How to make a folder with name as date_time and copy a specified .bat file into that.
I want to use .bat file for above stated functionality.
Try using search because working datestamps and DOS have been around for many years.
Try this:
set "newdirectory=c:\%date:/=-%-%time::=-%"
md "%newdirectory%"
will create something like "Thu 01-15-2015-14-41-19.61" (depending on your local date/time settings)
Had to look up substring replace and found this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/6159108/4317867
-Edit, add explanations.
MD using the system variables %DATE% and %TIME% but replace the invalid characters / and :
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I'm having issues renaming the following file using a batch (.bat) file. I'm using Windows 7.
Here's my syntax:
SET MY_PATH=%~dp0
ren %MY_PATH%\MY_RECAP* DBS.txt
I'm attempting to rename a file that has a changing file name due to the current date being appended to the end of the MY_RECAP file name (such as MY_RECAP_MMDDYYYY). I'm using a wildcard to rename that file to DBS.txt
This still won't work. Any ideas?
There are quite many solutions to do this. The first and easier one is:
#ren "%~dp0MY_RECAP_*" "DBS.txt"
If you want to check a DBS.txt file already exists, use an if exist statement:
#if not exist "%~dp0DBS.txt" (#ren "%~dp0MY_RECAP_*" "DBS.txt")
An additional note: If in your batch file you have specified somewhere above #echo off or echo off, remove the # symbols from everywhere.
I have a CMD script I have been working on that reads a folder that has 3 different files in it. They have names like the following:
File1_ddmmyyyy.txt
File2_ddmmyyyy.txt
file3_ddmmyyyy.txt
I can use * to identify the files but the next step that uses the file name (Launching an ETL program) requires that the full file path. It is unable to identify the file (is entered as: file3_*.txt Literally)
Does anyone have and ideas on how I can grab this file based on the Wildcard, then obtain the full name to use later?
Thanks
EDIT - Example-
There is one ETL File executable line that matches up with each of the files based on the file name. for example:
File1_ddmmyyyy.txt is matched with ETL file File1.tf.map (Based on the file name and ETL file name) it is a one to one match (3 files to load and 3 ETL files to load them)
DJENGINE -sc "Y:\FileLocation\%Year_Mo_Da%\File1*.txt"-tc Server="X";Database="Y";Table="dbo.File1" "Y:\MapLocation\File1.tf.xml" (FileName = File1_ddmmyyyy.txt)
DJENGINE -sc "Y:\FileLocation\%Year_Mo_Da%\File2*.txt"-tc Server="X";Database="Y";Table="dbo.File2" "Y:\MapLocation\File2.tf.xml" (FileName = File2_ddmmyyyy.txt)
DJENGINE -sc "Y:\FileLocation\%Year_Mo_Da%\File3*.txt"-tc Server="X";Database="Y";Table="dbo.File3" "Y:\MapLocation\File3.tf.xml" (FileName = File3_ddmmyyyy.txt)
In the executable line of code for the ETL program instead of referencing the actual file name (Needed to run) it is trying to run File1*.txt Not filling in the variable.
My only thought would be since I have only 3 files and three ETL files that match base on the root file names I can place each of the files full names in a variable prior to this then use each of them in the executable ETL lines.
Not sure if this would work or how to do it. Let me know if this helps.
Hmm - started off clear as mud.
Then Taz arrived with his mixmaster on Turbo...
What congeals from this appears to be:
There's a directory "Y:\FileLocation\yyyy_mm_dd which contains 3 text files FileNddmmyyyy.txt
where dd is day number, mm month number, yyyy 4-digit year number and N will be 1..3.
The requirement from there is to build an appropriate command using the template
DJENGINE -sc "Y:\FileLocation\yyyy_mm_dd\FileN_ddmmyyyy.txt" -tc Server="X";Database="Y";Table="dbo.FileN" "Y:\MapLocation\FileN.tf.xml"
where dd,mm,yyyy,N have the same meanings, for N=1..3
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "yyyymmdd=%1"
IF NOT DEFINED yyyymmdd for /f "skip=1 delims=" %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do set yyyymmdd=%%x&GOTO gotdate
:gotdate
SET "yyyymmdd=%yyyymmdd:~0,8%"&SET "yyyy=%yyyymmdd:~0,4%"&SET "mm=%yyyymmdd:~4,2%"&SET "dd=%yyyymmdd:~6,2%"
FOR %%a IN (1,2,3) DO ECHO(DJENGINE -sc "Y:\FileLocation\%yyyy%_%mm%_%dd%\File%%a_%dd%%mm%%yyyy%.txt" -tc Server="X";Database="Y";Table="dbo.File%%a" "Y:\MapLocation\File%%a.tf.xml"
GOTO :EOF
In the absence of any information about where yyyymmdd come from, the above should fill in the values for today.
If the procedure is provided with a parameter in the format yyyymmdd like this:
thisbatch 20140726
then the procedure will generate lines for July 26th 2014 (note that the value provided here is not checked for validity)
The required DJENGINE commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO(DJENGINE to DJENGINE to actually execute the program on the files. This presumes that DJENGINE is an executable, not a batch procedure.
I am writing a batch script which will copy a file from a folder into the C:\ drive:
#ECHO ON
COPY C:\RANDOMFILES\Weekly Reprort_Hew*.xls C:\Weekly Reprort_Hew???????????.xls
The filename in the RANDOMFILES folder is: Weekly Reprort_Hew, 6-29-2014 10-30-00 PM-642.xls (The date and time and the number at the end will always change so I used the * in the filename being copied in the script)
When I run the batch script, I get the following message:
c:\RANDOMFILES>COPY C:\RANDOMFILES\Weekly Reprort_Hewlett*.xls C:\Weekly Reprort
_Hewlett???????????.xls
The system cannot find the file specified.
How can I fix the issue?
You need double quotes to handle spaces etc. Double check the spelling too.
#ECHO ON
COPY "C:\RANDOMFILES\Weekly Reprort_Hew*.xls" "C:\Weekly Reprort_Hew???????????.xls"
Don't know why it is not working - is it hidden? Maybe the spaces in the name?
The following will work though:
FOR %%I in (C:\RANDOMFILES\Weekly Reprort_Hew*.xls) DO COPY "%%I" C:\
The destination file name isn't necessary; if not otherwise specified, it will remain unchanged provided the destination is different. That may be why the plain COPY command isn't working.
Also:
"It is an not-so-well-known fact that the question mark wildcard will match exactly one character only when the wildcard does not appear at the end of a file name. " from http://www.thefriendlycoder.com/2011/11/24/batch-file-gotcha-question-mark-wildcard/
I need to get a list of file names from a directory using a windows batch program. I would like to take each FILE NAME and combine that with another command line statement.
Note i only need the file name not the contents of the file.
How would this be done?
If i have a 'Data' directory on the D drive with the below files (note there could be many files)
--------------
myFile1.abc
myfile2.abc
------------------
How could i dynamically create something like this using a windows batch program?
move C:\myFile1.abc C:\newdir
move C:\myFile2.abc C:\newdir
note - (i know there is a easier way move files but but i am trying to understand the logic so i can use it in a different command)
You can use a for loop:
for %%X in (D:\*) do (
echo move %%X C:\newdir
)
Try on the command line:
for %X in (D:\DataFiles\*) do echo move "%~fX" C:\newdir>>logfile.txt
It puts all file names from D:\DataFiles in logfile.txt (except hidden files).
I have an exe application that takes in 2 parameters. One is a input file path with an specific extension (e.g. *.jpg) and Second is the output file path.
Now in a folder, I have let's say 100 jpeg images which I want to pass in continuously and saved the output with the same file name as the input (extension will be different, the exe does the conversion).
Any idea how do I write a batch file to achieve this?
Thanks and Regards,
Perumal
Try this:
#FOR %%1 IN (%1) DO convert %%1 %2\%%n1.png
To be used as:
bulkconvert c:\test\*.jpg c:\test
It'll call convert for each file that matches the search pattern c:\test*.jpg and a 2nd parameter will be provided with the path provided as batch's 2nd parameter (note: there is not the trailing backslash) with the same file name but with extension png.
As reference: How to get folder path from file path with CMD