findstr /m /R “[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]” *.txt will list those files see findstr /? from the prompt. 1 solved Is there a way to find the length of a string in Batch/PowerShell Script/VBScript? [closed]
@echo off :input echo What do you want to open? echo 1. Application1.exe echo 2. Application2.exe echo 3. Application3.exe set /p “app=: ” if “%app%”==”1” goto :start Application1.exe if “%app%”==”2” goto :start Application2.exe if “%app%”==”3” goto :start Application3.exe echo Invalid option! goto :input :start start “” “%~1” exit 2 solved Create a BAT that can … Read more
Nul exists as a file in EVERY directory. It swallows anything sent to it. Reserved names. These refer to devices eg, copy filename con which copies a file to the console window. CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 … Read more
Taking the initial code in the link, and adding parentheses helps to break down the If and Else structure: @Echo Off For %%Z In (“%ATTR%”) Do ( If “%%~aZ” GEq “d” ( Echo Directory ) Else ( If “%%~aZ” GEq “-” ( Echo File ) Else ( Echo Inaccessible ) ) ) Pause So to … Read more
search for keywords instead of full phrases: @echo off :loop set /p input=”> ” echo %input%|find /i “hi” >nul && echo Hello. echo %input%|find /i “your name” >nul && echo My name is Rob. What’s yours? echo %input%|find /i “my name is” >nul && echo That’s a nice name. echo %input%|find /i “wheather” >nul && … Read more
Try: @ECHO ON findstr /v “Lorem euismod” “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\test.txt” > “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\outfile.txt” PAUSE It deletes line 1 and line 2 in test.txt. I used Lorem euismod as reference. Check out this link. solved Only keeping lines in a textfile that start with specific characters
@echo off call :convert Hello call :convert Hello beautiful World call :convert Hello wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorld goto :eof :convert set “x=%*” REM if the string is shorter than 10 chars, just print it and return: if “%x:~10%” == “” echo %1 & goto :eof REM else print first 7 chars, thee dots and the last three chars: … Read more
Here is a method. We first count the files, then we test the files. @echo off & set cnt=0 for /f %%i in (‘dir /b’) do set /a cnt+=1 if %cnt% equ 4 if exist f1 if exist f2 if exist dir1 if exist dir2 echo All Good! and some light error generations: @echo off … Read more
Your actual question of why your echos aren’t working is perfectly reasonable, and it’s an extremely common error for beginners. | is a symbol that takes the output of one command and uses it as the input of another command. In your case, you effectively have echo by itself, which will simply return the status … Read more
either: cd .. call file.bat don’t call cd but file.bat and use two lines or concate the commands properly: cd .. & call file.bat or: call ..\file.bat or use absolute path: call “c:\my directory\subdir\file.bat” 0 solved How to open a file batch file that is up above in a different folder from the batch file
The solution to your issue was provided in the comments by LotPings, the syntax is Set /P “VariableName=PromptMessage” not Set /P “%Variable%=PromptMessage”. Here’s a modified example of your script: @Echo Off Set /P “password=Please enter the correct code in order to continue: ” ClS Echo Loading… Timeout 5 /NoBreak > Nul ClS If Not “%password%”==”Puzzle” … Read more
It is not possible to do with batch files, but look into VBScript, it has a “SendKeys” function which is like a typer and you can click in sertain positions. Which means you could create a program that clicks in the comment box and types, then presses “Post”. 4 solved Batch – Commenting on YouTube … Read more
He means that he want to create a folder in the current directory by the current date using batch programming for example if the date is 30/04/2018 the folder name would be 30April2018 … now he asked that id the dates are (01,02,21,22,21)/05/2018 then the name should be 1stmay2018 instead of 1May2018 or 22ndMay2018 instead … Read more
adb devices command does not have the /t parameter. In case of an invalid parameter error adb shows its proper usage message. 0 solved What does the output ” Usage: adb devices [-l] ” means?
The hardest part of this is to run a .bat file as admin automatically, without even right-clicking on it. You need to save this code as a .bat file: @ECHO OFF :: this tests if the file is running as admin >nul 2>&1 “%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe” “%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system” if ‘%errorlevel%’ NEQ ‘0’ (GOTO askAdmin) GOTO gotAdmin :askAdmin >nul … Read more