So the goal of this project was to automate a rainmeter skin to extract icons and names from .url and .lnk files on your desktop.
(This would than be used later to display icon image as clickable shortcut in a desktop overlay).
Anyway, did a bunch of research, got stuck
First I locate the Desktop folder, which could be on another drive so...
set "DesktopFolder="
for /F "skip=1 tokens=1,2*" %%I in ('%SystemRoot%\System32\reg.exe QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v Desktop 2^>nul') do if /I "%%I" == "Desktop" if not "%%~K" == "" if "%%J" == "REG_SZ" (set "DesktopFolder=%%~K") else if "%%J" == "REG_EXPAND_SZ" call set "DesktopFolder=%%~K"
if not defined DesktopFolder for /F "skip=1 tokens=1,2*" %%I in ('%SystemRoot%\System32\reg.exe QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v Desktop 2^>nul') do if /I "%%I" == "Desktop" if not "%%~K" == "" if "%%J" == "REG_SZ" (set "DesktopFolder=%%~K") else if "%%J" == "REG_EXPAND_SZ" call set "DesktopFolder=%%~K"
if not defined DesktopFolder set "DesktopFolder=\"
if "%DesktopFolder:~-1%" == "\" set "DesktopFolder=%DesktopFolder:~0,-1%"
if not defined DesktopFolder set "DesktopFolder=%UserProfile%\Desktop"
This appears to work.
Than I get a list of items in that directory
set "LIST="
for %%G in (%DesktopFolder%\*.url, %DesktopFolder%\*.lnk) do set LIST=!LIST! %%~nxG
This also appears to work. But appears to be one long string when echoed to a txt file. Which might be a problem.
So also tried
for /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%A in (DirContents.txt) do set LIST=!LIST! %%A
Next I need to feed that list into something else to pull the icons, save them, and name them.
set "exe_in=%LIST%"
set "out_dir=Icons"
set "out_nam=%LIST%"
set "ico_out=%out_dir%\%out_nam%.ico"
set "psCommand1="Remove-Item(\"%ico_out%\")""
set "psCommand2="[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing');^
[Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon(\"%DesktopFolder%\%exe_in%\").ToBitmap().Save(\"%ico_out%\")""
set "psCommand3="[System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo(\"%DesktopFolder%\%exe_in%\").FileDescription""
powershell -noprofile -noninteractive %psCommand1%
powershell -noprofile -noninteractive %psCommand2%
powershell -noprofile -noninteractive %psCommand3%
Still appears to not be able to feed them one at a time and loop until all items are processed and all icon files extracted and named.
Related
I was going to make a batch script to share for ex-Dropbox account holders that will go through and rename a file OR folder if the size on disk is > 1 byte.
Using other forums I've managed to come up with the below.
#ECHO OFF
setlocal
set maxbytesize=1
FOR /F %%i IN ('PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "FileSizeOnDisk.ps1" "E:\Desktop\Folder"') DO set SizeonDisk=%%i AND if %SizeonDisk% LSS %maxbytesize% (ren *.* *.*-DELETED)
EXIT
I just need help to loop the powershell command for every file, folder and files in a folder. I don't know how to properly place 2 commands after a DO and can't figure out the code to get it to work on multiple files.
#ECHO OFF
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /f "delims=" %%o in ('dir /b /a-d "nameofdirectorytoscan\filemask"') do
FOR /F %%i IN ('PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "FileSizeOnDisk.ps1" "nameofdirectorytoscan\%%o"') DO set "Jumba#%%o=%%i"
set size#
pause
The result is a set of variables named Jumba#nameoffile with values of filesize as returned from Powersmell.
You can then scan the list using
for /f "tokens=2,3delims=#=" %%b in ('set Jumba#') do echo name=%%b, size=%%c
I want to store the result of powershell command in cmd variable as String : powershell -com "(ls | select -Last 1).FullName". How to do this?
CMD does not have a straightforward way of assigning command output to a variable. If the command produces just a single line you could use a for loop
for /f "delims=" %a in ('some_command /to /run') do #set "var=%a"
However, if the command produces multiple lines that will capture only the last line. A better approach would be redirecting the output of the command to a file and then reading that file into a variable:
set "tempfile=C:\temp\out.txt"
>"%tempfile%" some_command /to /run
set /p var=<"%tempfile%"
del /q "%tempfile%"
If you literally need only the last file in a directory you don't need to run PowerShell, though. That much CMD can do by itself:
for /f "delims=" %f in ('dir /a-d /b') do #set "var=%~ff"
Beware that you need to double the % characters when running this from a batch file.
A FOR loop can provide the path to the file. If the default directory sorting order is not the result needed, specify additional command line switches on the DIR command.
FOR /F "delims=" %F IN ('DIR /B') DO (SET "THE_FILE=%~fF")
ECHO THE_FILE is "%THE_FILE%"
In a .bat file script, double the percent characters on FOR loop variables.
FOR /F "delims=" %%F IN ('DIR /B') DO (SET "THE_FILE=%%~fF")
ECHO THE_FILE is "%THE_FILE%"
The .bat file scripts can also run PowerShell scripts. It is best practice to not use aliases such as ls in scripts.
FOR /F "delims=" %%F IN ('powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ^
"(Get-ChildItem -File | Select-Object -Last 1).FullName"') DO (SET "THE_FILE=%%~fF")
ECHO THE_FILE is "%THE_FILE%"
The problem with cmd here is that I want to get the full paths for
FOLDERs NOT recursive... this dir /ad /b doesn't give full paths and
this dir /ad /b /s does it recursively... – stakowerflol 2 hours ago
That's not a problem, you can return the full file path without recursing.
If you are changing directory to the path you need to check then it's stored in %CD%
If you need the path to whee the Script itself is it's stored in %~dp0
If you want to provide an argument to specify and arbitrary path and get all of the listings it will be that argument term (EG %~1)
With all three possible options you can do the same thing:
Either
Prepend the provided variable to the output of the chosen directory enumeration method
OR
Use a For loop to get the file names at that path and show the result with the full path.
IE
Jenkins_A_Dir.bat
#(
SETLOCAL
ECHO OFF
SET "_Last="
ECHO.%~1 | FIND /I ":\" > NUL && (
SET "_CheckHere=%~1"
)
IF NOT DEFINED _CheckHere (
SET "_CheckHere=C:\Default\Path\When\No Argument\Specified"
)
)
REM Use a For loop to get everything in one variable
FOR %%A IN (
"%_CheckHere%\*"
) DO (
SET "_Last=%%A"
)
ECHO.Found "%_Last%"
REM Use `FOR /F` with DIR, and append the path to Check:
SET "_Last="
FOR /F "Tokens=*" %%A IN ('
DIR /A-D /B "%_CheckHere%\*"
') DO (
SET "_Last=%_CheckHere%\%%A"
)
ECHO.Found "%_Last%"
Of course you don't NEED to have set a variable such as _CheckHere
Instead, you can just replace all of the instances of %_CheckHere% with `%~1 instead, that would work just fine in the above examples too.
Okay, what if you just wanted to check the location the script was running in.
Then either change the above to use SET "_CheckHere=%~dp0" or Replace %_CheckHere% with %~dp0 throughout.
Okay but what if you don't want to set a variable you want to it to use the current working directory.
When then, even easier:
Jenkins_Current_Dir.bat
#(
SETLOCAL
ECHO OFF
SET "_Last="
)
REM Use a For loop to get everything in one variable
FOR %%A IN (
"*"
) DO (
SET "_Last=%%~fA"
)
ECHO.Found "%_Last%"
REM Use `FOR /F` with DIR, and let it append the current working directory to the path:
SET "_Last="
FOR /F "Tokens=*" %%A IN ('
DIR /A-D /B "*"
') DO (
SET "_Last=%%~fA"
)
ECHO.Found "%_Last%"
I have a batch-file which pulls a file from a url using powershell and then outputs/updates the file in a specific directory. But I have many of these directories, the only thing that changes about the path is numbers between \command\ and \setup\. How would I get it to put the file in every folder automatically?
Essentially I would like to output the downloaded text file in each of the install subdirectories of that path.
Also how could I make it happen silently?
#echo off
echo !!! PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE AND UPDATE!!!
pause
powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest http://example.com/log/read.txt" -OutFile C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\base\command\234235234\setup\install\read.txt 2>NUL >NUL
echo !!! DONE NOW !!!
echo !!! YOU CAN RE-OPEN NOW !!!
for /d /r "dirname" %%a in (*) do if /i "%%~nxa"=="install" echo %%a
may be useful to you.
Your requirement is unclear. Do you want to copy the file to the install subdirectories of ...\234235234\.. only, or of ...\*\... ?
Replace dirname with the name of the starting directory, be it ...\234235234\.. or C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\base\command and the command I have shown will report all of the install directories contained under dirname. All you need then do is to change the echo to an appropriate copy command - see copy /? from the prompt. You can suppress copy's responses by appending >nul 2>nul (suppress messages and suppress error messages)
for /d /r with * as the list element will process a list of all subdirectories starting at the nominated directory. The if command selects only the leaf directories that match install in either case (/i)
Since
for /d /r ...
does nor detect hidden directories, another approach is
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s /b /ad "dirname" ') do if /i "%%~nxa"=="sub1" echo %%a
Which in this case should be
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s /b /ad "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\base\command" ') do if /i "%%~nxa"=="sub1" echo %%a
The dir command produces a list in /b basic (name-only) form, /s including subdirectories, /ad of directories only (names with the directory attribute set). This list is processed line-by-line by for /f without delimiters so the entire line (including spaces, if any) is assigned to %%a and displayed.
I'm trying to write some script to copy all files which have been created yesterday (only!)
/D parameter for xcopy means copy files changed on or after the specified date so its not what i'm searching for. Any ideas? ;/
I suggest you to use powershell. You can use Get-ChildItem and Where-Object to get the list of files created the day before
$yesterdayFiles = Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.CreationTime.Date -eq ((Get-Date).AddDays(-1).Date)}
Then you can copy the files stored in $yesterdayFiles variable using Copy-Item cmdlets
I've tried with robocopy /minage:1 /maxage:1 but seems does not work.But work when I set the current date.Here's the script (you'll need to set your source and destination):
#echo off
set "source=C:\folder1"
set "dest=C:\folder2"
pushd "%temp%"
::get cirrent date
makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=nul /f nul >nul
for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
set "year=%%e"
set "mon=%%b"
set "day=%%c"
)
del ~.*
popd
:: convert month to numeric string
for %%a in (
"Jan-01" "Feb-02" "Mar-03" "Apr-04" "May-05" "Jun-06" "Jul-07" "Aug-08" "Sep-09" "Oct-10" "Nov-11" "Dec-12"
) do (
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=-" %%x in ("%%~a") do (
if "%mon%" equ "%%x" (
set "mon=%%y"
goto :skip
)
)
)
:skip
set "c_date=%year%%mon%%day%"
::echo %c_date%
:: is switch is for force overwriting
robocopy "%source%" "%dest%" * /maxage:1 /minage:%c_date% /is
robocopy is built-in every windows since Vista.If your are running under XP or Vista you'll need to download it from microsoft site.
This Batch file selects all files that were created on the same date before today. If you are sure that there are files created yesterday, then it solve your problem.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "yesterday="
for /F "skip=5 tokens=1,4*" %%a in ('dir /TC /O-D /A-D') do (
if "%%a" neq "%date%" (
if not defined yesterday set "yesterday=%%a"
if "%%a" equ "!yesterday!" (
echo Created yesterday: %%a "%%c"
) else (
goto break
)
)
)
:break
I have a folder of .log files where the content of each file has multiple lines of the following format:
yyyy/mm/dd, hh:mm:ss, ComputerName, IPAddress, stuff, stuff
I would like to create a batch file to parse through the .log files and create the following output for any line in a file where ComputerName starts with "XPLT":
filename,yyyy/mm/dd,ComputerName,IPAddress
And preferably, I'd like to only look at files with a modified date within the last 30 days.
So far, I've only gotten the following code which doesn't even work and doesn't even include the file modified date and parsing by ComputerName. Looking for help because I've just not done this very much, and I can't find a good example online.
Echo EID,Date,PCName,IPAdd>CitrixLogs.csv
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=1,3,4" %%i in ('dir /b "C:\LogFiles\*.log"') do (
echo %%i,%%j,%%k,%%l>>CitrixLogs.csv
)
I'd use a bit of FINDSTR magic:
set LOG_DIR=c:\logfiles
for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=:," %%L in ('%SystemRoot%\System32\findstr.exe /r /c:"^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/[0-9][0-9]/[0-9][0-9],[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9],xplt.*," %LOG_DIR%\*.log') do #echo %%L,%%M,%%N:%%O:%%P,%%Q,%%R,
`
REM
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
FOR /f "tokens=2-8delims=:, " %%a IN ('findstr /l /i /c:", XPLT" "%sourcedir%\*.log"') DO (
ECHO %%~nxa,%%b,%%c:%%d:%%e,%%f,%%g
)
GOTO :eof
redirect to your .csv as you will...
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
:: configuration
set "logFolder=%cd%"
set "logFiles=*.log"
set "maxFileAge=30"
set "computerName=XPLT"
set "outputFile=CitrixLogs.csv"
:: adjust commands to execute according to configuration
set "ageFilter=robocopy "%logFolder%" "%logFolder%" "%logFiles%" /l /is /njh /njs /nc /ns /ndl /maxage:%maxFileAge%"
set "contentFilter=findstr /f:/ /i /r /c:"^^[^^,]*, [^^,]*, %computerName%" "
:: Generate output file
( echo(EID,Date,PCName,IPAdd
for /f "usebackq tokens=2,* delims=:" %%a in (
`cmd /q /c "for /f tokens^=* %%a in ('%ageFilter%') do echo(%%a" ^| %contentFilter% `
) do for /f "tokens=1,3,4 delims=," %%c in ("%%b") do echo(%%~nxa,%%c,%%d,%%e
) > "%outputFile%"
endlocal
This will use robocopy (or you can change it with forfiles) to search for files with a max age of 30 days in the indicated folder. Files will not be copied (/l) but the list will be echoed (the rest of the switch configure the output). This list of files is piped into findstr (/f:/) indicating where to search for the lines that match the indicated condition. This will generate an output with each line in the input file matching the condition, prefixed with the name (full name) of the file. This line is then splitted to output only the required fields.