant to your issue, but I left it because it's a good example of dissecting the filename itself.
I suggest you put an ECHO in front of the REN command for testing. Different shells may have different results.
In the end, the delayedexpansion command wasn't necessary. It was the sub-routine that fixed my issues with variables inside the loop. That could possibly be because of my OS ver. (Win 8.1) - It wouldn't hurt to leave it.
#echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if %time:~0,2% geq 10 set TIMESTAMP=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%
if %time:~0,2% leq 9 set TIMESTAMP=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%_0%time:~1,1%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%
echo TimeStamp=%TIMESTAMP%
echo.
for %%G in (*.txt) do (
set OLDNAME=%%G
call :MXYZPTLK
)
dir *.txt
goto :EOF
:MXYZPTLK
echo OldName=%OLDNAME%
ren %OLDNAME% %OLDNAME:~0,-4%_%TIMESTAMP%%OLDNAME:~-4,4%
echo.
:END
You have two minor problems:
The path separator in the file is '/' but you use '\' in the for loop.
The quotes around "results.txt" stop it working.
This works. Don't write quotes to results.txt and you won't get a quote at the end of the filename.
#echo off
FOR /F "tokens=3,4 delims=/" %%I in (results.txt) DO (
REM Directory
echo %%I
REM File
echo %%J
)
Is there a way in a Windows batch script to return an absolute path from a value containing a filename and/or relative path?
Given:
"..\"
"..\somefile.txt"
I need the absolute path relative to the batch file.
Example:
"somefile.txt" is located in "C:\Foo\"
"test.bat" is located in "C:\Foo\Bar".
User opens a command window in "C:\Foo" and calls Bar\test.bat ..\somefile.txt
In the batch file "C:\Foo\somefile.txt" would be derived from %1
In batch files, as in standard C programs, argument 0 contains the path to the currently executing script. You can use %~dp0 to get only the path portion of the 0th argument (which is the current script) - this path is always a fully qualified path.
You can also get the fully qualified path of your first argument by using %~f1, but this gives a path according to the current working directory, which is obviously not what you want.
Personally, I often use the %~dp0%~1 idiom in my batch file, which interpret the first argument relative to the path of the executing batch. It does have a shortcoming though: it miserably fails if the first argument is fully-qualified.
If you need to support both relative and absolute paths, you can make use of Frédéric Ménez's solution: temporarily change the current working directory.
Here's an example that'll demonstrate each of these techniques:
#echo off
echo %%~dp0 is "%~dp0"
echo %%0 is "%0"
echo %%~dpnx0 is "%~dpnx0"
echo %%~f1 is "%~f1"
echo %%~dp0%%~1 is "%~dp0%~1"
rem Temporarily change the current working directory, to retrieve a full path
rem to the first parameter
pushd .
cd %~dp0
echo batch-relative %%~f1 is "%~f1"
popd
If you save this as c:\temp\example.bat and the run it from c:\Users\Public as
c:\Users\Public>\temp\example.bat ..\windows
...you'll observe the following output:
%~dp0 is "C:\temp\"
%0 is "\temp\example.bat"
%~dpnx0 is "C:\temp\example.bat"
%~f1 is "C:\Users\windows"
%~dp0%~1 is "C:\temp\..\windows"
batch-relative %~f1 is "C:\Windows"
the documentation for the set of modifiers allowed on a batch argument can be found here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/call
I came across a similar need this morning: how to convert a relative path into an absolute path inside a Windows command script.
The following did the trick:
#echo off
set REL_PATH=..\..\
set ABS_PATH=
rem // Save current directory and change to target directory
pushd %REL_PATH%
rem // Save value of CD variable (current directory)
set ABS_PATH=%CD%
rem // Restore original directory
popd
echo Relative path: %REL_PATH%
echo Maps to path: %ABS_PATH%
Most of these answers seem crazy over complicated and super buggy, here's mine -- it works on any environment variable, no %CD% or PUSHD/POPD, or for /f nonsense -- just plain old batch functions. -- The directory & file don't even have to exist.
CALL :NORMALIZEPATH "..\..\..\foo\bar.txt"
SET BLAH=%RETVAL%
ECHO "%BLAH%"
:: ========== FUNCTIONS ==========
EXIT /B
:NORMALIZEPATH
SET RETVAL=%~f1
EXIT /B
Without having to have another batch file to pass arguments to (and use the argument operators), you can use FOR /F:
FOR /F %%i IN ("..\relativePath") DO echo absolute path: %%~fi
where the i in %%~fi is the variable defined at /F %%i. eg. if you changed that to /F %%a then the last part would be %%~fa.
To do the same thing right at the command prompt (and not in a batch file) replace %% with %...
This is to help fill in the gaps in Adrien Plisson's answer (which should be upvoted as soon as he edits it ;-):
you can also get the fully qualified path of your first argument by using %~f1, but this gives a path according to the current path, which is obviously not what you want.
unfortunately, i don't know how to mix the 2 together...
One can handle %0 and %1 likewise:
%~dpnx0 for fully qualified drive+path+name+extension of the batchfile itself,
%~f0 also suffices;
%~dpnx1 for fully qualified drive+path+name+extension of its first argument [if that's a filename at all],
%~f1 also suffices;
%~f1 will work independent of how you did specify your first argument: with relative paths or with absolute paths (if you don't specify the file's extension when naming %1, it will not be added, even if you use %~dpnx1 -- however.
But how on earth would you name a file on a different drive anyway if you wouldn't give that full path info on the commandline in the first place?
However, %~p0, %~n0, %~nx0 and %~x0 may come in handy, should you be interested in path (without driveletter), filename (without extension), full filename with extension or filename's extension only. But note, while %~p1 and %~n1 will work to find out the path or name of the first argument, %~nx1 and %~x1 will not add+show the extension, unless you used it on the commandline already.
You can also use batch functions for this:
#echo off
setlocal
goto MAIN
::-----------------------------------------------
:: "%~f2" get abs path of %~2.
::"%~fs2" get abs path with short names of %~2.
:setAbsPath
setlocal
set __absPath=%~f2
endlocal && set %1=%__absPath%
goto :eof
::-----------------------------------------------
:MAIN
call :setAbsPath ABS_PATH ..\
echo %ABS_PATH%
endlocal
Small improvement to BrainSlugs83's excellent solution. Generalized to allow naming the output environment variable in the call.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem Example input value.
set RelativePath=doc\build
rem Resolve path.
call :ResolvePath AbsolutePath %RelativePath%
rem Output result.
echo %AbsolutePath%
rem End.
exit /b
rem === Functions ===
rem Resolve path to absolute.
rem Param 1: Name of output variable.
rem Param 2: Path to resolve.
rem Return: Resolved absolute path.
:ResolvePath
set %1=%~dpfn2
exit /b
If run from C:\project output is:
C:\project\doc\build
I have not seen many solutions to this problem. Some solutions make use of directory traversal using CD and others make use of batch functions. My personal preference has been for batch functions and in particular, the MakeAbsolute function as provided by DosTips.
The function has some real benefits, primarily that it does not change your current working directory and secondly that the paths being evaluated don't even have to exist. You can find some helpful tips on how to use the function here too.
Here is an example script and its outputs:
#echo off
set scriptpath=%~dp0
set siblingfile=sibling.bat
set siblingfolder=sibling\
set fnwsfolder=folder name with spaces\
set descendantfolder=sibling\descendant\
set ancestorfolder=..\..\
set cousinfolder=..\uncle\cousin
call:MakeAbsolute siblingfile "%scriptpath%"
call:MakeAbsolute siblingfolder "%scriptpath%"
call:MakeAbsolute fnwsfolder "%scriptpath%"
call:MakeAbsolute descendantfolder "%scriptpath%"
call:MakeAbsolute ancestorfolder "%scriptpath%"
call:MakeAbsolute cousinfolder "%scriptpath%"
echo scriptpath: %scriptpath%
echo siblingfile: %siblingfile%
echo siblingfolder: %siblingfolder%
echo fnwsfolder: %fnwsfolder%
echo descendantfolder: %descendantfolder%
echo ancestorfolder: %ancestorfolder%
echo cousinfolder: %cousinfolder%
GOTO:EOF
::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:: Function declarations
:: Handy to read http://www.dostips.com/DtTutoFunctions.php for how dos functions
:: work.
::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:MakeAbsolute file base -- makes a file name absolute considering a base path
:: -- file [in,out] - variable with file name to be converted, or file name itself for result in stdout
:: -- base [in,opt] - base path, leave blank for current directory
:$created 20060101 :$changed 20080219 :$categories Path
:$source http://www.dostips.com
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set "src=%~1"
if defined %1 set "src=!%~1!"
set "bas=%~2"
if not defined bas set "bas=%cd%"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ("%bas%.\%src%") do set "src=%%~fa"
( ENDLOCAL & REM RETURN VALUES
IF defined %1 (SET %~1=%src%) ELSE ECHO.%src%
)
EXIT /b
And the output:
C:\Users\dayneo\Documents>myscript
scriptpath: C:\Users\dayneo\Documents\
siblingfile: C:\Users\dayneo\Documents\sibling.bat
siblingfolder: C:\Users\dayneo\Documents\sibling\
fnwsfolder: C:\Users\dayneo\Documents\folder name with spaces\
descendantfolder: C:\Users\dayneo\Documents\sibling\descendant\
ancestorfolder: C:\Users\
cousinfolder: C:\Users\dayneo\uncle\cousin
I hope this helps... It sure helped me :)
P.S. Thanks again to DosTips! You rock!
You can just concatenate them.
SET ABS_PATH=%~dp0
SET REL_PATH=..\SomeFile.txt
SET COMBINED_PATH=%ABS_PATH%%REL_PATH%
it looks odd with \..\ in the middle of your path but it works. No need to do anything crazy :)
In your example, from Bar\test.bat, DIR /B /S ..\somefile.txt would return the full path.
PowerShell is pretty common these days so I use it often as a quick way to invoke C# since that has functions for pretty much everything:
#echo off
set pathToResolve=%~dp0\..\SomeFile.txt
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('powershell -Command "[System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath( '%projectDirMc%' )"') do #set resolvedPath=%%a
echo Resolved path: %resolvedPath%
It's a bit slow, but the functionality gained is hard to beat unless without resorting to an actual scripting language.
stijn's solution works with subfolders under C:\Program Files (86)\,
#echo off
set projectDirMc=test.txt
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('powershell -Command "[System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath( '%projectDirMc%' )"') do #set resolvedPath=%%a
echo full path: %resolvedPath%
Files See all other answers
Directories
With .. being your relative path, and assuming you are currently in D:\Projects\EditorProject:
cd .. & cd & cd EditorProject (the relative path)
returns absolute path e.g.
D:\Projects
SET CD=%~DP0
SET REL_PATH=%CD%..\..\build\
call :ABSOLUTE_PATH ABS_PATH %REL_PATH%
ECHO %REL_PATH%
ECHO %ABS_PATH%
pause
exit /b
:ABSOLUTE_PATH
SET %1=%~f2
exit /b