So, I want to be able to build an arbitrary number of VS solutions using a batch script. I would want the script to search for the given project names, and pass their filepaths to the VS CLI.The format would be along the lines of:
build_slns (debug|release) [proj1] [proj2] ... [projN]
The first arg would be the configuration, and all subsequent args would be project names. The part I'm having trouble with, is that these projects will all be in different subdirectories of my base code directory. So an example would be something like this:
build_slns debug foo bar foobar
And the .slns I want to build would be located like so:
Code\foo\foo.sln
Code\foo\bar\bar.sln
Code\foobar\foobar.sln
I believe I'll want to use FOR /F, but I'm just not familiar enough with batch to get it working the way I want it to. Any guidance here is greatly appreciated.
Something like this should work
#echo off
setlocal
::change the definition of cmd and root as needed
set cmd="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
set root="d:\utils"
:loop
if "%~2" equ "" exit /b
echo Searching for %2
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /s "%root%\%2.sln"') do (
echo Building %%F
%cmd% "%%F" /build %1
)
shift /2
goto :loop
Related
Normally I can specify a folder for a batch file to work in.
Not so with the FOR command:
for %%a in (G_*.txt) do ren "%%a" "test-%%a"
This finds G_*.txt in all files and renames those by putting test- in front of the filename.
I tried specifying G_*.txt further with C:\test\G_*.txt but that is not accepted.
I also tried pouring this into a variable but that also failed.
Who knows what to do?
Again, I had to change the approach: using SET /R will put a long path into the %%a variable which makes the idea unsuited to put a bit of text in front of a filename.
I found the solution by selecting the work directory first and let the FOR construction do its work. Since it must be network proof, I had to use the PUSHD command.
This is what the final result looks like:
set source=\\nassie\home\test\source with nasty space
set target=D:\target
PUSHD %source%
:: If this fails then exit
If %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto:eof
for %%a in (G_*.txt) do xcopy "%source%\%%a" "%target%\textblabla_%%a*" /D /Y
POPD
I have around 12,000 .jpg files in a data-set folder in G:\train with names such as
0002_c1s1_000451_03.jpg, 0002_c1s1_000551_01.jpg...
up to
...1500_c6s3_086542_02.jpg , 1500_c6s3_086567_01.jpg
I want to move them to new folders with their initial filename such as 0002, 0005, 0007,... 1496, 1500
What I need is a Windows batch file to create new folders & move files quickly without a hassle. I've tried few other answers to no avail.
Something like this should do, as a .cmd/.bat script file:
#rem The DEBUG_RUN variable enables a step-by-step mode, it will cause the
#rem script to pause after processing every file. Remove the DEBUG_RUN (and
#rem the pause instruction) when you are confident it does what you want,
#rem restart the script and enjoy :-)
:main
#setlocal
#set DEBUG_RUN=1
#pushd "G:\train"
#for %%f in (*.jpg) do #(
call :mvToSubDir "%%~nxf"
if defined DEBUG_RUN pause
)
#popd
#pause
#endlocal
#goto:eof
:mvToSubDir
#set fn=%~1
#set dn=%fn:~0,4%
#if not exist "%dn%" mkdir "%dn%"
move "%fn%" "%dn%"
#goto:eof
you can try a series of for loops to accomplish this
for /l %%f in (1,1,12000) do (
mkdir %%f
for %%d in (c:\sourcedir) do (
move %%d %%f
)
)
i didn't fully understand how you wanted to sort them but i hope this helps. You can use the "for /?" command and feel free to ask for more help if this isn't enough. I wish you luck with your endeavors.
I am writing a batch file Primary.bat which collects all the text file names from a particular directory and pipe the output to Generator.bat
The contents of Primary.bat currently:
#echo off
SETLOCAL=ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
Rem Following command will write the names of all files in a text file
dir /b "C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles" > "C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat"
So, the contents of Generator.bat will be:
input1.txt
input2.txt.
input3.txt
unitedstates1.txt
unitedkingdomsales.txt
majorregion100.txt
Now I need to add code in Primary.bat so that all the above lines gets created in Generator.bat with some additional text as per below:
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\input1.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\input1.rtg
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\input2.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\input2.rtg
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\input3.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\input3.rtg
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\unitedstates1.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\unitedstates1.rtg
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\unitedkingdomsales.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\unitedkingdomsales.rtg
converter.java C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\majorregion100.txt C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\majorregion100.rtg
Once Primary.bat ran you should then just be able to double-click Generator.bat which will execute all of the commands.
Thanks in advance
There are still some points I don't understand about your code but as far as I understood your task, this should work:
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
TYPE NUL>Generator.bat
ECHO #ECHO OFF>>Generator.bat
FOR /F %%F IN ('DIR /B InputOutput\SourceFiles') DO (
ECHO START converter.java "C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\%%F" "C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\%%~nF.rtg">>Generator.bat
)
As you only want to execute converter.java, you also can skip START. I've suggested START to be able to decide how you want to execute your application (eg. by adding /b or /p or /w or whatever as a parameter for START).
The following should work. Since converter.java is a source file, it can't be executed. I therefore assume you mean java Converter, which will work assuming you have written a class called Converter, placed it in Converter.java, and compiled it with javac Converter.java to create Converter.class.
#echo off
>C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat (for %%f in (C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\*.txt) do (
echo java Converter "%%f" "C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\%%~nf.rtg"
))
NOTE!! This is assuming that all of the files in the Directory has an .txt extension as per your example
#echo off
if exist "C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat" move /Y "C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat" "C:\InputOutput\Generator.back"
echo #echo off > "C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /F %%a in ('dir /b C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\') do (
set result=%%a
set renamed=!result:.txt=.rtg!
echo converter.java "C:\InputOutput\SourceFiles\!result!" "C:\InputOutput\OutFiles\!renamed!" >> "C:\InputOutput\Generator.bat"
)
endlocal
I have an exe file, say, C:\Programs\tools\4.0.97869\program.exe
This, obviously, version number may vary, but I'm totally sure that it will always be 4.0.something
I can execute some command from batch file, specifying path to that exe like this:
"C:\Programs\tools\4.0.97869\program.exe" /option:Key somevalue
Which works perfectly fine. However, I would like to place a wildcard here, for example like this:
C:\Programs\tools\4.0.*\program.exe
Since I can perfectly navigate like this using cd
I do not want to specify that exe in Path
I do not want to cd to that directory and call program.exe from there
It there a way to specify first matching directory which has a
necessary file to execute in one line?
Thanks.
Here is a solution that uses a PowerShell script:
$pathPattern = 'C:\Programs\tools\4.0.*\program.exe'
if(!(Test-Path $pathPattern)){
throw "Could not find a single executable"
}
$paths = Get-Item -Path $pathPattern
Invoke-Expression $paths[0]
A PowerShell solution would be a better idea. If only cmd.exe can be used, the following might work. It is not a one-liner. Store this in a .bat file and CALL it. It works by running the first "program.exe" it can find. It tries to get the most recent one by ordering the directory search as most recent first.
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET EXITCODE=0
SET "EXEWILD=C:\Programs\tools\4.0.*"
FOR /F %%d IN ("%EXEWILD%") DO (SET "EXEBASE=%%~dpd")
IF NOT EXIST "%EXEWILD%" (
ECHO ERROR: Tool directory "%EXEWILD%" does not exist.
SET EXITCODE=4
GOTO TheEnd
)
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%d IN (`DIR /B /O-D "%EXEWILD%"`) DO (
IF EXIST "%EXEBASE%\%%~d\program.exe" (
"%EXEBASE%%%~d\program.exe" %*
SET EXITCODE=!ERRORLEVEL!
GOTO TheEnd
) ELSE (
ECHO WARNING: program.exe not found in "%EXEBASE%\%%~d"
)
)
:TheEnd
EXIT /B %EXITCODE%
Ok, so I've been bating (hehe) my head against a wall here.
I am looking for an option/code that would allow me to search for a partial path and/or filename from a .bat script that I would export to an outside file.
Now, "search", "export" and "outside file" is something I am fine with. The part that is giving me a headache is the "partial".
To elaborate.
I am looking for a folder called DATA and a file called userinfo.txt inside DATA.
Those are constant. So the path I have is DATA\userinfo.txt
I am also 99% certain that this folder will be in D:\ but thats not a concern right now. Where ever it is I'll find it.
But I cannot figure out how to look for a partial path\filename for the life of me.
Reason I have specified that DATA\userinfo.txt is a constant is due to other folders ability to be named arbitrarily. So in my below example 01-12-2016 does not have to be named according to that convention. For USA it would most likely be named 12-01-2016. It is also sometimes named 20161201 or 20160112 or on top of all that has a letter prefix such as d01-12-2016. On that note DATA is always DATA, which is why I said DATA is constant in my search. Another thing that will be the same is the grandparent folder. When i say "same" i mean "shared" between the two applications. It does not mean it will always be named "program" as in my example below.
Googling this and using things I know has got me nowhere.
Reason I cannot simply use
where /r d: userinfo.txt
is that that specific command will return hundreds of results as there is a userinfo.txt created for every.single.day the program was running and is stored separately.
Alternatively - if there would be a way to comb trough those hundreds of results and find the matching part that would also resolve my issue.
This however brings up another headache as there is usually more than one program with this exact file.
so in the example of
d:\users\path\program\storage\01-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\01-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\02-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\02-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\03-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\03-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\04-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\04-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\05-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\05-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\06-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\06-12-2016\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\storage\data\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\data\userinfo.txt
Note: storage, otherstorage, storageother, storage2, storagegh are all arbitrary names as these folders are named accoring to end-user wishes.
I would want to export two separate variables for
d:\users\path\program\storage
and
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage
I would also need to do this for \data\userinfo.txt
So if searching for \data\userinfo.txt it would return
d:\users\path\program\storage\data\userinfo.txt
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\data\userinfo.txt
I would also want to isolate both
d:\users\path\program\storage
and
d:\users\path\program\otherstorage
and use it as (separate) local variables.
I would need to note that installing/downloading any external scripting tools/aids would not be a suitable solution as I work on a lot of computers, most of which I do not have internet access and/or sufficient permissions for external downloads/installations so anything that is not integrated into the bat and needs to be imported separately is a bad idea.
Also, I am working on Windows XP SP3 but I would need this bat to be able to run on XP SP2, XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows NT, Windows 2000.
Any help would be appreciated.
Please note that
d:\users\path\program
would also be an acceptable variable. In this case I would manually amend the remainder of the path or would rely on end-user (my coworkers) input to complete the path correctly. The last has proven to be a fools errand.
The way that I've been handling it until now is to look for a .exe that I KNOW will be in both folders. This is a part of my code below edited to match the current example.
#echo off
SETLOCAL
echo Program will now look for program.exe and programgh.exe. Please input, when asked, matching part of the path for these files.
echo Example:
echo d:\users\path\program\storage\bin\program.exe
echo d:\users\path\program\otherstorage\bin\programgh.exe
echo In above example matching part is d:\users\path\program so you would enter that when prompted
echo Please do not input the last pathing mark: \ (backslash)
echo -------------searching---------------
::I am exporting errors to nul as I don't want them to be spammed by errors and other data that they would think is their fault
where /r c: program*.exe 2>nul
where /r d: program*.exe 2>nul
where /r e: program*.exe 2>nul
where /r f: program*.exe 2>nul
set /p dualpath="Please enter matching paths for program folder: "
After that I would proceed to work with %dualpath% variable.
As it usually happens (to me at least) most people would just copy the example path without taking a look at what the program has spat out and would be confused as to why the program did not work. Either that or would copy everything up to program.exe and programgh.exe - including the otherstorage\bin\ without noticing that \storage\ and \otherstorage\ do not match.
I think this now covers all the comments or additional questions and clarifies a bit better what I need. Thank you all for help so far and I hope that this is easier to understand.
If a Windows cmd command allows wildcards in a (partially or fully qualified) path then wildcards must be used only in the path leaf (i.e. the last item or container in the path). However, you could apply findstr regex to narrow command output e.g. as follows:
where /r d:\ userinfo.txt | findstr /I "\\storage2*\\data\\userinfo.txt"
above command wold narrow output to paths ending with \storage\data\userinfo.txt and \storage2\data\userinfo.txt
Another example - narrow output to paths ending with \storageX\data\userinfo.txt where X is either nothing or any decimal cipher [0-9]:
dir /B /S d:\userinfo.txt | findstr /I "\\storage[0-9]*\\data\\userinfo.txt"
Put the paths to environment variables (with _var prefix for easier next identification), e.g. _varstorage, _varstorage2, …
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
for /F "delims=" %%F in ('
dir /B /S "d:\userinfo.txt" ^| findstr /I "\\storage[0-9]*\\data\\userinfo.txt"') do (
for /D %%D in ("%%~dpF..") do (
set "_var%%~nxD=%%~fD"
rem %%~fD path
rem %%~nxD last item in above path
rem _var variable name prefix
)
)
rem show result:
set _var
See also next %%~nxD and %%~D explanation: Command Line arguments (Parameters): Parameter Extensions
If I got your intention right, the following script should do what you want:
#echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
rem // Define constants here:
set "_ROOT=D:\" & rem "D:\", "D:\users",..., or "D:\users\path\program"
set "_FILE=userinfo.txt"
rem // Initialise index:
set /A "INDEX=1"
rem // Search for the specified file in the given root directory:
for /F "delims=" %%F in ('dir /B /S "%_ROOT%\%_FILE%"') do (
rem // Iterate once over the grandparent directory itself:
for /D %%D in ("%%F\..\..") do (
rem // Resolve the path of the grantparent directory;
set "ITEM=%%~fD"
rem // Initialise flag (non-empty means not yet stored):
set "FLAG=#"
rem // Toggle delayed expansion to avoid trouble with exclamation marks:
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem // Iterate over all currently stored grantparent paths:
for /F "tokens=1,* delims==" %%V in ('2^> nul set $ARRAY[') do (
rem // Clear flag in case current grandparent has already been stored:
if /I "!%%V!"=="!ITEM!" set "FLAG="
)
rem // Check flag:
if defined FLAG (
rem // Flag is empty, so current grandparent needs to be stored:
set "$ARRAY[!INDEX!]=!ITEM!"
rem // Transfer stored grandparent over localisation barrier:
for /F "delims=" %%E in ("$ARRAY[!INDEX!]=!ITEM!") do (
endlocal
set "%%E"
)
rem // Increment index
set /A "INDEX+=1"
) else endlocal
)
)
rem // Retrieving final count of grandparent directories:
set /A "INDEX-=1"
rem // Return stored grandparent paths:
set $ARRAY[
endlocal
exit /B
This should return D:\users\path\programs\otherstorage and D:\users\path\programs\storage in your situation, which are stored in the variables $ARRAY[1] and $ARRAY[2], respectively. Due to the array-style variables, this approach is flexible enough to cover also cases where more than two grandparent directories are present.
Based on your above sample this batch
#Echo off
Set Search=\\data\\userinfo.txt
pushd "D:\Users\path\program
For /f "Delims=" %%A in (
'Dir /B/S/A-D userinfo.txt ^|findstr "%Search%$"'
) Do Call :Sub "%%~fA" "%%~dpA.."
Popd
Goto :Eof
:Sub FullName DrivePath
Echo Found %~nx1
Echo in %~dp1
Echo Granny %~nx2
Set "Granny=%~nx2"
Echo in %~dp2
Echo -------
Should give this output (only partially tested)
Found userinfo.txt
in D:\Users\path\program\storage\data\
Granny storage
in D:\Users\path\program\
-------
Found userinfo.txt
in D:\Users\path\program\storage2\data\
Granny storage2
in D:\Users\path\program\
-------
The backslash in Search has to be doubled as it is an escape char for findstr