All commands must be performed in Windows Command Prompt
I have a file data.txt which has several strings in it:
gargonxx**stringX**moregargon
gargonargongargongargon
gargon**stringZ**xxgargonxxxx
and for this data file, I want to create a "library" file:
stringX = informationx
stringY = informationy
stringZ = informationz
then create variables in CMD out of the "information" shown in the "library" file,
ONLY of the instances in the data.txt file that match with the library file.
varx = string's informationx
and then relay this information in the command window.
echo varx
How do I go about
Having CMD recognize the instances that match
Relaying the instance's information in the command window
Here are my LIBRARY and DATA files
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
FOR /f "delims==" %%a IN ('set $ 2^>nul') DO "SET %%a="
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (data.txt) DO (
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims== " %%L IN (library.txt) DO (
IF /i "%%a"=="%%L" SET $%%a=%%M&ECHO(%%M
)
)
ECHO ==== OR =====
SET $
GOTO :EOF
use a text editor to create the library file.
This batch matches the instances that match.
Showing the information depends on what you want to do.
With 'data.txt`
lineX
lineZ
and library.txt
lineX = informationx
lineY = informationy
lineZ = informationz
the above batch showed
informationx
informationz
==== OR =====
$lineX=informationx
$lineZ=informationz
For revised specification
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
FOR /f "delims==" %%a IN ('set $ 2^>nul') DO "SET %%a="
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims== " %%L IN (library.txt) DO (
FINDSTR /i /L "%%L" data.txt >nul
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 SET $%%L=%%M&ECHO(%%M
)
ECHO ==== OR =====
SET $
GOTO :EOF
(same results, except line replaced by string)
Related
So what I'm trying to do is create a find for multiple people where it in the text file it will say names and numbers like
Example of text file:
Beth
1234567891
Jay
2134456544
This is the best way I can explain what I'm trying to do:
#echo off
set "file=Test1.txt"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
<"!file!" (
for /f %%i in ('type "!file!" ^| find /c /v ""') do set /a n=%%i && for /l %%j in (1 1 %%i) do (
set /p "line_%%j="
)
)
set /a Name=1
set /a Number=2
Echo Line_%Name%> %Name%.txt (Im trying to get this to say line_2 to say 1st line in the text file)
Echo Line_%Number%> %Name%.txt (Im trying to get this to say line_2 to say 2nd line in the text file)
:Start
set /a Name=%Name%+2 (These are meant to take off after 1 so lines 3,5,7,9 so on)
set /a Number=%Number%+2 (These are meant to take off after 2 so lines 4,6,8,10 so on)
Echo Line_%Name%
Echo Line_%Number%
GOTO :Start
so the outcome would be
In Beth.txt:
Beth
1234567891
So every name will be a file name and the first line in a file. I will change it later so I can do a addition in each text file.
Name: Beth
Number: 1234567891
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET "sourcedir=u:\your files"
SET "destdir=u:\your results"
SET "filename1=%sourcedir%\q65417881.txt"
rem make sure arrays are empty
For %%b IN (name number) DO FOR /F "delims==" %%a In ('set %%b[ 2^>Nul') DO SET "%%a="
rem Initialise counter and entry array
SET /a count=0
SET "number[0]=dummy"
FOR /f "usebackqdelims=" %%a IN ("%filename1%") DO (
IF DEFINED number[!count!] (SET /a count+=1&SET "name[!count!]=%%a") ELSE (SET "number[!count!]=%%a")
)
rem clear out dummy entry
SET "number[0]=dummy"
FOR /L %%c IN (1,1,%count%) DO (
rem replace spaces with dashes
SET "name[%%c]=!name[%%c]: =-!"
rem report to console rem report to console
ECHO Name: !name[%%c]! Number: !number[%%c]!
rem generate name.txt file
(
ECHO !name[%%c]!
ECHO !number[%%c]!
)>"%destdir%\!name[%%c]!.txt"
)
GOTO :EOF
You would need to change the values assigned to sourcedir and destdir to suit your circumstances. The listing uses a setting that suits my system.
I deliberately include spaces in names to ensure that the spaces are processed correctly.
I used a file named q65417881.txt containing your data for my testing.
The line data read from the file is assigned to %%a is assigned to and number[!count!] alternately. The data is retained in these arrays for use by further processing.
[Edited to include conversion of spaces within names to dashes]
If I understand correctly, you want to precede every second line with Number: + SPACE and every other line with Name: + SPACE. For this you do not need to store each line in a variable first, you can use a single for /F loop lo read the file line by line and process every line individually. There are two possibilities:
Temporarily precede every line with a line number plus : using findstr /N:
#echo off
rem // Loop through lines and precede each with line number plus `:`:
for /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%K in ('findstr /N "^" "Test1.txt"') do (
rem // Calculate remainder of division by two:
set /A "MOD=%%K%%2" 2> nul
rem // Toggle delayed expansion to avoid issues with `!`:
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem // Conditionally return line string with adequate prefix:
if !MOD! neq 0 (
endlocal & echo Name: %%L
) else (
endlocal & echo Number: %%L
)
)
This will fail when a line begins with the a :.
Check whether numeric representation of current line string is greater than 0:
#echo off
rem // Loop through (non-empty) lines:
for /F "usebackq delims=" %%L in ("Test1.txt") do (
rem // Determine numeric representation of current line string:
set /A "NUM=%%L" 2> nul
rem // Toggle delayed expansion to avoid issues with `!`:
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem // Conditionally return line string with adequate prefix:
if !NUM! equ 0 (
endlocal & echo Name: %%L
) else (
endlocal & echo Number: %%L
)
)
This fails when a name begins with numerals and/or when a numeric line is 0.
And just for the sake of posting something different:
#SetLocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion & (Set LF=^
% 0x0A %
) & For /F %%G In ('Copy /Z "%~f0" NUL') Do #Set "CR=%%G"
#For /F "Tokens=1,2* Delims=:" %%G In ('%__AppDir__%cmd.exe /D/V/C ^
"%__AppDir__%findstr.exe /NR "^[a-Z]*!CR!!LF![0123456789]" "Test1?.txt" 2>NUL"
') Do #(SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
(Set /P "=Name: %%I!CR!!LF!Number: " 0<NUL & Set "_="
For /F Delims^=^ EOL^= %%J In ('%__AppDir__%more.com +%%H "%%G"') Do #(
If Not Defined _ Set "_=_" & Echo %%J)) 1>"%%I.txt" & EndLocal)
This file should be run with the Test1.txt file in the current working directory. It is important that along side Test1.txt, there are no other .txt files with the same basename followed by one other character, (for example Test1a.txt or Test12.txt). Should you wish to change your filename, just remember that you must suffix its basename in the above code with a ? character, (e.g. MyTextFile.log ⇒ MyTextFile?.log).
I had the rare opportunity to verify that this script worked against the following example Test1.txt file:
Beth
1234567891
Jay
2134456544
Bob
2137856514
Jimmy
4574459540
Mary
3734756547
Gemma
6938456114
Albert
0134056504
So I need a code that will take a text file (we'll cal it list.txt) and turn every line into a variable.
To give some context, I have some file names listed in list.txt, which adds and deletes file names occasionally by user request. I want the user of this code to be able to select which document they'd like to open using variables.
For example, if list.txt looks like this
list.txt
loading.txt
test1.txt
test2.txt
test3.txt
test4.txt
Then I'd like an automatic variable for every .txt listed. I then would add a simple if statement to open the file matched with the variable.
Am I making this too complicated for myself or is this the only way to do this?
EDIT:
I am not attempting something like this:
type list.txt
echo.
echo.
set /p GROUPSELECT= Please type out the FULL name of the group listed:
CD %grouplist%
type %GROUPSELECT%
It will display the file contents, and then display the specific file chosen by the input. I'd think that the variable might be easier to do more with later though, just a thought.
Edit2
I tried this:
#Echo OFF
FOR /F "Usebackq Delims=" %%a IN (
"list.txt"
) DO (
set jim=%%a
)
echo %jim%
PAUSE
%jim% will only be the last line in the text file, so how do I make the next step into making them all different?
Give this a try. I have commented each line of code that should explain what it is doing. Let me know if you need any further explanation.
#echo off
REM FOR commnd is parsing the output of the FINDSTR commands.
REM First FINDSTR command is finding non empty lines in the file
REM Second Findstr command is assigning a number to each line of the file
REM The output is split into two tokens and the number is assigned to %%G and the line of the file to %%H
for /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%G IN ('findstr /V "^$" list.txt ^|findstr /N ".*"') DO (
REM create a variable of the lines in the file
set "file%%G=%%H"
REM Create a menu of the lines in the file
echo %%G %%H
REM Get the number of lines in the output
set "num=%%G"
)
REM Ask user to chose a number
set /P "filenum=Chose a file number 1 to %num%:"
REM Need to enable delayed expansion to use array variables
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
REM Check if they type in a correct number and display the file
IF DEFINED file%filenum% type !file%filenum%!
endlocal
pause
Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?
#For /F "Delims==" %%# In ('Set # 2^>Nul')Do #Set "%%#="
#For /F Tokens^=1*Delims^=[]^ EOL^= %%# In ('Type "file.txt"^|Find /V /N ""'
)Do #Set "#%%#=%%$"&Echo( %%#. %%$
:Opt
#Echo(
#Set /P "Opt=Choose a document to open>"
#Set #|Findstr /B "#%Opt%=">Nul||GoTo :Opt
#Call Start "" "%%#%Opt%%%"
Just change the name of the text file containing your list on line 2 as needed.
#TheBoy your question is confusingly framed. If you DO NOT want the example you put in the edit, then can you better explain what you DO want??
Do you want to say iterate over the list file, and create a choice screen?
#(SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
ECHO OFF
SET "_ChoiceList_File=C:\Admin\ChoiceFile.txt"
REM Full Character List to populate Choices
SET "_CharList=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F N X"
)
CALL :Main
( ENDLOCAL
EXIT /B 0
)
:Main
REM Now we can Do Our Choices btu lets do it in a Sub Function.
CALL :MakeChoice _ChoiceResult
ECHO.
ECHO The Index Chosen Was: %_Chosen%
ECHO The Result Matched is: "%_ChoiceResult%"
REM ECHO Here you output "%_ChoiceResult%"
TYPE "%_ChoiceResult%"
GOTO :EOF
:MakeChoice
cls
color 1A
SET %~1="
SET "_Choices="
SET "_Chosen="
SET "_Amount="
SET "_Choice.17.Value=Next Set!"
SET "_Choice.18.Value=EXIT!"
SET "_Choice_Show_Next="
echo. Pick a File:
echo.========================
REM Create Numbered Array of Choices and output Choices to the Screen
FOR /F "tokens=* usebackq" %%A IN ("%_ChoiceList_File%") DO (
SET /A "_Amount+=1"
SET "_Choice.!_Amount!.Value=%%A"
IF !_Amount! EQU 16 (
SET /A "_Amount+=2"
CALL :MakeChoice "%~1"
IF DEFINED _Chosen (
IF !_Chosen! NEQ 17 (
REM IF !_Chosen! NEQ 18 (
GOTO :EOF
REM )
)
SET "_Amount="
SET "_Chosen="
)
)
)
IF NOT DEFINED _Chosen (
SET /A "_Amount+=1"
SET "_Choice.!_Amount!.Value=!"
SET /A "_Amount+=1"
SET "_Choice.!_Amount!.Value=EXIT!"
CALL :MakeChoice "%~1"
)
GOTO :EOF
:MakeChoice
CLS
ECHO.
SET "_Temp="
SET "_Choices="
SET /A "_Skipline= !_Amount! - 1"
REM Create Choice List to Display only the choices needed.
FOR %%A IN (%_CharList%) DO (
SET /A "_Temp+=1"
IF !_Temp! LEQ !_Amount! (
IF !_Temp! EQU !_Skipline! (
ECHO.
ECHO.=============================
)
IF DEFINED _Choice.!_Temp!.Value (
SET "_Choices=!_Choices!%%A"
CALL ECHO. %%A : %%_Choice.!_Temp!.Value%%
)
)
)
ECHO.
CHOICE /C !_Choices! /N /M "What File do you want to choose? "
SET "_Chosen=%ERRORLEVEL%"
SET "%~1=!_Choice.%_Chosen%.Value!"
GOTO :EOF
)
You can try this:
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set jim=
for /f "delims=] tokens=1*" %%a in ('find /v /n "" ^<list.txt') do (
set jim=!jim! %%b
)
echo Select a file from !jim!
set /p file=
type !file!
pause
This will read all lines from the list.txt and return them within a variable !jim!.
windows cmd batch
I have a text file that looks like this:
Dog
Cat
Frog
Bat
Bird
Mouse
I want to attribute a number to each string, each line.
So that it becomes
1 Dog
2 Cat
3 Frog
4 Bat
5 Bird
6 Mouse
Then I want to ask the user to input a number, and then have the corresponding string stored in the variable.
So if the user inputs 1, then the variable is set to the string Dog
So when the user inputs 1 the program stores/outputs Dog
set /p var1="number? " so var1 becomes the string, not the number.
This does the first part of the task kinda, but now I need the second part, storing the strings in avariable.
#echo off
set TEXT_T="list.txt"
set /a c=0
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
)
endlocal
pause
Here below is an updated answer, thanks to LotPings.
With a small tweak to ask for the folder by string
This provides an easier way to use Megatools from CMD
https://megatools.megous.com/man/megals.html
https://github.com/megous/megatools
#echo off
:start:
megals /Root/
set /p var1="dir? " & megals /Root/%%var1%%
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -n /Root/%%var1%% ^|findstr
/n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -n -e /Root/%%var1%% ^|findstr
/n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Link=%%Link[%choice%]%%
set "trimmedlink="
for %%h in (%Link%) do if not defined trimmedlink set "trimmedlink=%%h"
Megadl %trimmedlink% && goto :start:
pause
Edit: Had to trim %Link% to just the first word, i.e just the link
The output of Megals -e /Root/misc looks like this:
The asterisk are the unique link ids for the files
/Root/misc
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File1
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File2
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File3
With the batch script above it looks like:
1 File1
2 File2
3 File3
Select #: <------input file number
Edit2 number listing is fixed
Edit3 Parentheses in filenames crash the program
i.e
1 File(1)
The chosen file number then gets passed to Magadl as the corresponding link
Megadl Link
The batch script allows you to download the link by just entering the corresponding file number so you don't have to type out the long link id in a standard cmd window.
To use megals output directly and avoid delayedexpansion (which removes the !)
Findstr /n will do the numbering.
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/ ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Item[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Echo Choice:%%Item[%choice%]%%
Using a (pseudo-)call with doubled percent signs is an old fashioned method of realizing delayed expansion without the problem with the !.
In programming/scripting you need to adapt techniques to fit your needs.
Without knowing the exact output of your megatools,
this could do the job :
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/ ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Folder[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Folder=%%Folder[%choice%]%%
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e %Folder% ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Link=%%Link[%choice%]%%
megadl %Link%
As compo advised, please edit your question to contain all necessary information - don't force others to gather it from unnecessary answer and comments.
Just use an array:
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set TEXT_T="list.txt"
set /a c=0
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
set string[!c!]=%%i
)
set /P number=Enter number:
echo !string[%number%]!
pause
For further details, see this answer.
What about making the output of a command into a list, instead of a text file into a list?
so the line with var1 here would be turned into a numbered list (the files listed in that directory), and Var2 is the number the users enters to create the returned string that gets passed to a command. i.e
https://megatools.megous.com/man/megals.html
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
(megals -e /Root/) <--------list all folders in root
(set /p var1="dir? " && megals -e /Root/!var1!) <-- select folder + list files
(set /p var2="Megalink? " && Megadl !var2!) <--- enter the file name for download
ENDLOCAL
pause
I want to be able to enter a number for the download, instead of the long file name. So this way the user can enter the number that corresponds to the link that they want to download. So if they enter 1 then the program does Megadl Dog
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
megals -e /Root/
set /p var1="dir? "
megals -e /Root/!var1! > rlist.txt
set TEXT_T="rlist.txt"
set /a c=0
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
set string[!c!]=%%i
)
set /P number=Enter number:
Megadl !string[%number%]!
Endlocal
pause
This kills the first part of the link because it removes everything in between and including exclamations. !dasasdasd!
all megalinks start with #!something!
This didn't work
I need output of Call Echo %%Item[%choice%]%% passed to Megadl
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/anime ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Item[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Echo %%Item[%choice%]%%
for /F "tokens=*" (`%%Item[%choice%]%%`) do (
set "var1=%%A"
Megadl !Var1!
)
pause
I have a list of csv files in a directory which have name with format XX_YYYFile.csv, where XX is a name that can have any characters (including space), and YYY is random 3 digits. For example: "book_123File.csv", "best movie_234File.csv", etc. I want to read this list of files then create new CSV files by removing "_YYYFile". The content of the new files are the same with the original ones, except the first line needs to be added with value "number,name,date".
set inputFileFolder=C:\Input
set outputFileFolder=C:\Output
FOR /F "delims=" %%F IN ('DIR %inputFileFolder%\*File.csv /B /O:D') DO (
set reportInputFile=%inputFileFolder%\%%F
set reportInputFileName=%%F
set result=!reportInputFileName:~0,-12!
set reportOutputFileName=!result!.csv
set reportOutputFile=%outputFileFolder%\!result!.csv
echo number,name,date > !reportOutputFile!
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in (!reportInputFile!) do (
echo %%a >> !reportOutputFile!
)
)
If I run this batch file, file "book.csv" is successfully created with the correct contents (first line: "number,name,date", the next lines are from file "book_123.csv"). But file "best movie_234.csv" and other files contain space in the filename are not created successfully. File "best movie.csv" is created with only 1 line "number,name,date". The contents of file "best movie_234.csv" are not copied to file "best movie.csv".
Please help.
You need to Escape Characters, Delimiters and Quotes properly. Note the usebackq parameter in inner for /F loop as well:
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
set "inputFileFolder=C:\Input"
set "outputFileFolder=C:\Output"
FOR /F "delims=" %%F IN ('DIR "%inputFileFolder%\*File.csv" /B /O:D') DO (
set "reportInputFile=%inputFileFolder%\%%F"
set "reportInputFileName=%%F"
set "result=!reportInputFileName:~0,-12!"
set "reportOutputFileName=!result!.csv"
set "reportOutputFile=%outputFileFolder%\!result!.csv"
>"!reportOutputFile!" echo number,name,date
for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%a in ("!reportInputFile!") do (
>>"!reportOutputFile!" echo %%a
)
rem above `for /f ... %%a ...` loop might be replaced by FINDSTR
rem >>"!reportOutputFile!" findstr "^" "!reportInputFile!"
rem or by TYPE
rem >>"!reportOutputFile!" type "!reportInputFile!"
)
Hint: each > and >> redirector works as follows:
opens specified oputput file, then
writes something to oputput file, and finally
closes oputput file.
This procedure might be extremely slow if repeated in next for /f ... %%a ... loop for larger files:
>"!reportOutputFile!" echo number,name,date
for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%a in ("!reportInputFile!") do (
>>"!reportOutputFile!" echo %%a
)
Use block syntax rather:
>"!reportOutputFile!" (
echo number,name,date
for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%a in ("!reportInputFile!") do (
echo %%a
)
)
above for /f ... %%a ... loop might be replaced by FINDSTR command (it eliminates empty lines like for does) as follows:
>"!reportOutputFile!" (
echo number,name,date
findstr "^." "!reportInputFile!"
)
or by TYPE command (it will retain empty lines unlike for) as follows:
>"!reportOutputFile!" (
echo number,name,date
type "!reportInputFile!"
)
my text file is as shown below:
H;SEQUENCENUMMER;TIMESTAMP;VERSION;VALIDITY_FLAG;SID
D;1077;1383519656;"20.0.8-2";1;;
D;1079;1383519657;"20.0.8-2";2;;
i want to parse this using windows batch program and output file will look like as beloW:
H SEQUENCENUMMER TIMESTAMP VERSION VALIDITY_FLAG SID
D 1077 1383519656 "20.0.8-2" 1
D 1078 1383519657 "20.0.8-3" 2
something like a tab delimited
pls suggest
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
rem Get a tab character
for /f tokens^=^*^ delims^= %%t in ('forfiles /p "%~dp0." /m "%~nx0" /c "cmd /c echo(0x09"') do set "tab=%%t"
rem For each line in text file, replace ; with a tab
(for /f "tokens=*" %%l in (plaintext.txt) do (
set "line=%%l"
echo !line:;=%tab%!
)) > output.txt
endlocal
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if exist output.txt del output.txt
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('type "Your Text File.txt"') do (set $line=%%a
echo !$line:;= !>>output.txt)
You can use nested for-loops as follows:
#echo off
echo.|set a=>outfile.txt
for /f %%A in (infile.txt) do (
for %%B in (%%A) do (
echo.|set /P ="%%B ">>outfile.txt
)
echo.>>outfile.txt
)
You don't really seem to be parsing anything, you are just replacing semicolons with tabs. You can use VBScript to do this. Save the following as "process.vbs"
Option Explicit
Dim Line,Regex
Set RegEx = new RegExp
Regex.Pattern = ";"
Regex.Global=True
Do While Not WScript.StdIn.AtEndOfStream
Line = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine()
Line = Regex.Replace(Line,VBTab)
WScript.Echo Line
Loop
Then you can run it like this:
vbscript /nologo process.vbs < yourfile > newfile