Questions tagged [batch]
Batch processing is the execution of a set of commands or software programs without user intervention. A batch file is a text file containing a sequence of such commands or programs invocations. Please use the tag [batch-file] for that.
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Insert a newline with set parameter choice prompt [duplicate]
I am working on a script that asks the user for a choice, that then directs the user to another choice that will use set to place a parameter based on what they input. The choice has a prompt followed ...
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how do I merge 2 images with the same file names into one in a batch process? Is there a prgram that can do this?
Can anyone help me here. I am trying to make a collection of DVD covers. I have multiple images for the different covers and multiple images for the different spine lettering. Each cover .jpg has the ...
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Cut two sections from batch of MP3 files
I have a folder with several hundred MP3 files in it, and I want to cut two sections out of each file. It's the same spots in each file -- from 0'00.00–0'03.81, and then from 0'08.83–0'13.95.
I'm on ...
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How to batch remux audio of .MOV files?
I have about a hundred home video files that I am recompressing for archival purposes. I want to convert them all to x264 using HandBrake, but I have a problem with the audio. They all follow this ...
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How do I get the number of frames in a video on command line?
I am trying to get the number of frames in a video with ffprobe on windows, but it returns N/A.
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('ffprobe.exe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream^=nb_frames -of ...
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Batch file if exist is exiting the program when using %USERPROFILE%
Basically, I am making a server and I am helping my friends join it (Don't Judge just felt like a game of Minecraft lmao) so I wanted to make a .bat file to do it automatically (slightly) and this it ...
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Converting a certificate from a .cer to .pem using powershell or .bat
I am trying to find a way to script converting a .cer formated cert to a .pem format either using powershell or cmdline native to windows. Does anyone have any idea how this might be done?
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Batch Rename all PNG files in folders and subfolders
I am trying to rename all PNG files within several subfolders. See below for my explanation on what I am doing:
What is currently in place:
COMPANY
SERVER1
(Random).png
COMPANY2
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Query registry value that contains slashes
I am trying to grab the value of the registry key in serialcomm using this command:
REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM
which gives me:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\...
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Batch Script to move and rename if existing
I have a folder that contains thousands of .pdfs each file named by a 5 or 6 digit account number. I have a script that will create a folder of the same account number and move the file into it.
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Removal of duplicate PDF files based revision level in file naming system
I'm trying to create a batch, powershell, or anything a novice like myself could run easily to complete the following task. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a few thousand pdfs, in a ...
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Split variable in 2 after the last dot
I need to cut variables in two smaller variables after the last dot.
For example the variable "european.union" will be vara=european and varb=union
I use the following code to accomplish this purpose:...
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Windows batch command to assign specific time/date stamp to files
I know how to assign the current time and date to a file using copy /b filename.ext +,, but how can I assign it a different time and date, as in this variable: set DateTime=01/01/1970 03:00 AM?
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Batch to exe - invisible window
I turned a batch file into an exe file using this program: http://www.f2ko.de/en/b2e.php
If I select invisible, how can I tell the program is running at all? I don't see anything even in task manager....
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Files with non-ASCII characters in file name in a Windows batch file
On a usual (Western) Windows computer, I have a file
файл.txt
with non-ASCII letters in the file name. How can I do the following from a .bat file?
dir файл.txt
ren файл.txt file.txt
etc.?
I ...
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Windows task scheduler does not kill child process
My task scheduler task has got one action: Start application--> D:\test.bat
The batch test.bat spawns a child process (for example):
notepad.exe
When I manually start this task and end this task, it ...
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How can I recursively scan for folders using `IF NOT EXIST`?
I want to make a batch script that will recursively search for specified directories using IF NOT EXIST to throw an error if the folders can't be located anywhere. Here is what I have so far:
IF NOT ...
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Batch file WMIC command output as variable issue
I am trying to get an output from a WMIC command to set as variable, For some reason it does not work. Can someone assist. This is what I am trying to do
for /f "tokens=*" %q IN (' WMIC /Node^:Comp1 ...
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Windows CMD - open bat from outside including goto
so I have created this utility batch file, shows you all kinds of info, but I wanted it to start on startup of the computer.
So I have added it to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\...
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How to add\remove "This PC" icon from Desktop using batch file
I want to use a batch file to add\remove System shortcuts such as "This PC" and "Recycle Bin" using a batch file. Is this possible? (Windows 8/8.1/10)
I tried this link to no avail.
The goal here is ...
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split jpg images by given proportions (imagemagick)
I have a bunch of images scanned into jpg format. As you see in the pictures below, the cards are two-sided, when scanning I have placed 6 cards inside the scanner.
First card's front side is ...
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How to get user Local name?
How to parse or get Local name of user ?
On windows log on screen My username is - Admin, but when I type
net user Admin newpass
It says there no user admin. When I go to Disk C > Users there wasn'...
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Find a string at the beginning of all lines in a file and save to another file
I have tried quite a few options with no luck for this task. I would really like to do this as batch file but my attempts fail to get the desired result.
I have tried a lot of different commands with ...
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Remove middle number from multiple files and copy
I have the multiple PDF files in the specific format in a specific folder and for those particular files I need to trim the middle number using bat file and move to the destination folder with the new ...
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Can a Win10 GURU automate this solution for splitting videos upon resolution changes? [duplicate]
Can a Windows10 Guru help automate this?
I have failed at automating Lord Neckbeard's solution in the following post:
How to split video files upon detected change in resolution? (ie. recorded ...
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How can I inject a newline by replacement with this script?
I have a batch script that can replace text, and I want it to replace strings that are followed by a newline of text below the original. An example would be as follows:
Before:
Old string
After:
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Get output of a CMD command and set it to a batch variable
I run this command to get name of groups:
set "remotegroup="
for /f "skip=1delims=" %%a in (
'"wmic group where sid="S-1-5-32-555" get name"'
) do if not defined remotegroup set "...
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Change the wallpaper without delaying using batch file
Using the code down below, either I'll have to open the file a few times or wait for a moment till the wallpaper change
@echo off
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t ...
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How to backup file from server and keep last n versions?
I am trying to create a batch script to backup an Access Db from a NAS Server to another server and keep the last "n" versions of that file (n is fixed inside the script), this script is going to to ...
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How to mass merge videos with multipliable audio tracks down into one track?
I have a few videos I want to upload to YouTube but it turns out YouTube uses it first audio track which is completely quiet.
I have one for VOIP, Desktop Sounds etc but I want them all merged into ...
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Why does my script throw an error even if it's successful?
I have made a template batch script that I can tell to carry out a function. I usually use it for pointing to files or locations, in this case, I want it to find and highlight a file and throw a ...
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Extract zip files with the latest name in each subfolder
Situation:
I have the following folder tree:
Root\
doc1\
doc1-r000.zip
doc1-r010.zip
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doc1-r051.zip
doc3\
doc3-r000.zip
doc3-r001.zip
...
doc3-r012.zip
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docN\
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docN-rM.zip
where each ...
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Changing username password without login into user?
How to change the username password without logging into that user or without typing the password. Password should be in command or script vbs or bat
So that command is not okay for me cause I still ...
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Multiple operations with pdftk
I am using pdftk to perform some operations on PDFs. Right now I am doing it like this:
pdftk <files> OPERATION <options> output - | \
pdftk - <other files> OPERATION <options>...
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How to get particular word next word as output from a text file ? using batch?
I have run the following command line,
netsh wlan show profile MyWiFi-name key=clear >key.txt
Output, key.txt
Profile MyWiFi-name on interface Wireless Network Connection:
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Why does an install batch not know that i have .net 4.7.1 installed?
So I am installing cosmos for vs2017 and when I run the .bat file it says I don't have .NET Framework 4.7.1 installed but when I installed it, it said the same thing. So I went to C:\Program Files (...
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Can I use this script to properly patch an executable?
I had some help with a text-replacement script recently and wondered if it could be used for patching purposes. I usually use HxD, and thought that if it's essentially a glorified notepad, what ...
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merge pdf despatches onto template with terms and conditions on back and print from a batch job [closed]
I need to print hundreds of despatch notes.
Need to create a despatch note template with terms and conditions printed on the back of the page, then pick up the raw data pdfs and merge onto template....
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Batch file log text
I have the following in a batch file:
ECHO ---------------- Copy to Test --------- >> "c:\Logs\Posted_%date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%-%date:~-4,4%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.txt
copy "C:\myfiles\OT*" "c:...
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Script to extract the last word in the last line of a text file
I am trying to extract the last word of a findstr results query
The command I run
findstr /i %1 x:\itlogs\who_when.txt | findstr /i %2
the results I get
12/02/2018 10:17:58 SmithS ...
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Windows cmd: Differentiate "input command" with "result"
is there anyway for us to differntiate "input command" with "result"? As image below, I want to see these phase in other color (red maybe):
The operation completed successfully.
IPv4 Address. . . . . ....
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Want to handle the error while deleting some files and folders
I want to handle the error if anything went wrong while deleting the files and folders via batch file.
My target files and folders are on remote server not on the same server..
I tried with pushd, ...
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start /wait /d - not working
I am trying to create script that launches a game, waits till it closes, then runs one final command. Based on my research, I want to use the "/WAIT" flag but it doesn't seem to work :'(. Im on ...
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How can I recursively rename files with this batch script?
I have a large sum of files within directories and sub-directories with a variety of names. Currently I have a script that can do part of what I need, but the script must be in the containing ...
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Extract IP CIDR from a text file
I have a large text file like this:
103.195.100.0/22 ReliableSite.Net LLC 1,024
103.214.69.0/24 Gestion DBI 256
103.238.80.0/22 Cloudone Technology Company Limited 1,024
103.43.72.0/22 ...
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Change Wallpaper according to time
I need to open it on startup to change the wallpaper at day n night
Dim objShell
str1 = "C:\Users\AnB\Desktop\Texts\Projects\Project WallTime\Day.bat"
str2 = "C:\Users\AnB\Desktop\Texts\Projects\...
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How do I unzip many files to new respective folders? [Win 10]
Given multiple zip files in a folder named 1.zip, 2.zip, ... how do I quickly unzip them all to folder '1', folder '2', ... in Windows 10 Pro?
I am using a Surface Pro 4, though I also have a Windows ...
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Execute a powershell command from batch
I need to split up a very long line in a text file (maybe hundrerd thousands of characters) into shorter lines (8184 characters) and a .bat cannot handle this task.
However, I found a PowerShell ...
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How to check the presence of a line in a string?
how to find a specific string in a variable environment %path% from the batch file ?
I try so but it does not work
echo ;%PATH%; | find /C /I ";*ffmpeg*;"
and
ECHO %PATH% | findstr /n /r "*ffpmeg*"
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How to delete filenames with similar partial name?
I have a bunch of filenames that are timestamped (down to the nanoseconds) and I only want to keep one file per second.
For example, here are some file names:
11-14-29-033.jpg
(which means that the ...