I need to run a simple command line within teamcity
FINDSTR /M /N /P /S /R /C:"goto end" D:\blabla\*
The double quote are replaced and somehow doubled when teamcity calls the command. The resulting command is
cmd.exe /c FINDSTR /M /N /P /S /R "/C:"goto end""
Which fails.
How can I prevent this from happening? The value for param /C requires a param with double quotes in my case. thanks
Put your command in a batch file and call that passing in whatever arguments (if any) you need.
Whenever you do anything like this on windows, always do this :)
Your example:
FINDSTR /M /N /P /S /R /C:"goto end" D:\blabla\*
Works as-is, in TeamCity 2018.1.3, using a Command Line runner with the above specified in the Custom Script section.
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I was trying to use the return from myPowershellScript.ps1 to use as a variable in my batch file.
myPowershellScript.ps1
function GetLatestText
{
return "Hello World"
}
I was trying to use the For /F function. There may be a better way.
myBatch.bat
for /f "delims=" %%a in (' powershell -command "\\Rossi2\Shared\myPowershellScript.ps1" ') do set "var=%%a"
echo %var%
Desired output, would be to have 'Hello World' output in the cmd window.
I was trying to use the batch file as some old processes use them. For newer processes I do everything in PowerShell and it works fine.
The current output is blank.
Your syntax for trying to capture output from a PowerShell script from a batch file is correct (assuming single-line output from the script),[1] except that it it is more robust to use the -File parameter of powershell.exe, the Windows PowerShell CLI than the -Command parameter.
See this answer for when to use -File vs. -Command.
Your problem is with the PowerShell script itself:
You're defining function Get-LatestText, but you're not calling it, so your script produces no output.
There are three possible solutions:
Place an explicit call to Get-LatestText after the function definition; if you want to pass any arguments received by the script through, use Get-LatestText #args
Don't define a function at all, and make the function body the script body.
If your script contains multiple functions, and you want to call one of them, selectively: in your PowerShell CLI call, dot-source the script file (. <script>), and invoke the function afterwards (this does require -Command):
for /f "delims=" %%a in (' powershell -Command ". \"\\Rossi2\Shared\myPowershellScript.ps1\"; Get-LatestText" ') do set "var=%%a"
echo %var%
[1] for /f loops over a command's output line by line (ignoring empty lines), so with multiline output only the last line would be stored in %var% - more effort is needed to handle multiline output.
You can combine the batch and the powershell in single file (save this as .bat ):
<# : batch portion
#echo off & setlocal
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('powershell -noprofile "iex (${%~f0} | out-string)"') do set "result=%%a"
echo PS RESULT: %result%
endlocal
goto :EOF
: end batch / begin powershell #>
function GetLatestText
{
return "Hello World"
}
write-host GetLatestText
I wonder how to check if a batch file is executed by cmd.exe or instead by powershell
I discovered that the ENV variable %CmdCmdLine%is set to something in cmd.exe and should not be set inside a powershell shell.
But if I run a batch file in powershell it temporary assumes a value like C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\path\to\check-interpreter.bat""
Given also the inability of batch to check IF PATTERN I cannot find a way to let my batch file be able to know which command interpreter is running.
In the below code I tried to use findstr /R to check cmd at the start of the line. Infact inside cmd.exe the line should start with cmd.exe ... while in powershell should start with the full path C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ...
Here my attempt:
#ECHO OFF
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`echo %CmdCmdLine% ^^^| findstr /R
"^cmd"`) DO (
SET var=%%F
)
ECHO var set to: %var%
REM IF [%var%]==[] ECHO var set to: %var%
IF DEFINED var (
ECHO CmdCmdLine founnd!
ECHO VAR : %var%
ECHO COMMANDLINE: %CmdCmdLine%
) ELSE (
ECHO CmdCmdLine NOT found..
)
The problem in the above code is that var is not populated at all:
# cmd.exe
C:\path\to>.\check-interpreter.bat
CmdCmdLine founnd!
COMMANDLINE: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"
# powershell
PS C:\path\to> .\check-interpreter.bat
CmdCmdLine founnd!
COMMANDLINE: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\path\to\check-
interpreter.bat""
I am trying to create a batch file that will run and open a Powershell script to then run.
this is what i have so far
#echo off
for /r C:\folder %%a in (*) do if "%%~nxa"=="2WNRN4VMS2.txt" set p=%%~dpnxa
if defined p (
echo %p%
) else (
echo File not found
Pause
)
Powershell.exe -Command "& '%p%'"
exit
That is very simple using command DIR for searching for the file recursively in folder C:\folder and all its subfolders and command FOR for assigning the drive and path of found file to an environment variable:
#echo off
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /S "C:\folder\2WNRN4VMS2.txt" 2^>nul') do set "FilePath=%%~dpI" & goto FoundFile
echo File not found
pause
goto :EOF
:FoundFile
Powershell.exe -Command "& '%FilePath%'"
Please note that the string assigned to environment variable FilePath ends with a backslash. Use in PowerShell command line %FilePath:~0,-1% if the path of the file should be passed without a backslash at end.
For understanding the used commands and how they work, open a command prompt window, execute there the following commands, and read entirely all help pages displayed for each command very carefully.
dir /?
echo /?
for /?
goto /?
pause /?
set /?
for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=,: " %a in ('query user ^| find /i "disc"') do logoff %b
This above code is used for logoff remote desktop users where state is "Disconnected" in windows 2003.It will work perfect when I run in command prompt. But it will not run when I made a .bat file or .cmd file in windows 2003.so may know where i am going wrong?
Inside batch files the percent signs used in the for replaceable parameters need to be escaped
for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=,: " %%a in ('query user ^| find /i "disc"') do logoff %%b
User585,
Yes, inorder to implement the for loop inside a bat/cmd session, you need to place the variable with
%%a
like this
for /f %%a in (.\hosts) do quser /server:\\%%a
I have a batch file I would like to search a folder for any xlsm file updated today.
If it finds an xlsm file from today, it then runs another bat file. If there is no updated file it should run a .vbs file (to send an email) and then exit.
Currently I have the following:
#echo off
set var=%date:~-10%
dir "*.xlsm"|find "%var%">nul&&CALL Update.bat||EXIT
I think I probably need to include some sort of IF/ELSE instead of the current method, but my skills are lacking..
EDIT:
The actual solution I've gone with, based on the answer from #Monacraft is:
#echo off
forfiles /p C:\ /m *.xlsm /d 0 /c "cmd /c call Update.bat"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 start FailEmail.vbs
If using windows 7 you could do forfiles:
#echo off
set found=FALSE
forfiles /p "C:\...[path to folder]" /m *.xlsm /d +1 /c "cmd /c Echo Updating...&CALL Update.bat&set found=TRUE"
if /i %found%==False (
start email.vbs
) else (
Exit
)
And that should work fine
Mona
This worked for me:
#echo off
forfiles /p C:\ /m *.xlsm /d 0 /c "cmd /c call Update.bat"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 start FailEmail.vbs
I think your code should work - some small changes here.
It will just echo the commands to the screen, for you to test.
One point to consider is that the DIR command will also match *.xls files in the short name.
#echo off
set "var=%date:~-10%"
dir "*.xlsm"|find "%var%">nul && (echo CALL Update.bat) || (echo start failemail.vbs)
pause