Can someone help me?
I needed a BAT that read my TXT file containing the information:
File.txt
======================
SAGEM BETA PORT (COM1)
SAGEM TELIUM COMM PORT (COM2)
MAGIC COMM (COM1)
======================
And I would always find the device "SAGEM TELIUM COMM PORT" that will be in the file and inform me of a variable which COM is connected to (Ex: COM2).
It's possible?
To read a file in a batch file you can use the FOR /F command. But in your instance you also need to find a specific line within the input file. Luckily the FOR /F command can also parse the output of console commands as well. So you can use the FIND command with your search string to find the correct line. The FOR /F command allows you split up a line by defining delimiters. In this case it will be the parentheses. In your example you would want the FOR /f command to grab the 2nd delimited part of your data.
#echo off
FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=()" %%G IN ('find "SAGEM TELIUM COMM PORT" file.txt') do echo %%G
I'm trying to search a text file for a particular string from a bat file. If the string exist, add a new string after it on the next line. I can't seem to get the code below working correctly. Any Ideas?
This is the string i'm searching for in my text file. [/Script/MyGame.Mode]
Here's what the text file looks like.
[/Script/Config.Mode]
Something here 1
Something here 2
[/Script/MyGame.Mode]
Something here 1
Something here 2
[/Script/Edit.Mode]
Something here 1
Something here 2
And here's how I want it to look.
[/Script/Config.Mode]
Something here 1
Something here 2
[/Script/MyGame.Mode]
RedirectReferences=(PackageName="%Package%",PackageURLProtocol="%PackageURLProtocol%",PackageURL="%WebAddress%/%Package%%Ext%",PackageChecksum="")
Something here 1
Something here 2
[/Script/Edit.Mode]
Something here 1
Something here 2
Here's the code I have so far.
#echo off
:GETINFO
echo.
echo.
cls
echo.
echo Let's get some information for your config.
echo Note: The information you enter below is case sensitive. You can copy and paste.
echo.
echo Here's a Package Name example: "DM-MyTest-WindowsNoEditor"
echo.
set /p Package=Enter Package Name:
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo The Package URL Protocol will be "http" or "https"
echo.
set /p PackageURLProtocol=Enter Package URL Protocol:
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo Here's a WebAddress example: "www.myredirect.com/test" (Don't add the trailing /)
set /p WebAddress=Enter Redirect(WebAddress)URL:
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo The file extention is usually ".pak"
echo.
set /p Ext=Enter Map File Extention:
echo.
cls
echo.
echo Please wait... Currently Creating Test References.
:SHOWLINE
echo.
set NewURL=RedirectReferences=(PackageName="%Package%",PackageURLProtocol="%PackageURLProtocol%",PackageURL="%WebAddress%/%Package%%Ext%",PackageChecksum=""^^)
pause
:WRITENEW
set inputfile=game.txt
set outputfile=game.temp.txt
(for /f usebackq^ delims^=^ eol^= %%a in ("%inputfile%") do (
if "%%~a"=="[/Script/MyGame.Mode]" call echo %NewURL%
echo %%a
))>>"%outputfile%"
echo.
pause
When I run the posted code in Command Prompt console I see a syntax error:
) was unexpected at this time.
Apparently the parentheses inside NewURL break things when expanded in the loop.
A straightforward solution would be to delay the expansion by using the call trick:
call echo %%NewURL%%
Alternatively:
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion & echo !NewURL! & endlocal
Or double-escape the closing parenthesis with ^^ (one time for set and another for an expanded value inside the loop):
set NewURL=.............PackageChecksum=""^^)
Another issue is that the output file name is the same as the input file name but it's impossible to redirect output into the same file as you're reading.
Change the output name to a different file. Then replace the original after the loop is finished:
set inputfile=game.txt
set outputfile=game.temp.txt
...................
))>>"%outputfile%"
move/y "%outputfile%" "%inputfile%"
And to change the order of the new string to print it after the found line simply swap the two lines inside the inner loop:
echo %%a
if "%%~a"=="[/Script/MyGame.Mode]" call echo %%NewURL%%
I use the script from this Thread accepted answer from Mofi. The script copy folders and store them in text file to exclude once copied folders on next run.
Sometimes I have folders called [incomplete]-different.names and I do not want to copy this folders. I want that all folders with the string [incomplete]- and the name behind are skipped or are not even written in the text file %CurrentList% for further processing.
These are my previous attempts but so far I could not get up and running with the script from the top.
Help would be nice, and thanks in advance.
Try 1:
for /f "delims=" [incomplete]-%%D in ("%CurrentList%") do (
set str=%%D
set str=!str: =!
set str=!str: %%D =!
echo !str!
Try 2:
findstr /v /b /c:"[incomplete]-"%%D" "%CurrentList%" del "%%D"
You were really close with your second attempt.
If all you want is to delete lines in %CurrentList% that contain the string [incomplete]-, you can just direct the output of a findstr /v to a temp file and then overwrite CurrentList with that file.
findstr /v /c:"[incomplete]-" "%CurrentList%" >tmpList.txt
move /y tmpList.txt "%CurrentList%" >nul
i want batch file to search in txt file for string and get full line of it
this is the txt file input
1:how are you
3:im fine
2:yeah
for example
#echo off
set string=3:
echo the full line off the string is %fullline%
pause
here is a batch file that calls findstr directly, and within a for loop to add text to the line. if you just want the found text delete the line beginning with for.
#echo off
set findtext="blah"
set findfile="test.txt"
findstr %findtext% %findfile%
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('findstr %findtext% %findfile%') do echo The full line of the string is %%a
credits
Is there any method in Windows through which we can execute a batch script without *.bat extension?
This is an interesting topic to me! I want to do some observations about it.
The important point first: A Batch file is a file with .BAT or .CMD extension. Period. Batch files can achieve, besides the execution of usual DOS commands, certain specific Batch-file facilities, in particular:
Access to Batch file parameters via %1 %2 ... and execution of SHIFT command.
Execution of GOTO command.
Execution of CALL :NAME command (internal subroutine).
Execution of SETLOCAL/ENDLOCAL commands.
Now the funny part: Any file can be redirected as input for CMD.exe so the DOS commands contained in it are executed in a similar way of a Batch file, with some differences. The most important one is that previous Batch-file facilities will NOT work. Another differences are illustrated in the NOT-Batch file below (I called it BATCH.TXT):
#echo off
rem Echo off just suppress echoing of the prompt and each loop of FOR command
rem but it does NOT suppress the listing of these commands!
rem Pause command does NOT pause, because it takes the character that follows it
pause
X
rem This behavior allows to put data for a SET /P command after it
set /P var=Enter data:
This is the data for previous command!
echo Data read: "%var%"
rem Complex FOR/IF commands may be assembled and they execute in the usual way:
for /L %i in (1,1,5) do (
set /P line=
if "!line:~0,6!" equ "SHOW: " echo Line read: !line:~6!
)
NOSHOW: First line read
SHOW: Second line
NOSHOW: This is third line
SHOW: The line number 4
NOSHOW: Final line, number five
rem You may suppress the tracing of the execution redirecting CMD output to NUL
rem In this case, redirect output to STDERR to display messages in the screen
echo This is a message redirected to STDERR >&2
rem GOTO command doesn't work:
goto label
goto :EOF
rem but both EXIT and EXIT /B commands works:
exit /B
:label
echo Never reach this point...
To execute previous file, type: CMD /V:ON < BATCH.TXT
The /V switch is needed to enable delayed expansion.
More specialized differences are related to the fact that commands in the NOT-Batch file are executed in the command-line context, NOT the Batch-file context. Perhaps Dave or jeb could elaborate on this point.
EDIT: Additional observations (batch2.txt):
#echo off
rem You may force SET /P command to read the line from keyboard instead of
rem from following lines by redirecting its input to CON device.
rem You may also use CON device to force commands output to console (screen),
rem this is easier to write and read than >&2
echo Standard input/output operations> CON
echo/> CON
< CON set /P var=Enter value: > CON
echo/> CON
echo The value read is: "%var%"> CON
Execute previous file this way: CMD < BATCH2.TXT > NUL
EDIT: More additional observations (batch3.txt)
#echo off
rem Dynamic access to variables that usually requires DelayedExpansion via "call" trick
rem Read the next four lines; "next" means placed after the FOR command
rem (this may be used to simulate a Unix "here doc")
for /L %i in (1,1,4) do (
set /P line[%i]=
)
Line one of immediate data
This is second line
The third one
And the fourth and last one...
(
echo Show the elements of the array read:
echo/
for /L %i in (1,1,4) do call echo Line %i- %line[%i]%
) > CON
Execute this file in the usual way: CMD < BATCH3.TXT > NUL
Interesting! Isn't it?
EDIT: Now, GOTO and CALL commands may be simulated in the NotBatch.txt file!!! See this post.
Antonio
Just use:
type mybat.txt | cmd
Breaking it down...
type mybat.txt reads mybat.txt as a text file and prints the contents. The | says capture anything getting printed by the command on its left and pass it as an input to the command on its right. Then cmd (as you can probably guess) interprets any input it receives as commands and executes them.
In case you were wondering... you can replace cmd with bash to run on Linux.
in my case, to make windows run files without extension (only for *.cmd, *.exe) observed, i have missed pathext variable (in system varailbles) to include .cmd. Once added i have no more to run file.cmd than simply file.
environment variables --> add/edit system variable to include .cmd;.exe (ofcourse your file should be in path)
It could be possible yes, but probably nor in an easy way =) cause first of all.. security.
I try to do the same thing some year ago, and some month ago, but i found no solution about it.. you could try to do
execu.cmd
type toLaunch.txt >> bin.cmd
call bin.cmd
pause > nul
exit
then in toLaunch.txt put
#echo off
echo Hello!
pause > nul
exit
just as example, it will "compile" the code, then it will execute the "output" file, that is just "parse"
instead of parsed you could also just rename use and maybe put an auto rename inside the script using inside toLaunch.txt
ren %0 %0.txt
hope it helped!
It is possible at some degree. You'll need an admin permissions to run assoc and ftype commands. Also a 'caller' script that will use your code:
Lets say the extension you want is called .scr.
Then execute this script as admin:
#echo off
:: requires Admin permissions
:: allows a files with .scr (in this case ) extension to act like .bat/.cmd files.
:: Will create a 'caller.bat' associated with the extension
:: which will create a temp .bat file on each call (you can consider this as cheating)
:: and will call it.
:: Have on mind that the %0 argument will be lost.
rem :: "installing" a caller.
if not exist "c:\scrCaller.bat" (
echo #echo off
echo copy "%%~nx1" "%%temp%%\%%~nx1.bat" /Y ^>nul
echo "%%temp%%\%%~nx1.bat" %%*
) > c:\scrCaller.bat
rem :: associating file extension
assoc .scr=scrfile
ftype scrfile=c:\scrCaller "%%1" %%*
You even will be able to use GOTO and CALL and the other tricks you know. The only limitation is that the the %0 argument will be lost ,tough it can be hardcoded while creating the temp file.
As a lot of languages compile an .exe file for example I think this a legit approach.
If you want variables to be exported to the calling batch file, you could use
for /F "tokens=*" %%g in (file.txt) do (%%g)
This metod has several limitations (don't use :: for comments), but its perfect for configuration files.
Example:
rem Filename: "foo.conf"
rem
set option1=true
set option2=false
set option3=true
#echo off
for /F "tokens=*" %%g in (foo.conf) do (%%g)
echo %option1%
echo %option2%
echo %option3%
pause