I have this problem that I need to solve for some windows machines (all is working ok for linux). I need to translate a script to work in a .bat file. This is my script (i run it in cygmanager on a machine and works, but this isn't an acceptable solution for me, it needs to be native windows):
#!/bin/bash
for i in `cat $1`
do fname=$(basename $i)
fbname=${fname%.*}
echo $fbname
done > intermediar.txt
for i in `cat intermediar.txt`
do initial="$(echo $i |head -c 1)"
echo $i $i.wim $i.wim $initial '"'`date +%m/%d/%y` "12:00:00"'"' "1" "NULL" "NULL" "NULL" "NULL"
done > intermediar2.txt
cat intermediar2.txt | awk -F " " '{OFS="\t"; print $1,$2,$3,$4, "09/02/2014 12:00:00",$7,$8,$9,$10,$11}' | sed 's/NULL//g' | tee $2
rm -rf intermediar.txt intermediar2.txt
What this script does, or what i need the windows counterpart to do, is:
make a list of all the files in a directory and create a file with all their names
create the following tab separated rows, in that file, for all the file names added:
name of the file without extention (in CAPS)|name of the file with extention (CAPS are not important here)|name of the file with extention (CAPS for the name, no-CAPS for the extention)|first letter of the name of the file|Date and time of the machine (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)|1 (just the number 1 for all the rows)|NULL|NULL|NULL|NULL (i put NULL just to indicate that i have 4 colums containing nothing, but they need to exist separated by TAB)
every row must end with a carriage return value (except the last one).
If its not obvious this is a part of a file that adds data into mssql databases. maybe i'm not the only one seeking an answer for this. SO, thanks to all of you that wants to contribute to solve this!
Later Edit:
I posted this here because I'm not at all skilled in cmd and I didn't try anything. I dont know how to approach this problem from the batch/.bat/windows point of view but what i try to achieve is a file looking like [this] (http://i.imgur.com/cpw4J9q.png)! Thanks a bunch to all helping to this!
While there may be several ways to achieve this, below is one way using the batch file with the help of powershell -
#echo off
for /f %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set TS=%%x
set yyyy=%TS:~0,4%
set mm=%TS:~4,2%
set dd=%TS:~6,2%
set hh=%TS:~8,2%
set min=%TS:~10,2%
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b /A:-D') do (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('powershell -command \"%%~ni\".toupper^(^)') do set fname=%%a
for /f "delims=" %%b in ('powershell -command \"%%~xi\".tolower^(^)') do set fextn=%%b
echo !fname! !fname!!fextn! !fname!!fextn! !fname:~0,1! %mm%/%dd%/%yyyy% %hh%:%min% 1
)
Sample tested output-
D:\Scripts>dir /b /a:-d
1.xml
2.jpg
draft1.bat
draft2.bat
input1.csv
input2.csv
D:\Scripts>draft1.bat
1 1.xml 1.xml 1 09/02/2014 22:32 1
2 2.jpg 2.jpg 2 09/02/2014 22:32 1
DRAFT1 DRAFT1.bat DRAFT1.bat D 09/02/2014 22:32 1
DRAFT2 DRAFT2.bat DRAFT2.bat D 09/02/2014 22:32 1
INPUT1 INPUT1.csv INPUT1.csv I 09/02/2014 22:32 1
INPUT2 INPUT2.csv INPUT2.csv I 09/02/2014 22:32 1
Cheers, G
Related
I am creating a batch file with some simple commands to gather information from a system. The batch file contains commands to get the time, IP information, users, etc.
I assembled all the commands in a batch file, and it runs, but I would like the batch file, when run to output the results to a text file (log). Is there a command that I can add to the batch that would do so?
Keep in mind I do not want to run the batch from cmd, then redirect output ; I want to redirect the output from inside the batch, if that is possible.
The simple naive way that is slow because it opens and positions the file pointer to End-Of-File multiple times.
#echo off
command1 >output.txt
command2 >>output.txt
...
commandN >>output.txt
A better way - easier to write, and faster because the file is opened and positioned only once.
#echo off
>output.txt (
command1
command2
...
commandN
)
Another good and fast way that only opens and positions the file once
#echo off
call :sub >output.txt
exit /b
:sub
command1
command2
...
commandN
Edit 2020-04-17
Every now and then you may want to repeatedly write to two or more files. You might also want different messages on the screen. It is still possible to to do this efficiently by redirecting to undefined handles outside a parenthesized block or subroutine, and then use the & notation to reference the already opened files.
call :sub 9>File1.txt 8>File2.txt
exit /b
:sub
echo Screen message 1
>&9 echo File 1 message 1
>&8 echo File 2 message 1
echo Screen message 2
>&9 echo File 1 message 2
>&8 echo File 2 message 2
exit /b
I chose to use handles 9 and 8 in reverse order because that way is more likely to avoid potential permanent redirection due to a Microsoft redirection implementation design flaw when performing multiple redirections on the same command. It is highly unlikely, but even that approach could expose the bug if you try hard enough. If you stage the redirection than you are guaranteed to avoid the problem.
3>File1.txt ( 4>File2.txt call :sub)
exit /b
:sub
etc.
if you want both out and err streams redirected
dir >> a.txt 2>&1
I know this is an older post, but someone will stumble across it in a Google search and it also looks like some questions the OP asked in comments weren't specifically addressed. Also, please go easy on me since this is my first answer posted on SO. :)
To redirect the output to a file using a dynamically generated file name, my go-to (read: quick & dirty) approach is the second solution offered by #dbenham. So for example, this:
#echo off
> filename_prefix-%DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log (
echo Your Name Here
echo Beginning Date/Time: %DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log
REM do some stuff here
echo Your Name Here
echo Ending Date/Time: %DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log
)
Will create a file like what you see in this screenshot of the file in the target directory
That will contain this output:
Your Name Here
Beginning Date/Time: 2016-09-16_141048.log
Your Name Here
Ending Date/Time: 2016-09-16_141048.log
Also keep in mind that this solution is locale-dependent, so be careful how/when you use it.
echo some output >"your logfile"
or
(
echo some output
echo more output
)>"Your logfile"
should fill the bill.
If you want to APPEND the output, use >> instead of >. > will start a new logfile.
#echo off
>output.txt (
echo Checking your system infor, Please wating...
systeminfo | findstr /c:"Host Name"
systeminfo | findstr /c:"Domain"
ipconfig /all | find "Physical Address"
ipconfig | find "IPv4"
ipconfig | find "Default Gateway"
)
#pause
Add these two lines near the top of your batch file, all stdout and stderr after will be redirected to log.txt:
if not "%1"=="STDOUT_TO_FILE" %0 STDOUT_TO_FILE %* >log.txt 2>&1
shift /1
There is a cool little program you can use to redirect the output to a file and the console
some_command ^| TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
#ECHO OFF
:: Check Windows version
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax
:: Keep variables local
SETLOCAL
:: Check command line arguments
SET Append=0
IF /I [%1]==[-a] (
SET Append=1
SHIFT
)
IF [%1]==[] GOTO Syntax
IF NOT [%2]==[] GOTO Syntax
:: Test for invalid wildcards
SET Counter=0
FOR /F %%A IN ('DIR /A /B %1 2^>NUL') DO CALL :Count "%%~fA"
IF %Counter% GTR 1 (
SET Counter=
GOTO Syntax
)
:: A valid filename seems to have been specified
SET File=%1
:: Check if a directory with the specified name exists
DIR /AD %File% >NUL 2>NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 (
SET File=
GOTO Syntax
)
:: Specify /Y switch for Windows 2000 / XP COPY command
SET Y=
VER | FIND "Windows NT" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET Y=/Y
:: Flush existing file or create new one if -a wasn't specified
IF %Append%==0 (COPY %Y% NUL %File% > NUL 2>&1)
:: Actual TEE
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=]" %%A IN ('FIND /N /V ""') DO (
> CON ECHO.%%B
>> %File% ECHO.%%B
)
:: Done
ENDLOCAL
GOTO:EOF
:Count
SET /A Counter += 1
SET File=%1
GOTO:EOF
:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO Tee.bat, Version 2.11a for Windows NT 4 / 2000 / XP
ECHO Display text on screen and redirect it to a file simultaneously
ECHO.
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ECHO Usage: some_command ³ TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Skip
ECHO Usage: some_command ^| TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
:Skip
ECHO.
ECHO Where: "some_command" is the command whose output should be redirected
ECHO "filename" is the file the output should be redirected to
ECHO -a appends the output of the command to the file,
ECHO rather than overwriting the file
ECHO.
ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com
ECHO Modified by Kees Couprie
ECHO http://kees.couprie.org
ECHO and Andrew Cameron
#echo OFF
[your command] >> [Your log file name].txt
I used the command above in my batch file and it works. In the log file, it shows the results of my command.
Adding the following lines at the bottom of your batch file will grab everything just as displayed inside the CMD window and export into a text file:
powershell -c "$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^a')
powershell -c "$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^c')
powershell Get-Clipboard > MyLog.txt
It basically performs a select all -> copy into clipboard -> paste into text file.
This may fail in the case of "toxic" characters in the input.
Considering an input like thisIsAnIn^^^^put is a good way how to get understand what is going on.
Sure there is a rule that an input string MUST be inside double quoted marks but I have a feeling that this rule is a valid rule only if the meaning of the input is a location on a NTFS partition (maybe it is a rule for URLs I am not sure).
But it is not a rule for an arbitrary input string of course (it is "a good practice" but you cannot count with it).
I'm a noob at batch programming so excuse me for the simple question.
I have a folder called FSC in C:\TTG\FSC, with a thousand and thousand of text files called like 1_A.txt 2_A.txt etc.
I would like to run a programm and have its output in another file renaming the original one ( for ex. 1_A.txt will have an output file called 1_A_out.txt ). I have already tested to run the programm on 1 file and it works (simply writing on the command line tag-french filename).
So how can I create the for loop for parsing each file on the folder and create the output files?
I've tried this but it doesn't work
for /F %%i in ('dir /b "c:\treetagger\FSCB1\"') do
tag-french %%i > %%i_out
I can do it in ubuntu writing this :
for l in /home/sp/Desktop/FSCM5/*
do
echo $l
filename=$(basename "$l")
extension="${filename##*.}"
filename="${filename%.*}"
filename=($(echo "/home/sp/Desktop/FSCM5TTG/"$filename"_"ttg"_."$extension))
echo $filename
sh /home/sp/Desktop/TTG/cmd/tree-tagger-french $l > $filename
done
But I would like to learn how to do this in windows too
I've tested this with success:
for /F "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b "c:\treetagger\FSCB1\*.*"') do tag-french "%%i" > "%%i_out"
I had to use the delims= option to preserve filenames even if they contained spaces.
edit: options need to be placed before the loop variable.
I am creating a batch file with some simple commands to gather information from a system. The batch file contains commands to get the time, IP information, users, etc.
I assembled all the commands in a batch file, and it runs, but I would like the batch file, when run to output the results to a text file (log). Is there a command that I can add to the batch that would do so?
Keep in mind I do not want to run the batch from cmd, then redirect output ; I want to redirect the output from inside the batch, if that is possible.
The simple naive way that is slow because it opens and positions the file pointer to End-Of-File multiple times.
#echo off
command1 >output.txt
command2 >>output.txt
...
commandN >>output.txt
A better way - easier to write, and faster because the file is opened and positioned only once.
#echo off
>output.txt (
command1
command2
...
commandN
)
Another good and fast way that only opens and positions the file once
#echo off
call :sub >output.txt
exit /b
:sub
command1
command2
...
commandN
Edit 2020-04-17
Every now and then you may want to repeatedly write to two or more files. You might also want different messages on the screen. It is still possible to to do this efficiently by redirecting to undefined handles outside a parenthesized block or subroutine, and then use the & notation to reference the already opened files.
call :sub 9>File1.txt 8>File2.txt
exit /b
:sub
echo Screen message 1
>&9 echo File 1 message 1
>&8 echo File 2 message 1
echo Screen message 2
>&9 echo File 1 message 2
>&8 echo File 2 message 2
exit /b
I chose to use handles 9 and 8 in reverse order because that way is more likely to avoid potential permanent redirection due to a Microsoft redirection implementation design flaw when performing multiple redirections on the same command. It is highly unlikely, but even that approach could expose the bug if you try hard enough. If you stage the redirection than you are guaranteed to avoid the problem.
3>File1.txt ( 4>File2.txt call :sub)
exit /b
:sub
etc.
if you want both out and err streams redirected
dir >> a.txt 2>&1
I know this is an older post, but someone will stumble across it in a Google search and it also looks like some questions the OP asked in comments weren't specifically addressed. Also, please go easy on me since this is my first answer posted on SO. :)
To redirect the output to a file using a dynamically generated file name, my go-to (read: quick & dirty) approach is the second solution offered by #dbenham. So for example, this:
#echo off
> filename_prefix-%DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log (
echo Your Name Here
echo Beginning Date/Time: %DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log
REM do some stuff here
echo Your Name Here
echo Ending Date/Time: %DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log
)
Will create a file like what you see in this screenshot of the file in the target directory
That will contain this output:
Your Name Here
Beginning Date/Time: 2016-09-16_141048.log
Your Name Here
Ending Date/Time: 2016-09-16_141048.log
Also keep in mind that this solution is locale-dependent, so be careful how/when you use it.
#echo off
>output.txt (
echo Checking your system infor, Please wating...
systeminfo | findstr /c:"Host Name"
systeminfo | findstr /c:"Domain"
ipconfig /all | find "Physical Address"
ipconfig | find "IPv4"
ipconfig | find "Default Gateway"
)
#pause
echo some output >"your logfile"
or
(
echo some output
echo more output
)>"Your logfile"
should fill the bill.
If you want to APPEND the output, use >> instead of >. > will start a new logfile.
Add these two lines near the top of your batch file, all stdout and stderr after will be redirected to log.txt:
if not "%1"=="STDOUT_TO_FILE" %0 STDOUT_TO_FILE %* >log.txt 2>&1
shift /1
There is a cool little program you can use to redirect the output to a file and the console
some_command ^| TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
#ECHO OFF
:: Check Windows version
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax
:: Keep variables local
SETLOCAL
:: Check command line arguments
SET Append=0
IF /I [%1]==[-a] (
SET Append=1
SHIFT
)
IF [%1]==[] GOTO Syntax
IF NOT [%2]==[] GOTO Syntax
:: Test for invalid wildcards
SET Counter=0
FOR /F %%A IN ('DIR /A /B %1 2^>NUL') DO CALL :Count "%%~fA"
IF %Counter% GTR 1 (
SET Counter=
GOTO Syntax
)
:: A valid filename seems to have been specified
SET File=%1
:: Check if a directory with the specified name exists
DIR /AD %File% >NUL 2>NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 (
SET File=
GOTO Syntax
)
:: Specify /Y switch for Windows 2000 / XP COPY command
SET Y=
VER | FIND "Windows NT" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET Y=/Y
:: Flush existing file or create new one if -a wasn't specified
IF %Append%==0 (COPY %Y% NUL %File% > NUL 2>&1)
:: Actual TEE
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=]" %%A IN ('FIND /N /V ""') DO (
> CON ECHO.%%B
>> %File% ECHO.%%B
)
:: Done
ENDLOCAL
GOTO:EOF
:Count
SET /A Counter += 1
SET File=%1
GOTO:EOF
:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO Tee.bat, Version 2.11a for Windows NT 4 / 2000 / XP
ECHO Display text on screen and redirect it to a file simultaneously
ECHO.
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ECHO Usage: some_command ³ TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Skip
ECHO Usage: some_command ^| TEE.BAT [ -a ] filename
:Skip
ECHO.
ECHO Where: "some_command" is the command whose output should be redirected
ECHO "filename" is the file the output should be redirected to
ECHO -a appends the output of the command to the file,
ECHO rather than overwriting the file
ECHO.
ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com
ECHO Modified by Kees Couprie
ECHO http://kees.couprie.org
ECHO and Andrew Cameron
#echo OFF
[your command] >> [Your log file name].txt
I used the command above in my batch file and it works. In the log file, it shows the results of my command.
Adding the following lines at the bottom of your batch file will grab everything just as displayed inside the CMD window and export into a text file:
powershell -c "$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^a')
powershell -c "$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^c')
powershell Get-Clipboard > MyLog.txt
It basically performs a select all -> copy into clipboard -> paste into text file.
This may fail in the case of "toxic" characters in the input.
Considering an input like thisIsAnIn^^^^put is a good way how to get understand what is going on.
Sure there is a rule that an input string MUST be inside double quoted marks but I have a feeling that this rule is a valid rule only if the meaning of the input is a location on a NTFS partition (maybe it is a rule for URLs I am not sure).
But it is not a rule for an arbitrary input string of course (it is "a good practice" but you cannot count with it).
I'm trying to run a bat file that will compare 1 file to another and output the differences
I've tried using gnu diff utilites, fc, and endless googleing to find a solution but I cant seem to figure it out
File 1
C:\Books\Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil.pdf
C:\Books\test.rtf.epub
C:\Books\w_E_20130215.epub
File 2
C:\Books\test.rtf.epub
C:\Books\w_E_20130215.epub
I want file 3 to be
C:\Books\Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil.pdf
Any one have any ideas?
You could use diff from the DiffUtils and something like this:
diff file1.txt file2.txt | findstr /r /c:"^<" /c:"^>" >file3.txt
The output lines will be preceded by < or >, depending on which file the respective line was missing in. If you want to remove those indicators as well, use something like this:
for /f "tokens=1*" %a in (
'diff file1.txt file2.txt ^| findstr /r /c:"^<" /c:"^>"'
) do #echo %b >>file3.txt
Change %a and %b into %%a and %%b if you want to run this in a batch file.
FINDSTR /v /b /e /l /g:file2. file1. >file3.
should produce the required results - lines in file1 missing from file2.
/v says 'not found', /b /e forces exact match - not part-of-line-matches /l literal.
I'm trying to remove the first 10 characters from multiple lines inside a text file using a batch script, then output the results to a new file. I ran across this and it got me pointed in the right direction but the final output isn't working.
Here's what I've got so far:
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -l > c:\IPPorts.txt
type c:\IPPorts.txt | findstr IP_ > c:\IPPorts2.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (c:\IPPorts2.txt) do (set line=%%a set chars=!line:~10! > c:\IPPorts3.txt)
for /f "delims=" %%x in (c:\IPPorts3.txt) do CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -d -r %%x
The 2nd line exports a list of printer ports to a file named IPPorts.txt. The 3rd finds the lines with "IP_" in them and exports to IPPorts2.txt. The 4th line is supposed to remove unneeded text (which it isn't doing) and export to IPPorts3.txt. And the last line will take the results from IPPorts3.txt and then delete those ports.
IPPorts.txt is as follows:
Server name
Port name IP_172.20.51.11
Host address 172.20.51.11
Protocol RAW
Port number 9100
SNMP Disabled
These lines are repeated for every port, of which there are several. Since I only need the line containing the port name, IPPorts2.txt looks like this:
Port name IP_172.20.51.11
Port name IP_172.20.52.58
Port name IP_172.20.53.16
Port name IP_172.20.54.19
Port name IP_172.20.55.15-1
Port name IP_172.20.55.15
Port name IP_172.20.55.11
Where I'm having trouble is removing the "Port name " portion of the lines (the first 10 characters). I want the output to read on each line as "IP_X.X.X.X". The problem is the 3rd file is always empty.
Where am I going wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
This is further down under Endoro's answer, but I thought it might be nice to post the answer here. Here's what I changed the 4th line to:
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%c in ('type c:\IPPorts2.txt') do (
set LINE=%%c
>> c:\IPPorts3.txt echo !LINE:~10!
)
This has corrected my problems. Thanks everyone!
try this:
(for /f "tokens=3" %%i in (IPPorts2.txt) do #echo %%i)>IPPorts3.txt
Script to get directory name out of DIR command output :
...
20/09/2014 01:23 [DIR] some1
21/09/2014 02:34 [DIR] some2
22/09/2014 03:45 [DIR] some3
23/09/2014 11:22 [DIR] some4
...
We want it to be:
some1
some2
some3
some4
...
Code :
#FOR /f "tokens=4" %%D IN (i:\test.txt) DO #( echo %%D ) >> result.txt
In your case tokens=3, not perfect but does the job with few lines manually edited in the result.
(For /f "tokens=3delims= " %%i in (ipports2.txt) do echo %%i) >ipports3.txt
should do it for you.
The paretheses are important - ensure that the file is created anew. If omitted, will only generate the last line.
Simply uses the delimiter [space] to tokenise the string on each line into token1=Port, token2=Name and sets %%i to each token3 in turn.
The following isn't really a different solution but merely a suggestion to simplify your script by reducing the number of output files.
In fact, it is possible to exclude all of them from the script, unless you need to keep them for history.
Basically, the idea is first to apply FINDSTR directly to the output of prnport.vbs:
CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -l | FINDSTR "IP_"
then apply a loop directly to the output of FINDSTR (note the single quotation marks around the piped command line, as well as the escaped |):
FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN (
'CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -l ^| FINDSTR "IP_"'
) DO …
and call prnport.vbs with another set of arguments in that same loop:
FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN (
'CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -l ^| FINDSTR "IP_"'
) DO (
CSCRIPT /nologo %windir%\System32\prnport.vbs -d -r %%A
)
The tokens option of a FOR /F loop specifies which token (or field) to take based on a specific delimiter or set of delimiters. The default set of delimiters is a space, a comma, a tab. Your Port name IP_whatever lines conveniently consist of exactly three tokens and the third one is what you are after, hence "tokens=3" in the options.
So, as you can see, no output files, the necessary value is extracted and passed to the target command in the same iteration.