batch

Batch: Remove a string from a string

I have the following batch script from Wikipedia: @echo off for /R "C:\Users\Admin\Ordner" %%f in (*.flv) do ( echo %%f ) pause I learned here that %%~nf returns just the filename without the extension. Now I just wanted to remove (Video) from the filenames (%%~nf). How could I do that? ...

Batch File Works in Windows Vista; Results in "File Not Found" on Windows 7

The following batch file, meant to parse a directory and send each file to the specified program, works in Windows Vista x64: @ECHO OFF FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%A IN ('dir /b /on *.mts') DO ( "C:\Program Files (x86)\DGAVCDecode\DGAVCIndex.exe" -i %%A.%%B -o %%~nA.dga -f 2 -a -e ) In Windows 7 x64, cmd returns "File Not Foun...

One more bash (now .bat) script

I need to convert about 12000 TIF files in many directories, and try to write bash-script: #!/bin/bash find -name "*.tif" | while read f do convert "$f" "${f%.*}.png" rm -f "$f" done Why it say: x.sh: 6: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "do") and what I should to do? Great thanks to you all, men, but I was cheated:...

Text-based loading bar when running Java in command prompt?

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if there was a way to use System.out.println(); or other methods to create a cool loading bar when I run my program with a batch file. The real question here is how I can make this bar appear as if it's printing on only one line. I don't want it to be spread over multiple lines like below: [aaaaaccc...

Exit batch script from inside a function

Hello, I have a problem with my batch file. It builds several programs automatically by doing something like this: set some compilation flags run 'gmake all' call the "check error level" function and if errorlevel 1, exit So it looks like this: set FLAG=1 ... gmake all call :interactive_check set OTHERFLAG=1 ... gmake all call :int...

How can i write a "bat" file that will run same exe file multiple times

Hi guys I'd like to write a "bat" file that can run same "exe" file multiple times with different input files. Does anyone know how to implement this task? What kind of commands should I use? Thanks in advanced. ...

how to write a "bat" file to implement two "exe" files by turns multiple times

I have two "exe"(A and B) files and a input(C) file. Firstly, The A file will take C as input to execute and then update input(C) file. Next, B file will take C as input to execute and then update input(C) file. ... ... ... These two steps will repeat multiple times. Which kind of command should I use? ...

Android: Batch insert contact photo

I want to insert a contact photo with other information in a batch insert. "is" is the input stream using the uri of the photo: is = Data.clientContext.getContentResolver().openInputStream(/data/data/com.project.xxxxxxxxxxxxx/files/photo); op_list.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI) ...

starting TS and TSNoise via batch and closing TSNoise when TS is quit

ok, i know how to start both programs parallel, but i'd like to make TSNoise close on closing TS. atm my .bat is this: @ECHO OFF start /b E:\Programme\teamspeak2RC2\TeamSpeak.exe start /b I:\Programme\TN1.0.4\TS-NOISE.exe ECHO. EXIT ...

How to move all files except the newest one to a folder?

Hi all, I have a Windows box and a folder containing such files: 2010-07-04 20:18 81 in01_Acct_20100704001.r 2010-07-07 05:45 165 in01_Acct_20100706001.r 2010-07-07 19:41 82 in01_Acct_20100707001.r 2010-07-07 10:02 81 in01_Acct_20100707002.r 2010-07-08 08:31 ...

Batch with No args runs as job (scheduled task) with no errors, Batch with 1 arg fails with Access Denied. Why?

Here's a trivial batch: @echo off if not .%1==.-b goto else echo Running with -b flag ON goto endif :else echo Running with NO flags :endif Now, trying to run this from a scheduled task on a Windows Server 2003... If the task is ran like: "C:\Test\test.bat" then the log (Schedlgu.txt) says: "Test Job.job" (test.bat) ...

Editing .doc document using AppleScript

I am trying to batch convert some .doc files to .pdf I am pretty sure I've got the concept right, I just do not know how to reference the format to change the file format when I "Save As" set F to choose folder tell application "Finder" set P to (files of entire contents of F) repeat with I from 1 to number of items in P set this_it...

Remove all redundant files in a directory

I have directoryA that gets populated as a replica of directoryB, and some files are changed or added. I want to automate the process of deleting all files from directoryA that have redundant copies in directoryB. Both directories have several layers of sub-directories, so the solution will likely have to be recursive. My first thought...

Batch file with variable number of command line parameter

I have a following batch file: :LOOP ping %1 ping %2 goto LOOP The above file works only with two command line parameters. How to make this work of variable number of command line parameters. For example if four command line parameters were provided at the run time, then it should ping all the four servers. Any help appreciated ...

Bat file set command

Hi, I have the following echo off set installType = /t set msBuild=c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe set adminBuild = %msBuild% "d:\Projects\Test\Test.csproj" /T:Package /P:PackageLocation="d:\Projects\MSBuild\Package\Test.zip" set adminDeploy = d:\Projects\MSBuild\Package\Test.deploy.cmd %installType% echo %ms...

Windows Batch to rename <int>_body.html to <int>.html

Can't seem to nail this one down... Is there a programmatic/batchish way to rename a set of files in the same directory from 1_body.html, 2_body.html, etc to 1.html, 2.html? I'm just a regular user, so I wont have permissions to do anything too fancy :). ...

getting returned results after running .BAT file

when i run a .BAT file, it displays a message but immediately closes the window how i can i force it to keep the window open so that i can see the message reeturned? ...

Executing Batch File in NSIS installer

I have a batch file that I need to run within my NSIS installer. It must run after all the files have been extracted, (I suppose this is obvious, otherwise the batch file wouldn't exist yet). I tried to use MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE with the finish page in order to run it but when it gets to that portion of the script it appears that ...

Remove multi-line strings from a text file using a batch script

I am trying to create a batch file that will edit a text file to remove lines that contain a certain string and remove the line directly after that. An example of this file would look like this: LINE ENTRY KEEP_1 BLA BLA END LINE ENTRY REMOVE_1 FOO BAR END LINE ENTRY REMOVE_2 HELLO WORLD END LINE ENTRY KEEP_2 CAT DOG END After runnin...

How can I escape an exclamation mark ! in cmd scripts?

When I have setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION set in a cmd script is there any way I can escape a ! that I want to use as a parameter to a command? @echo off setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION echo I want to go out with a bang! echo I still want to go out with a bang^! ...