Questions tagged [batch-file]
A batch file is a text file containing a series of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on MS-DOS, IBM OS/2, or Microsoft Windows systems.
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How to make a batch file a task switcher?
How to make a batch file a task switcher?
With windows XP and Windows 7 batch files...
The batch file is:
cls
@echo off
echo 1
start /normal c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
echo 2
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Copy files based on timestamp in a batch file
I need to copy files based on timestamp.
Example:
I have folder1 and folder2.
Files from folder1 should be copied to folder2 and then once a day all files from folder2 will be uploaded to the ...
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BATCH Script - how do I count occurrences of COMMA in a CSV or TXT file?
I have bunch of CSV files to process daily. They have a constant form with 19 COMMAS to appear in every file. In the file, there is a mixture of strings, timestamps, integers and float digits. The ...
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Delay batch files in between commands
How do I delay batch files in between commands, with say a once second delay, or even less? I've tried using the ping null command, but it never seems too work for me?
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 > null
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Executing a powershell script through batch file
I am trying to execute a powershell script through a batch file, at the moment I am only testing this to get it running so the .ps1 file is simply a hello world script.
This ALMOST works fine except ...
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Escaping the < sign with ^ does not work in .bat file
I'm trying to write a batch file that can generate some XML config files, but escaping the < and > signs does not seem to work. At the start of my script i wrote a test:
SET test=^<foo^>^<...
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A .bat file to close two services running in background
I have a Windows 7 computer with three accounts (in hierarchical order):
Administrator (with password) type Administrator
Guest (with a password different from that of Administrator) type ...
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How can I simulate Make's targets within a Windows batch file?
In working towards resolving https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/160685/17423, I'm looking to create a batch-file version of this makefile.
Is there a clear/conventional way to simulate the 'target' ...
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Batch script to remove # from a file name (only in a specific directory)
I'm looking for a script to remove the # character out of any file names in a specific directory (PDF documents).
I've been looking at some similar examples, but it's all a bit confusing!
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open a command prompt and setting the default path
I want a .bat file which opens a command prompt and then set my default directory also set the enviromenet variable JAVA_HOME
For now I am manually openning command prompt and then setting my project ...
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Restarting server with bat file
I'm trying to make a simple bat file that restarts a server. It looks like this:
shutdown -r -f -t 60
But all it does is loop inside the cmd window, printing the command > new line > priting the ...
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How do I check if a program's instance is running or not, before running that program?
I am looking for a software (could be as a BAT script) that could check if a program's instance is running or not, before running that program. And if the software / script detects that the program is ...
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How to run bat file in background? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Run a completly hidden batch file
I have a bat file that open a window and show a lot of information, which bother me a lot. How could I run the bat file in background?
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Any way to do a Batch file move operation only when the HDD is idle-ish?
I know how to check if a specific program is running like winrar which might indicate usage on drive d: but is there a better way to determine if a drive is relatively idle enough (via Batch or other ...
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Batch move files to different subfolders
I've about 600 files that I want to move to different subfolders based
on the number at the beginning of the filename.
E.g.
5--US-L.jpg -> subfolder /5/5--US-L.jpg
7--US-M.jpg -> subfolder /7/7-...
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How to launch an app from a minimised Batch File so that it is in focus?
Consider the following code:
timeout /nobreak 10
start notepad.exe
timeout /nobreak 5
if I run it in a focused Batch File then Notepad launches as the active window. If however I minimise the Batch ...
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Having issues with value of 08 Using SET /a in a windows batch file
I have a bunch of batch files that use set /a to fill out variables for month, day, year, etc.
Example:
Set/a Year = %date:~10,4%
Set/a Month = %date:~4,2%
Set/a Day = %date:~7,2%
Any time the value ...
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How to make cmd read input with spaces as different terms/variables?
When I want my batch to get input, I use:
set /p myvar=Type here:
By running the code and inputting something like this with spaces:
This is the input.
Can I get the four words seperately assigned ...
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Where would I change the firewall setting in this setup?
Question: Is it possible to make a Windows Firewall application exception via command line or any other way?
Why
We have a host running Windows 2016 Server with several Hyper-V VM's also running ...
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Batch Script: Can We set a String with space in SET /p command?
for example,
code;
:void.loop
set command=
set /P command=
if %command%=="this is a test" goto :void.loop
now, i am writing "
this is a test " in the command promp...
the output is;
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How to negate %errorlevel% of the command in one line?
I've got true and false commands on my CMD (as part of Git Bash) for testing purposes.
So here are the basics:
C:\>true
C:\>echo %errorlevel%
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C:\>false
C:\>echo %errorlevel%
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Windows Batch File: How to run multiple batch commands?
I'm trying to do some basic functionality using a batch file but the batch file opens cmd and runs the first command but then stops, ignoring the other commands. I've tried using START and CALL but ...
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How to Create individual text files from a wmic output
I want to create individual text files from each entry in a wmic output.
So far I have
WMIC.exe /Node:localhost /Namespace:\\\root\SecurityCenter2 Path AntiVirusProduct Get displayName /Format:csv>...
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Open folder from CMD using wildcard
I'm using FileMaker Pro and would like to be able to open a folder in Windows Explorer given a folder path that isn't 100% complete.
We have a Contracts drive where our jobs get saved = X:\
in that ...
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Using a batch file, can I rename files within a ZIP file?
I have a batch file which renames files.
Is it possible to rename files within a ZIP file? If not, is it possible to "extract" them in the background, rename them and "add" them back into the same ...
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%HOMEDRIVE% is not giving the expected output
When i run the below batch script
@echo off
cd /d D:\Home\Folder
echo %HOMEDRIVE%
pause
I get H: as the output. But ideally it should be D:. Why is it so?
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I need a batch file that opens cmd, runs two commands, and keeps cmd open
I am making a set of batch files made to force restart games when they freeze and won't start back up again.
So I need a batch file that opens cmd.exe, runs the two commands:
taskkill /F example....
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Quickly create a new Firefox profile and load Firefox with it
I want to be able to quickly create (and delete) Firefox profiles for testing purposes in Win 7 SP1.
To do this, I created a batch file with the single line:
firefox.exe -CreateProfile test &&...
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Is it possible to execute batch commands from Windows shortcuts?
I'm trying to run some programs from a flash drive. Therefore, I want them to keep their data on the drive as well. I know how to do this using the following batch script;
APPDATA=%CD%
Program.exe
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MS-DOS copy command
Hello this is something that has been on my mind for quite some time. How can you copy just say the first 5 files out of ten with one command. For example:
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
file4.txt
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How do I set a variable (by prompt) in MSDOS 7.1
In CMD, I could do Set /P ASK=REPEAT and it would prompt the user for ASK. How do I do this in MSDOS Batch Files? (No, no the ones that run on NT, but the ones that run on MSDOS.)
Btw: 'Set /P' is an ...
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Batch File Pause
I was testing out a batch file and I put in pauses to double check that the script was functioning properly.
My question is, if the script encounters a pause, and I alter the script, either add a ...
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How to have a batch call another batch based on its location?
I have made a file I will put up for download. It involves one batch file calling another.
Most of the time this is not a problem, but in my case I have no clue where they will download it. So how ...
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Move 1 file at a time based off timestamp using windows batch utility
I am trying to build a .bat file to move files from 1 folder into another one, based off of the oldest time-stamped file.
Folder 1:
Filename: Date Modified:
test1.dat 5/12/2014 4:03pm
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How to schedule taskkill in bat file
I want something like this:-
taskkill 7z.exe after 50sec.
code 1
code 2
code 3
7z.exe will be killed after 50 sec but the program should execute code 1 code 2 code 3 without waiting for the ...
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Filling up the hard drive until certain amount of space is left?
I'm doing some testing of a product on Apple and Android devices.
I'd like a script that will fill up the devices hard drive until 100KB space is left on the drive it's runs against to. Also in linux ...
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windows script to copy text from one file into a new file
I am noob at coding! I am trying to create a windows script that I can copy text from one file into another. My main goal is to find lines in the text with "started processing" and "file". I am hoping ...
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Minimize a program's windows after running it via .bat/.cmd
I'm trying to find a way to auto-minimize a program just after running it from a .bat file.
I'm launching a SSH session via putty, and I'd like putty to auto-minimize. I use it just for the SSH tunnel....
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Edit files from a batch script
How would I edit a file from a .bat file that changes the contents of a file located somewhere on the hard drive.
For example there is a file on my desktop, can I make a .bat script that will add a ...
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CD command not returning correct results under FOR loop
The CD command returns the current directory, and the %CD% variable returns the same result in an environment variable:
c:\Temp\test\test1>cd
c:\Temp\test\test1
c:\Temp\test\test1>@echo %cd%
c:...
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How to get Windows language programmatically? [closed]
I need to install some version of one package depending on the SO language. How can I get it using a batch file? I'm using W7 professional.
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Dump HTML from script
Is there a way to create a script to download the HTML source to a text for html file locally?
For example, if I wanted to archive the HTML of Google.com each day.
I'm up for batch, VBS or PS1 but ...
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using "at" command in command line to create repeatable tasks
I got an answer about this question, about 2 years ago,
but now I want to use the same command to create a task that will run every half an hour. How can that be done? Thank you in advance.
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bat file for backup system
I created a sample bat file in order to have a back-up system. this does not show what my intention is but it demonstrates it. here is my bat file content;
xcopy C:\apps\source c:\apps\dest /D /E /C /...
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Batch file to output MD5 hash to a text file starting at a specific directory
@echo off
set "src_dir=C:\Users\\Documents\projects\Config\ABC"
set OUTFILE="C:\Users\Documents\Scriptoutput.txt"
echo %OUTFILE%
pushd %cd%
cd %src_dir%
for /r %%f in (*) do (
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How to sort the files which are returned by findStr command, by modify date?
Currently, I need to find out all the files which contains the key word. Here is the command I am using findstr /s /i "my-key-word" *.*.
How can I sort the returned files by its modify date? ...
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Batch processing stdin lines with Windows batch .bat script
I have a Windows batch script delete.bat with that contents:
@echo off
takeown.exe /A /R /F %1
icacls %1 /grant Administrators:(OI)(CI)F /C /T /Q /L
rmdir /S /Q %1
echo %cd%\%1 >> "C:\...
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Can "__compat layer" halt viruses?
In Windows we can use set set __COMPAT LAYER=RunAsInvoker to stop applications from getting administrative privileges. So if I use this on a virus executable then will it stop the virus from affecting ...
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How to detect that a Windows application is running (no GUI)
Would like to have a suggestion on how to detect (preferably in such a way a batch file could use the result) whether a certain application is running so that some action could be taken.
(Of course, ...
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Get hard drive serial number based on drive letter on Windows Command Line (not Powershell) and store in variable
I know I can get the serial number of all listed hard drives by using:
wmic diskdrive list brief
or specifically
wmic diskdrive get serialnumber
And I can get the drive letter from the logical disk:
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