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assigning an alphanumeric value to a variable in batch

Hi All, I want to assign the alpha numeric value to one variable in Batch scripting. I tried following one but getting error. setlocal set test = \765514e2aad02ca658cc56cdb7884947 *E:\\test1 echo %test% endlocal Error: C:\Users\bgannu>setlocal C:\Users\bgannu>set test = \765514e2aad02ca658cc56cdb7884947 *E:\\test1 C:\Users\bgannu>...

How to capture screenshots from a video clip 50 minutes into the clip and do it fast?

Ok it seems that whenever I tell ffmpeg to take a screen cap half way though the clip (clip can be as long as 10 hours) it uses 100% of 1 cpu core and takes ages… whereas if I let it do a frame at the start it goes real quick, as if it scans though the video to get to the middle instead of just jumping to it! Here is the code im current...

%x was unexpected at this time. batch script

@echo off for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=," %%x in (my.csv) do ( if %M% LSS %%x set M=%%x ) echo Max X Value= %M% Sometimes it works fine, sometime not with following error!! %x was unexpected at this time. ...

How to spawn several processes from the Windows shell and wait for them all to complete?

Hi, i want to do the following from a Windows batch script: start proc1.exe start proc2.exe ... start procN.exe <wait for all N processes to complete> <-- What do i put here? So how do i wait for all spawned processes to complete? TIA. ...

multiple parameterized sql-statements in ado.net on SQL Server

I have a problem executing two parameterized questions in one batch using SqlCommand in ADO.NET. (I want to reduce round-trips and avoid pinging) Since I don't want execution plan pollution I expect ADO.NET to transform my CommandText from "stmt1; stmt2" with all parameters belonging to stmt1 and stmt2 added to SqlCommand.Parameters t...

Get maximum percent from csv

subject score studentid xx 23.22% 1 yy 34% 2 zz 55.2% 3 xx 88.66% 4 yy 23.76% 5 zz 78.04% 6 How to get max % and student id for each subject? ...

extract few characters from a file by using batch script

Hi All, I want a batch script which will extract the first 30 characters from a file. Requirement: there is one file called test.txt and it's content is \765514e2aad02ca658cc56cdb7884947 *E:\test1 now I need a script which extract only \765514e2aad02ca658cc56cdb7884947 from the above file Thx in advance ...

Bat redirecting stderr to stdout has weird behaviour

I have a bat script which at one point redirects the stderr of a process to the stdout, and then writes it to a file. I used to do it like this: process.exe 2>&1 > file.txt However, this doesn't redirect the stderr to the file ( for reasons I can't understand ). When I modified the line to : process.exe > file.txt 2>&1 The whole t...

XML : tools for re-indenting XML in batch mode

I have a whole lot of XML files, badly indented. I wish to write a script or use a tool which re-indents all the files. Is there such a tool, or a nice library in a mainstream scripting language (preferred are Ruby and Python), or in Java ? ...

Changing font color in WordPad

Hi All, Is it possible to change the font color of text while redirecting it to WordPad? Examples: C:\echo greencolor >> C:\colors.rtf -----> This text should appear green in WordPad C:\echo redcolor >> C:\colors.rtf -----> This text should appear red in WordPad C:\echo browncolor >> C:\colors.rtf -----> This text should appear brow...

how to fetch exact string from a text file

Hi All, here is me requirement. I have one text file and I need to get exact specified string from that file C:>type small.txt | find "small2" small2 small22 small20 C:>type small.txt small2 small22 small20 C:>type small.txt | find "small2" small2 small22 small20 C:\ Here it is giving all the words instead of only "small2"...

How to get the return value of console app in a batch file?

I have a C# console application AAA.exe which can return an integer to indicate the result static int Main(string[] args) { . . . if(case1) return -1; if(case2) Environment.Exit(1); return 0; } I will call AAA.exe in a batch file and need the return value AAA.exe /p="param1" My question is: how t...

JDBC Batch Insert OutOfMemoryError

Hi I have written a method insert() in which I am trying to use JDBC Batch for inserting half a million records into a MySQL database: public void insert(int nameListId, String[] names) { String sql = "INSERT INTO name_list_subscribers (name_list_id, name, date_added)"+ " VALUES (?, ?, NOW())"; Conn...

how do I get more info for 'invalid format' error with onpladm on Windows?

This is my first time trying to use Informix. I have around 160 tables to load, using pipe-delimited text files. We have an older series of batch files that a previous developer wrote to load Informix data, but they're not working with the new version of Informix (11.5) that I installed. I'm running it on a Windows 2003 server. I've mo...

Best strategy to build custom batch search engine?

Hi I need to build a site similar to indeed.com and so many others, that tracks a number of advertising sites and parses the HTML to list the ads in my own site. I know that each source-site needs a particular strategy. That's no problem. My concern is that I want to scan the sites hourly in a batch-fashion. Is there a better suitable...

Changing environment in Hudson, that stays for the whole build

Hello, how can I execute a batch-file or just some (e.g. twice) commands in a job of Hudson (running on windows xp, as a non-service, but may change), that the environment just stays for the whole build. I need to do this, because I have to change the current path with 'cd' (we are using relative paths in our proj) and 'set' some envir...

How Symfony did its command alias ?

Apologies my french english ... I would like to create an alias in Windows XP cmd, like Symfony. This code works perfectly, but resets every system boot : doskey kCLI= php C:\wamp\www\KinkamaCLI\KinkamaCLI.php I tryed to put a .bat in "start" folder, but I think it's not beautifull, and I feel it doesn't work, because I can't see th...

Windows batch file: get folders' path and store them in variable

Hello I need a batch file to store in a variable all paths of all directories/subdierectories named ".svn" that I can found in my_folder. Something like: @ECHO OFF FOR /r my_folder %%X IN (.svn) DO (ECHO %%X) the command above prints them to screen, but I need to store them in a variable as a list of strings. Someone knows how to do ...

Windows batch file: call more than one command FOR each loop

Is it possible in batch file to call more than one command in a single FOR loop, let's say for example I want to print the file name and after delete it. @ECHO OFF FOR /r %%X IN (*.txt) DO (ECHO %%X DEL %%X) REM the line above is invalid sintax. I know in this case I could solve it by doing two distinct FOR loops: one for showing the ...

How can I select a layout when using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (shimgvw.dll) to print jpgs from the command line?

I am automating the printing of jpg files using a windows batch file and the command line interface for the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. The command I'm using in my .bat is: rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%fullpath_to_jpg%" "%printer_name%" My photo printer does 4x6 prints. If the jpg file is ...