I need to send some information from the command prompt to a text file but I would like to have it just continue adding to the text file.
For example
ipconfig >C:\Users\Desktop\File.TXT
and then
tasklist >C:\Users\Dekstop\File.TXT.
When the second command runs it overwrites the file. I would like it to just add on to the file.
Use
tasklist >> C:\Users\Desktop\File.TXT
for the second command
>> is used to append the changes to the old file:
ipconfig > C:\Users\Desktop\File.TXT
tasklist >> C:\Users\Dekstop\File.TXT
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How to create a batch file about system info and ip address and domain server etc. _ which will generate a output as txt file
You can put whatever Windows commands you want in a batch file and then redirect the output to a text file using >. E.g., you could create a batch file called test.bat and put the following commands in it:
#echo off
systeminfo
ipconfig /all
Then you could run test.bat from a command prompt as follows:
C:>test >outfile.txt
The output of the batch file, which would consist of the output from the commands you placed in it, would be redirected to a file named outfile.txt by the redirect operator, >. Note: it can sometimes take awhile for the output of the systeminfo command to complete, so, depending on your system, you may need to give it a minute to complete.
Alternatively, you could add the >outfile.txt at the end of commands within the batch file itself, though for every instance after the first one you need to use double greater than signs, i.e., >>, to append the output rather than wiping out what was in outfile.txt previously and creating a new version of that text file. E.g., you could have the following in test.bat:
#echo off
systeminfo >outfile.txt
ipconfig /all >>outfile.txt
You would then just use the following at a command prompt:
C:>test
I have the below code that executes and stores the output to a text file, and then display the output to console.
robocopy %TOBEZIPPED% %TEMPDIR% *.* /E > Log.txt & type Log.txt
but since I'm using the robocopy command that shows progress while it is copying, I would like it to show as it was intended and then store the output (maybe history of the command) to a text file..
How can I do it? I've tried doskey /history from a google search but can't still solve my issue.
Hope someone can help me.. Thanks in advance..
EDIT: I have searched related questions but have not found the same with what I wanted.. please note that the result of output should be displayed first normally (not echoed or typed, see robocopy command) before redirecting it to the output file.. so it's like command will display first as usual, like a command history - after execution, will then be redirected to an output file..
For Shell only:
Use tee:
tee is a command in command-line interpreters (shells) using standard streams which reads standard input and writes it to both standard output and one or more files, effectively duplicating its input.
e.g.
robocopy %TOBEZIPPED% %TEMPDIR% *.* /E | tee -a Log.txt
If you want to do it in windows you need to use PowerShell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell . This will provide you tee command to be executable on windows.
I'm designing a batch file to first check if a copy of windows is activated (using the slmgr /xpr command) and if it isn't input a key to activate it. I have everything done except for the checking for activation as when you run the slmgr /xpr command, it outputs to a windows host script dialogue box and I can't figure out how to have that box output its text into a text file to use as a variable. Does anyone know how to do this/ has a better way?
Thanks in advance!
Use cscript to output text from slmgr to the console.
cscript slmgr.vbs /xpr
Try this, you may just change slmgr.vbs /dli to slmgr.vbs /xpr.
It will automatically generate a text file saved to your C:\ drive:
cscript c:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs /dli > c:\slmgr_result.txt
I want to display the content of a text file in a CMD window. In addition, I want to see the new lines that added to file, like tail -f command in Unix.
You can use the more command. For example:
more filename.txt
Take a look at GNU utilities for Win32 or download it:
We can use the 'type' command to see file contents in cmd.
Example -
type abc.txt
More information can be found HERE.
I don't think there is a built-in function for that
xxxx.txt > con
This opens the files in the default text editor in windows...
type xxxx.txt
This displays the file in the current window. Maybe this has params you can use...
There is a similar question here: CMD.EXE batch script to display last 10 lines from a txt file
So there is a "more" command to display a file from the given line, or you can use the GNU Utilities for Win32 what bryanph suggested in his link.
To show content of a file:
type file.txt - cmd
cat file.txt - bash/powershell
You can use the 'more' command to see the content of the file:
more filename.txt
Using a single PowerShell command to retrieve the file ending:
powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait c:\logFile.log -Tail 10"
It applies to PowerShell 3.0 and newer.
Another option is to create a file called TAIL.CMD with this code:
powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait %1 -Tail %2"
To do this, you can use Microsoft's more advanced command-line shell called "Windows PowerShell." It should come standard on the latest versions of Windows, but you can download it from Microsoft if you don't already have it installed.
To get the last five lines in the text file simply read the file using Get-Content, then have Select-Object pick out the last five items/lines for you:
Get-Content c:\scripts\test.txt | Select-Object -last 5
Source: Using the Get-Content Cmdlet
You can do that in some methods:
One is the type command: type filename
Another is the more command: more filename
With more you can also do that: type filename | more
The last option is using a for
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in (filename) do (echo.%%A)
This will go for each line and display it's content. This is an equivalent of the type command, but it's another method of reading the content.
If you are asking what to use, use the more command as it will make a pause.
If you want it to display the content of the file live, and update when the file is altered, just use this script:
#echo off
:start
cls
type myfile.txt
goto start
That will repeat forever until you close the cmd window.
There is no built in option available with Windows. To constantly monitor logs you can use this free application BareTailPro.
You can get the TAIL utility from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools.
Here are additional details -- Tail command for Windows (CMD).
If you want to display for example all .config (or .ini) file name and file content into one doc for user reference (and by this I mean user not knowing shell command i.e. 95% of them), you can try this :
FORFILES /M *myFile.ini /C "cmd /c echo File name : #file >> %temp%\stdout.txt && type #path >> %temp%\stdout.txt && echo. >> %temp%\stdout.txt" | type %temp%\stdout.txt
Explanation :
ForFiles : loop on a directory (and child, etc) each file meeting criteria
able to return the current file name being process (#file)
able to return the full path file being process (#path)
Type : Output the file content
Ps : The last pipe command is pointing the %temp% file and output the aggregate content. If you wish to copy/paste in some documentation, just open the stdout.txt file in textpad.
You can use either more filename.[extension] or type filename.[extension]
tail -3 d:\text_file.txt
tail -1 d:\text_file.txt
I assume this was added to Windows cmd.exe at some point.
I want to create a file named "new text document.txt" in the folder %tv% using a batch file ( *.bat). This is my batch file:
set tv=D:\prog\arpack96\ARPACK\SRC
cd "%tv%"
#CON >> "new text document.txt"
set tv=
Although I can really create the file in %tv%, but when I run the above batch file, I will get an error message saying
' ' is not recognized as an internal
or external command, operable program
or batch file.
Is there anyway to get rid of this error message? Or I am creating the file using the wrong command?
In order to get a truly empty file without having to provide user interaction, you can use the set /p command with a little trickery:
set tv=c:\documents and settings\administrator
cd "%tv%"
<nul >"new text document.txt" (set /p tv=)
The set /p asks the user for input into the tv variable after outputting the prompt after the = character.
Since the prompt is empty, no prompt is shown. Since you're reading from nul, it doesn't wait for user interaction. And you can store the empty string straight into tv thus removing the need to unset it.
Actually, after some more thought, there's an easier way. I've used that set /p trick in the past since it's the only way I know of echoing text without a newline being added (great for progress bars in the console). But if all you want is an empty file, you can probably get away with:
copy /y nul "new text document.txt"
The copy simply copies the contents of the nul device (effectively an empty file) to your new file name. The /y is to ensure it's overwritten without bothering the user.
type nul > file.txt
file.txt should be created empty
or paxdiablo's answer
Create an empty file from a *.bat file - this worked for me.
echo off > test.txt
con is the windows specialized file name and it should not be used.
copy con >> filename.txt
shall ask you to enter the text and you can save the text by typing Ctrl Z.