I have a files which doesn't have extension ending A_INI, A_FIF. And I need to write a code to search this files by user entering only A, if Exist I need to copy A_INI, A_FIF to another folder.
Example folder contains A_INI, A_FIF, A_LOG by prompting user enters file name as A.
I have to check files starting with A_* and if exist i have to move it to another folder.
How can this be achieved using batch script?
Not tested:
#echo off
setlocal
set "source_dir=C:\source"
set "destination_dir=C:\dest"
set /p "mask=Enter a pattern: "
pushd "%source_dir%"
for %%# in ("%mask%_*") do (
copy /y "%%~#" "%destination_dir%"
)
endlocal
Related
I have already solved my question... What I haven't solved is how to do this if the .bat file is located in a parent folder and that it should work on all subfolders?
Right now, there's a limitation that it only create folders if the .bat file is located in the same folder as the files. It can't create folders if the files are inside a subfolder.
What I have is:
the filename of this .bat is :
organize.bat
#echo off
for %%i in (*) do (
if not "%%~ni" == "organize" (
md "%%~ni" && move "%%~i" "%%~ni"
)
)
How I do it right now:
I place the .bat file in a folder together with the files
When I click it, it will create folders with a name based on the files inside that folder
It will also move each files in those folders of the same name
What I need:
Place the .bat file in the main folder with many subfolders containing the files
Click it to perform the same tasks above
Apologies if my explanation is confusing... I hope it's still understandable.
Thank you in advance!
Your attempt is very close to working but beware the wrinkles of using a simple approach without checking each detail so, start here:-
#echo off & Title %~n0
REM I recommend using cd /d "%~dp0" to ensure you start from the known cmd file folder location not some system folder
cd /D "%~dp0"
REM add the /R switch to run through subdirs
for /R %%i in (*) do (
REM replace organize to %~n0 so as to aid renaming by other users
if not "%%~DPni" == "%~DPn0" (
REM to allow for nested paths we need a fuller DP location for N (check it works exactly as desired then remove the echos)
echo md "%%~DPni" && echo move "%%~i" "%%~DPni"
)
)
BEWARE files with double .dot.s such as cmd.exe.lnk so check those echo's first
md "C:\Users\me\Favorites\Links\cmd.exe"
move "C:\Users\me\Favorites\Links\cmd.exe.lnk" "C:\Users\me\Favorites\Links\cmd.exe"
My aim is to search for a string contained within multiple .config files that sits inside a directory.
The folder structure is like this: C:\Parent_Folder\child_folder\
The child folder contains many different folders containing a .config file within each folder.
I am trying to create a .bat file that will allow me to search all of these folders and then replace a certain string with a new string.
I have found a way to search all files and print this to a document showing me where the changes are requires using:
findstr /i /s "DATABASE1" *.config > c:\temp\Changes.txt
However when it comes to creating a batch file to search the directory and replace all these files with a new string I am coming across the file path does not exist.
I have had a look at the following similar issues:
Batch script to replace specific string in multiple files
Find and replace string in multiple files within a folder using windows Batch script
The code I am currently using is:
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "dir1=C:\Parent_Folder\child_folder\"
set "search=database1"
set "replace=db2"
for /f "delims=" %%i in ("%dir1%\*.config") do (
set "line=%%i"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "line=!line:%search%=%replace%!"
>>"%configFile%" echo(!line!
endlocal
)
#pause
The error I keep coming across is that the specified path can not be found, I thought it may be due to environment variables so I added the path in there and displayed the echo %PATH% in the .bat file and the path does exist however I keep getting the error stating it does not.
So I am not sure if it is actually something else here causing the issue.
Any advice would be great.
You probably want [SS64]: FOR /R.
Small example:
script00.bat:
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set _ROOT_DIR=".\dir0"
for /R %_ROOT_DIR% %%f in (*.config) do (
echo file: %%f
rem Do the rest
)
Output:
[cfati#CFATI-5510-0:e:\Work\Dev\StackOverflow\q068684288]> tree /f /a
Folder PATH listing for volume SSD0-WORK
Volume serial number is AE9E-72AC
E:.
| script00.bat
|
\---dir0
+---dir0
| file.config
|
+---dir1
| file.config
|
\---dir2
file.config
[cfati#CFATI-5510-0:e:\Work\Dev\StackOverflow\q068684288]> script00.bat
file: e:\Work\Dev\StackOverflow\q068684288\dir0\dir0\file.config
file: e:\Work\Dev\StackOverflow\q068684288\dir0\dir1\file.config
file: e:\Work\Dev\StackOverflow\q068684288\dir0\dir2\file.config
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.
I want to accomplish the following: copy File A from Directory A to Directory B but File A already exist in Directory B and i don't want to overwrite it, simply put the new file in Directory B with a (1) or something so i'll know the difference. i can't manually name the file in the script as i plan to make it a batch file and run it every few hours therefore resulting in the same file existing with different names. IE. File A, File A(1), File A(2) so on and so on. please help. Thank you
Use Xcopy command with parameter /D
C:\> xcopy D:\source_dest E:\target_dest /E /D
/E parameter make that it copy files with subfolders
/D parameter make that it copy files without overwrite
if want more help inform me .if it works vote up
A cyclic copy refers to the situation where the source directory
contains the destination directory. Since the destination directory
is part of the source, the copying process eventually starts copying
the destination directory to a deeper portion of the destination.
This process will continue until, of course, the finite disk space
eventually runs out.
To avoid this condition but to achieve the objective, one can
specify a temporary destination which is on another volume (e.g.,
D:\temp\) and later copy the temporary destination to the final
destination, and delete the temporary directory at the end.
just check file exist before run xcopy command then run copy command
if NOT EXIST c:\directory B\File A ( xcopy c:\Directory A\File A c:\Directory B )
The following is made for folders but you can modify it for files.
Makes a backup of existed folder directory (and all contents in it) with new increase number in folder name [like TEST(1)... TEST(2)... folder].
The first part :Start will set the %PathFolder% variable with path to folder name (%userprofile%\Desktop\TEST) and then will search if exist. If NOT exists, will create it (xcopy), else, If exist, will directing the %PathFolder% variable to :Search label (for-)loop section for further handling...
Tip: Can be used %1 variable to set PathFolder set "PathFolder=%1" so it will work when you Drag-n-Drop a folder on this current saved batch file.
The second part :Search will search in the %PathFolder% variable (%userprofile%\Desktop\TEST) and will make a COPY of "TEST" folder (and all contents in it) with an increase number added in parenthesis at the end of folder name [like TEST(1)]. If already exist TEST(1) then will copy TEST folder as TEST(2) ... or TEST(3) ... and so on.
::Make a backup of existed folder directory (and all contents in it) with new increase number in folder name.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "IncrNum=1"
:Start
::The following will set the "%PathFolder%" variable with path to folder name (%userprofile%\Desktop\TEST) and then will search if exist. If NOT exists, will create it (xcopy), else, If exist, will directing the "%PathFolder%" variable to :Search label (for-)loop section for further handling...
::Tip: Can be used %1 instead of %userprofile%\Desktop\TEST in [set "PathFolder=..."] line so it will work when you Drag-n-Drop a folder on this current saved batch file.
set "PathFolder=%userprofile%\Desktop\TEST"
if NOT exist "%PathFolder%" (
xcopy %PathFolder% %PathFolder% /i /y
exit /b
) else (
goto :Search
)
exit /b
:Search
::The following will search in the "%PathFolder%" variable (%userprofile%\Desktop\TEST) and will make a COPY of "TEST" folder (and all contents in it) with an increase number added in parenthesis at the end of folder name [like TEST(1)]. If alredy exist TEST(1) then will copy TEST folder as TEST(2) ... or TEST(3) ... and so on.
for /f "tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /b /s /a:d "%PathFolder%*"') do (
if exist %%G^(%IncrNum%^) (
echo At "%%~dpG" a folder "%%~nG(%IncrNum%)" alredy existed.
set /a IncrNum+=1
goto :Search
) else (
echo.
echo.
echo The "%%~nG" folder and all contents in it
echo will be copied now as "%%G(%IncrNum%)".
echo.
pause
xcopy %%G %%G^(%IncrNum%^) /i /y
exit /b
)
)
:EndBatch
set "PathFolder="
pause
exit
I want to parse a directory and its subdirectories and copy all files in a target directory ignoring the original folder structure. All files shall be copied directly in the target directory.
I found a nice solution here for the Windows command line:
for /r FolderA %f in (*) do #copy "%f" target
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1502183/772434
That in general works fine, but I have duplicate files in the source directory which have the same name. There are too many files, so I can not handle those exceptions by hand.
How can I handle those files in the script automatically?
Options:
overwrite files during copying
keep copies and rename file e. g. by adding "__123" a number at the end of the file name
compare files (MDS5 sum or similar) and create copy only if files are different.
I would prefer option 3 (compare file content and keep numbered copies only if files are really different), but I'm also interested in solutions for options 1 and 2 (more pragmatic).
Here's an approach. i haven't tested it, so i hope it works as expected.
There is a global variable called CURRENT_DUPLICATE_SUFFIX. every time a file with the same name is found, but with different content, this value gets incremented and appended to the resulting file name
#echo off
SET SOURCE_DIR=C:\temp\LogAnalyzer
SET TARGET_DIR=C:\temp\test\output
SET CURRENT_DUPLICATE_SUFFIX=1
for /r "%SOURCE_DIR%" %%f in (*) do CALL :SUB1 "%%f"
GOTO END
:SUB1
SET PURE_FILE_NAME=%~nx1
SET TARGET_FILE_NAME=%TARGET_DIR%\%PURE_FILE_NAME%
IF NOT EXIST "%TARGET_FILE_NAME%" (
COPY %1 "%TARGET_DIR%"
GOTO :EOF
)
REM if we are here, the target file exists.
echo n |comp %1 "%TARGET_FILE_NAME%" >NUL 2>NUL
REM in case the files have the same content
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :EOF
SET TARGET_FILE_NAME=%TARGET_FILE_NAME%_%CURRENT_DUPLICATE_SUFFIX%
SET /A CURRENT_DUPLICATE_SUFFIX=%CURRENT_DUPLICATE_SUFFIX%+1
COPY %1 "%TARGET_FILE_NAME%
GOTO :EOF
:END