I was using the below batch script to search the list of IDs(in a text file) in multiple text files. It was working fine. But today I am getting the Error The system cannot find the path specified.
when I run the same batch script. I cross verified the paths and paths are corerect. Can anyone help me to fix this.
Batch Script I used
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "manifest_folder=\\vfiler-padhu\padhu\*.txt"
set "file_list=\\vfiler-padhu\padh\File_list.txt"
set "tmpFile=\\vfiler-padhu\padh\tmpFile.txt"
(for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%file_list%") do (
set "found="
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('findstr /l /m /c:"%%a" "%manifest_folder%"') do (
echo %%a is found in %%~nxb
set "found=1"
)
if not defined found (
echo %%a is not found
)
)) > "%outputFile%"
Thanks in advance
outputFile is not defined; tmpFile is unused. Otherwise, seems fine.
Related
I have a batch script which requires to read multiple directory paths mentioned in config.txt. I am able to achieve this for one directory path but modified version of it is not working for multiple paths.
Below is the sample which is working fine.
#echo off
for /F "usebackq delims=" %%L in (config.txt) do set "DataPath=%%L"
set "DataPath=%DataPath:/=\%"
echo Application path is: %DataPath%
How to modify this to handle for multiple directory paths.
EDIT:
Below is my attempt to get two paths and '%DataPath%' is printing the value.
#echo off
for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims=" %%L in (config.txt) do set
"DataPath=%%L"&set "filepath=%%M"
set "DataPath=%DataPath:/=\%"
set "filepath=%filepath:/=\%"
echo Application path is: %DataPath%
echo Application path is: %filepath%
Based upon the advice I gave in the comments, which you didn't implement in your edit, the following methodology is what I was expecting you to come up with:
#Echo Off
SetLocal DisableDelayedExpansion
For /F "UseBackQ Delims=" %%L In ("config.txt") Do (
Set "DataPath=%%L"
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set "DataPath=!DataPath:/=\!"
Echo Application path is: !DataPath!
EndLocal
)
Pause
This assumes that config.txt contains a list, one per line, of just file paths.
Array version of Path recovery from file.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
Set "_P=0"
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%a IN (%userprofile%\desktop\logfile.txt) DO (
Set /a _P+=1
Set "Pathway[!_P!]=%%a"
)
::: use the below to take actions with elements in the array.
::: For example, search the array for specific files to delete/copy/move/open.
FOR /L %%e IN (1,1,!_P!) DO (
ECHO Path !%%e! = !Pathway[%%e]!
)
pause
This question already has answers here:
Assign output of a program to a variable using a MS batch file
(12 answers)
How to set commands output as a variable in a batch file [duplicate]
(9 answers)
Closed 9 months ago.
I'm looking to get the result of a command as a variable in a Windows batch script (see how to get the result of a command in bash for the bash scripting equivalent). A solution that will work in a .bat file is preferred, but other common windows scripting solutions are also welcome.
The humble for command has accumulated some interesting capabilities over the years:
D:\> FOR /F "delims=" %i IN ('date /t') DO set today=%i
D:\> echo %today%
Sat 20/09/2008
Note that "delims=" overwrites the default space and tab delimiters so that the output of the date command gets gobbled all at once.
To capture multi-line output, it can still essentially be a one-liner (using the variable lf as the delimiter in the resulting variable):
REM NB:in a batch file, need to use %%i not %i
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
SET lf=-
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir \ /b') DO if ("!out!"=="") (set out=%%i) else (set out=!out!%lf%%%i)
ECHO %out%
To capture a piped expression, use ^|:
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('svn info . ^| findstr "Root:"') DO set "URL=%%i"
If you have to capture all the command output you can use a batch like this:
#ECHO OFF
IF NOT "%1"=="" GOTO ADDV
SET VAR=
FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR *.TXT /B /O:D') DO CALL %0 %%I
SET VAR
GOTO END
:ADDV
SET VAR=%VAR%!%1
:END
All output lines are stored in VAR separated with "!".
But if only a single-line console-output is expected, try:
#ECHO off
#SET MY_VAR=
FOR /F %%I IN ('npm prefix') DO #SET "MY_VAR=%%I"
#REM Do something with MY_VAR variable...
#John: is there any practical use for this? I think you should watch PowerShell or any other programming language capable to perform scripting tasks easily (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby)
To get the current directory, you can use this:
CD > tmpFile
SET /p myvar= < tmpFile
DEL tmpFile
echo test: %myvar%
It's using a temp-file though, so it's not the most pretty, but it certainly works! 'CD' puts the current directory in 'tmpFile', 'SET' loads the content of tmpFile.
Here is a solution for multiple lines with "array's":
#echo off
rem ---------
rem Obtain line numbers from the file
rem ---------
rem This is the file that is being read: You can replace this with %1 for dynamic behaviour or replace it with some command like the first example i gave with the 'CD' command.
set _readfile=test.txt
for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims=:" %%a in (`find /c /v "" %_readfile%`) do set _max=%%a
set /a _max+=1
set _i=0
set _filename=temp.dat
rem ---------
rem Make the list
rem ---------
:makeList
find /n /v "" %_readfile% >%_filename%
rem ---------
rem Read the list
rem ---------
:readList
if %_i%==%_max% goto printList
rem ---------
rem Read the lines into the array
rem ---------
for /f "usebackq delims=] tokens=2" %%a in (`findstr /r "\[%_i%]" %_filename%`) do set _data%_i%=%%a
set /a _i+=1
goto readList
:printList
del %_filename%
set _i=1
:printMore
if %_i%==%_max% goto finished
set _data%_i%
set /a _i+=1
goto printMore
:finished
But you might want to consider moving to another more powerful shell or create an application for this stuff. It's stretching the possibilities of the batch files quite a bit.
you need to use the SET command with parameter /P and direct your output to it.
For example see http://www.ss64.com/nt/set.html. Will work for CMD, not sure about .BAT files
From a comment to this post:
That link has the command "Set /P
_MyVar=<MyFilename.txt" which says it will set _MyVar to the first line
from MyFilename.txt. This could be
used as "myCmd > tmp.txt" with "set
/P myVar=<tmp.txt". But it will only
get the first line of the output, not
all the output
Example to set in the "V" environment variable the most recent file
FOR /F %I IN ('DIR *.* /O:D /B') DO SET V=%I
in a batch file you have to use double prefix in the loop variable:
FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR *.* /O:D /B') DO SET V=%%I
I would like to add a remark to the above solutions:
All these syntaxes work perfectly well IF YOUR COMMAND IS FOUND WITHIN THE PATH or IF THE COMMAND IS A cmdpath WITHOUT SPACES OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS.
But if you try to use an executable command located in a folder which path contains special characters then you would need to enclose your command path into double quotes (") and then the FOR /F syntax does not work.
Examples:
$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`""F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" Hello '"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"'`
) do echo %f
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
or
$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe" "Hello World" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"`
) do echo %f
'F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
or
`$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`""F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" "Hello World" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"`
) do echo %f
'"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" "Hello' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
In that case, the only solution I found to use a command and store its result in a variable is to set (temporarily) the default directory to the one of command itself :
pushd "%~d0%~p0"
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (
`FOLDERBROWSE "Hello world!" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Layouts (print,display...)"`
) DO (SET MyFolder=%%F)
popd
echo My selected folder: %MyFolder%
The result is then correct:
My selected folder: F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\OS install, recovery, VM\
Press any key to continue . . .
Of course in the above example, I assume that my batch script is located in the same folder as the one of my executable command so that I can use the "%~d0%~p0" syntax. If this is not your case, then you have to find a way to locate your command path and change the default directory to its path.
NB: For those who wonder, the sample command used here (to select a folder) is FOLDERBROWSE.EXE. I found it on the web site f2ko.de (http://f2ko.de/en/cmd.php).
If anyone has a better solution for that kind of commands accessible through a complex path, I will be very glad to hear of it.
Gilles
Just use the result from the FOR command. For example (inside a batch file):
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /b /a-d /od FILESA*') do (echo %%I)
You can use the %%I as the value you want. Just like this: %%I.
And in advance the %%I does not have any spaces or CR characters and can be used for comparisons!!
If you're looking for the solution provided in Using the result of a command as an argument in bash?
then here is the code:
#echo off
if not "%1"=="" goto get_basename_pwd
for /f "delims=X" %%i in ('cd') do call %0 %%i
for /f "delims=X" %%i in ('dir /o:d /b') do echo %%i>>%filename%.txt
goto end
:get_basename_pwd
set filename=%~n1
:end
This will call itself with the result of the CD command, same as pwd.
String extraction on parameters will return the filename/folder.
Get the contents of this folder and append to the filename.txt
[Credits]: Thanks to all the other answers and some digging on the Windows XP commands page.
#echo off
ver | find "6.1." > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Win7
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('DIR "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\*Outlook.EXE" /B /P /S') do call set findoutlook=%%a
%findoutlook%
)
ver | find "5.1." > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo WinXP
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('DIR "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\*Outlook.EXE" /B /P /S') do call set findoutlook=%%a
%findoutlook%
)
echo Outlook dir: %findoutlook%
"%findoutlook%"
You can capture all output in one variable, but the lines will be separated by a character of your choice (# in the example below) instead of an actual CR-LF.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (
if "!DIR!"=="" (set DIR=%%i) else (set DIR=!DIR!#%%i)
)
echo directory contains:
echo %DIR%
Second version, if you need to print the contents out line-by-line. This takes advanted of the fact that there won't be duplicate lines of output from "dir /b", so it may not work in the general case.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set count=0
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (
if "!DIR!"=="" (set DIR=%%i) else (set DIR=!DIR!#%%i)
set /a count = !count! + 1
)
echo directory contains:
echo %DIR%
for /l %%c in (1,1,%count%) do (
for /f "delims=#" %%i in ("!DIR!") do (
echo %%i
set DIR=!DIR:%%i=!
)
)
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%i IN ('echo hola') DO (
set TXT=%%i
)
echo 'TXT: %TXT%'
the result is 'TXT: hola'
You should use the for command, here is an example:
#echo off
rem Commands go here
exit /b
:output
for /f "tokens=* useback" %%a in (`%~1`) do set "output=%%a"
and you can use call :output "Command goes here" then the output will be in the %output% variable.
Note: If you have a command output that is multiline, this tool will set the output to the last line of your multiline command.
Please refer to this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490982.aspx which explains what you can do with command output.
I have many files *.log containing the following lines:
11111/3333/45555/6666/2222//7777
and I need to replace all the "/" by ";" producing the following result:
11111;3333;45555;6666;2222;;7777
But the result must be in a file of the same name but just a differente extension: *.csv.
How can I do this using ms-dos batch on windows?
PS: I can't use .net, perl, vbscript or some library. This script if for a job interview and they want to test if I know Windows scripting.
I already tried to start but is not working...
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /f "delims='/' tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr "\/" Input.txt') do (
echo %%i
set str=%%i
set myvar=";"
set str=%str:"/"=!myvar!%
echo %str%
)
Many thanks in advance.
Like this :
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%a in (*.log) do (
echo Working : %%a
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('type %%a') do (
set "$Line=%%b"
set "$Line=!$Line:/=;!"
echo !$Line!>>%%~na.csv)
echo Done...
)
This uses a helper batch file called repl.bat (by dbenham) - download from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qidqwztmetbvklt/repl.bat
Place repl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or in a folder that is on the path.
#echo off
for %%a in (*.log) do type "%%a" |repl "/" ";" L > "%%~na.csv"
I need to include page size information of many single-paged pdf's into their filenames. E.g. "150x250mm.pdf". I found no renamer apps able to do it. I suspect this could be done using a batch file and pdfinfo.exe (from xpdf suite), but I have no idea how to make use of it.. Could you give me some hints?
Yes, you can convert from postscript points to MM. In this case, the script is in the top level folder containing the PDF's to be renamed. It does go into subfolders. If you don't want or need that, remove the /s from the dir command on the 5th line. Change the paths as needed.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "pdfi=U:\Scripts\Utilities\xpdf\pdfinfo.exe"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /s *.pdf') do (
for /f "tokens=3,5 delims= " %%b in (
'%pdfi% -meta "%%a"^|find /i "Page size:"') do (
set pts=%%b %%c
for %%d in (!pts!) do (
call :Eval %%d*.352777778 mm
set "mm1=!mm1!x!mm!"
)
ren "%%~dpfnxa" "!mm1:~1!.pdf"
set mm1=
)
)
exit /b
:Eval <in> <out>
setlocal
if exist eval.vbs del eval.vbs
>eval.vbs echo wsh.echo formatnumber(eval("%1"),0)
for /f "delims=" %%a in (
'cscript //nologo eval.vbs'
) do endlocal & set %~2=%%a
del eval.vbs
This question already has answers here:
Assign output of a program to a variable using a MS batch file
(12 answers)
How to set commands output as a variable in a batch file [duplicate]
(9 answers)
Closed 9 months ago.
I'm looking to get the result of a command as a variable in a Windows batch script (see how to get the result of a command in bash for the bash scripting equivalent). A solution that will work in a .bat file is preferred, but other common windows scripting solutions are also welcome.
The humble for command has accumulated some interesting capabilities over the years:
D:\> FOR /F "delims=" %i IN ('date /t') DO set today=%i
D:\> echo %today%
Sat 20/09/2008
Note that "delims=" overwrites the default space and tab delimiters so that the output of the date command gets gobbled all at once.
To capture multi-line output, it can still essentially be a one-liner (using the variable lf as the delimiter in the resulting variable):
REM NB:in a batch file, need to use %%i not %i
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
SET lf=-
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('dir \ /b') DO if ("!out!"=="") (set out=%%i) else (set out=!out!%lf%%%i)
ECHO %out%
To capture a piped expression, use ^|:
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('svn info . ^| findstr "Root:"') DO set "URL=%%i"
If you have to capture all the command output you can use a batch like this:
#ECHO OFF
IF NOT "%1"=="" GOTO ADDV
SET VAR=
FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR *.TXT /B /O:D') DO CALL %0 %%I
SET VAR
GOTO END
:ADDV
SET VAR=%VAR%!%1
:END
All output lines are stored in VAR separated with "!".
But if only a single-line console-output is expected, try:
#ECHO off
#SET MY_VAR=
FOR /F %%I IN ('npm prefix') DO #SET "MY_VAR=%%I"
#REM Do something with MY_VAR variable...
#John: is there any practical use for this? I think you should watch PowerShell or any other programming language capable to perform scripting tasks easily (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby)
To get the current directory, you can use this:
CD > tmpFile
SET /p myvar= < tmpFile
DEL tmpFile
echo test: %myvar%
It's using a temp-file though, so it's not the most pretty, but it certainly works! 'CD' puts the current directory in 'tmpFile', 'SET' loads the content of tmpFile.
Here is a solution for multiple lines with "array's":
#echo off
rem ---------
rem Obtain line numbers from the file
rem ---------
rem This is the file that is being read: You can replace this with %1 for dynamic behaviour or replace it with some command like the first example i gave with the 'CD' command.
set _readfile=test.txt
for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims=:" %%a in (`find /c /v "" %_readfile%`) do set _max=%%a
set /a _max+=1
set _i=0
set _filename=temp.dat
rem ---------
rem Make the list
rem ---------
:makeList
find /n /v "" %_readfile% >%_filename%
rem ---------
rem Read the list
rem ---------
:readList
if %_i%==%_max% goto printList
rem ---------
rem Read the lines into the array
rem ---------
for /f "usebackq delims=] tokens=2" %%a in (`findstr /r "\[%_i%]" %_filename%`) do set _data%_i%=%%a
set /a _i+=1
goto readList
:printList
del %_filename%
set _i=1
:printMore
if %_i%==%_max% goto finished
set _data%_i%
set /a _i+=1
goto printMore
:finished
But you might want to consider moving to another more powerful shell or create an application for this stuff. It's stretching the possibilities of the batch files quite a bit.
you need to use the SET command with parameter /P and direct your output to it.
For example see http://www.ss64.com/nt/set.html. Will work for CMD, not sure about .BAT files
From a comment to this post:
That link has the command "Set /P
_MyVar=<MyFilename.txt" which says it will set _MyVar to the first line
from MyFilename.txt. This could be
used as "myCmd > tmp.txt" with "set
/P myVar=<tmp.txt". But it will only
get the first line of the output, not
all the output
Example to set in the "V" environment variable the most recent file
FOR /F %I IN ('DIR *.* /O:D /B') DO SET V=%I
in a batch file you have to use double prefix in the loop variable:
FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR *.* /O:D /B') DO SET V=%%I
I would like to add a remark to the above solutions:
All these syntaxes work perfectly well IF YOUR COMMAND IS FOUND WITHIN THE PATH or IF THE COMMAND IS A cmdpath WITHOUT SPACES OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS.
But if you try to use an executable command located in a folder which path contains special characters then you would need to enclose your command path into double quotes (") and then the FOR /F syntax does not work.
Examples:
$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`""F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" Hello '"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"'`
) do echo %f
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
or
$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe" "Hello World" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"`
) do echo %f
'F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
or
`$ for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %f in (
`""F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" "Hello World" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting"`
) do echo %f
'"F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Shells and scripting\f2ko.de\folderbrowse.exe"" "Hello' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
In that case, the only solution I found to use a command and store its result in a variable is to set (temporarily) the default directory to the one of command itself :
pushd "%~d0%~p0"
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (
`FOLDERBROWSE "Hello world!" "F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\Layouts (print,display...)"`
) DO (SET MyFolder=%%F)
popd
echo My selected folder: %MyFolder%
The result is then correct:
My selected folder: F:\GLW7\Distrib\System\OS install, recovery, VM\
Press any key to continue . . .
Of course in the above example, I assume that my batch script is located in the same folder as the one of my executable command so that I can use the "%~d0%~p0" syntax. If this is not your case, then you have to find a way to locate your command path and change the default directory to its path.
NB: For those who wonder, the sample command used here (to select a folder) is FOLDERBROWSE.EXE. I found it on the web site f2ko.de (http://f2ko.de/en/cmd.php).
If anyone has a better solution for that kind of commands accessible through a complex path, I will be very glad to hear of it.
Gilles
Just use the result from the FOR command. For example (inside a batch file):
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /b /a-d /od FILESA*') do (echo %%I)
You can use the %%I as the value you want. Just like this: %%I.
And in advance the %%I does not have any spaces or CR characters and can be used for comparisons!!
If you're looking for the solution provided in Using the result of a command as an argument in bash?
then here is the code:
#echo off
if not "%1"=="" goto get_basename_pwd
for /f "delims=X" %%i in ('cd') do call %0 %%i
for /f "delims=X" %%i in ('dir /o:d /b') do echo %%i>>%filename%.txt
goto end
:get_basename_pwd
set filename=%~n1
:end
This will call itself with the result of the CD command, same as pwd.
String extraction on parameters will return the filename/folder.
Get the contents of this folder and append to the filename.txt
[Credits]: Thanks to all the other answers and some digging on the Windows XP commands page.
#echo off
ver | find "6.1." > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Win7
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('DIR "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\*Outlook.EXE" /B /P /S') do call set findoutlook=%%a
%findoutlook%
)
ver | find "5.1." > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo WinXP
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('DIR "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\*Outlook.EXE" /B /P /S') do call set findoutlook=%%a
%findoutlook%
)
echo Outlook dir: %findoutlook%
"%findoutlook%"
You can capture all output in one variable, but the lines will be separated by a character of your choice (# in the example below) instead of an actual CR-LF.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (
if "!DIR!"=="" (set DIR=%%i) else (set DIR=!DIR!#%%i)
)
echo directory contains:
echo %DIR%
Second version, if you need to print the contents out line-by-line. This takes advanted of the fact that there won't be duplicate lines of output from "dir /b", so it may not work in the general case.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set count=0
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (
if "!DIR!"=="" (set DIR=%%i) else (set DIR=!DIR!#%%i)
set /a count = !count! + 1
)
echo directory contains:
echo %DIR%
for /l %%c in (1,1,%count%) do (
for /f "delims=#" %%i in ("!DIR!") do (
echo %%i
set DIR=!DIR:%%i=!
)
)
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%i IN ('echo hola') DO (
set TXT=%%i
)
echo 'TXT: %TXT%'
the result is 'TXT: hola'
You should use the for command, here is an example:
#echo off
rem Commands go here
exit /b
:output
for /f "tokens=* useback" %%a in (`%~1`) do set "output=%%a"
and you can use call :output "Command goes here" then the output will be in the %output% variable.
Note: If you have a command output that is multiline, this tool will set the output to the last line of your multiline command.
Please refer to this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490982.aspx which explains what you can do with command output.