How can I run a CMD or .bat file in silent mode? I'm looking to prevent the CMD interface from being shown to the user.
Include the phrase:
#echo off
right at the top of your bat script.
I have proposed in StackOverflow question a way to run a batch file in the background (no DOS windows displayed)
That should answer your question.
Here it is:
From your first script, call your second script with the following line:
wscript.exe invis.vbs run.bat %*
Actually, you are calling a vbs script with:
the [path]\name of your script
all the other arguments needed by your script (%*)
Then, invis.vbs will call your script with the Windows Script Host Run() method, which takes:
intWindowStyle : 0 means "invisible windows"
bWaitOnReturn : false means your first script does not need to wait for your second script to finish
See the question for the full invis.vbs script:
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """" & sargs, 0, False
^
means "invisible window" ---|
Update after Tammen's feedback:
If you are in a DOS session and you want to launch another script "in the background", a simple /b (as detailed in the same aforementioned question) can be enough:
You can use start /b second.bat to launch a second batch file asynchronously from your first that shares your first one's window.
I think this is the easiest and shortest solution to running a batch file without opening the DOS window, it can be very distracting when you want to schedule a set of commands to run periodically, so the DOS window keeps popping up, here is your solution.
Use a VBS Script to call the batch file ...
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell" )
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Batch Files\ mycommands.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing
Copy the lines above to an editor and save the file with .VBS extension. Edit the .BAT file name and path accordingly.
Use Advanced BAT to EXE Converter from http://www.battoexeconverter.com
This will allow you to embed any additional binaries with your batch file in to one stand alone completely silent EXE and its freeware
Use Bat To Exe Converter to do this
http://download.cnet.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html (Choose Direct Download Link)
1 - Open Bat to Exe Converter, select your Bat file.
2 - In Option menu select "Invisible Application", then press compile button.
Done!
Try SilentCMD. This is a small freeware program that executes a batch file without displaying the command prompt window.
If i want to run command promt in silent mode, then there is a simple vbs command:
Set ws=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.Run "TASKKILL.exe /F /IM iexplore.exe"
if i wanted to open an url in cmd silently, then here is a code:
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("iexplore.exe http://otaxi.ge/log/index.php", 0)
'wait 10 seconds
WScript.sleep 10000
Set ws=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.Run "TASKKILL.exe /F /IM iexplore.exe"
I'm pretty confident I like this method the best. Copy and paste the code below into a .vbs file. From there you'll call the batch file... so make sure you edit the last line to specify the path and name of the batch file (which should contain the file you'd like to launch or perform the actions you need performed)
Const HIDDEN_WINDOW = 12
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
Set objConfig = objStartup.SpawnInstance_
objConfig.ShowWindow = HIDDEN_WINDOW
Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create("C:\PathOfFile\name.bat", null, objConfig, intProcessID)
It definitely worked for me. Comments are welcomed :)
Another way of doing it, without 3rd party programs nor converters ("batch to exe" programs actually just put your batch file in the tmp folder and then run it silently so anyone can just fetch it from there an get your code) no vbs files (because nobody knows vbs) just one line at the beginning of the batch file.
#echo off > NUL
The below silent .bat file code prevents the need to have two bat files (using "goto" and ":").
It does it all in the same .bat file. Tested and confirmed working in Windows 10
Make sure you replace "C:\pathToFile\ThisBatFile.bat " with the path to this same .bat file! Keep the space after ".bat".
#echo off
if [%1]==[] (
goto PreSilentCall
) else (
goto SilentCall
)
:PreSilentCall
REM Insert code here you want to have happen BEFORE this same .bat file is called silently
REM such as setting paths like the below two lines
set WorkingDirWithSlash=%~dp0
set WorkingDirectory=%WorkingDirWithSlash:~0,-1%
REM below code will run this same file silently, but will go to the SilentCall section
cd C:\Windows\System32
if exist C:\Windows\Temp\invis.vbs ( del C:\Windows\Temp\invis.vbs /f /q )
echo CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "C:\pathToFile\ThisBatFile.bat " ^& WScript.Arguments(0), 0, False > C:\Windows\Temp\invis.vbs
wscript.exe C:\Windows\Temp\invis.vbs Initialized
if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (
echo Successfully started SilentCall code. This command prompt can now be exited.
goto Exit
)
:SilentCall
cd %WorkingDirectory%
REM Insert code you want to be done silently.
REM Make sure this section has no errors as you won't be able to tell if there are any,
REM since it will be running silently. You can add a greater than symbol at the end of
REM your commands in this section to output the results to a .txt file for the purpose
REM of debugging this section of code.
:Exit
If your .bat file needs more than just the "Initialized" argument (which tells the bat file to go to :SilentCall section), add "^& WScript.Arguments(1)," , "^& WScript.Arguments(2)," ,etc. depending on the number of arguments, then edit the line where wscript.exe is called:
"wscript.exe C:\Windows\Temp\invis.vbs Initialized BatFileArgOne BatFileArgTwo"
I'm created RunApp to do such a job and also using it in my production env, hope it's helps.
The config like below:
file: config.arg
:style:hidden
MyBatchFile.bat
arg1
arg2
And launch runapp.exe instead.
I'm using cake in my projects to build, run unit tests, check code coverage and then generate an HTML report (using ReportGenerator). This is all working correctly, and I can open the generated report in my browser.
However, when I was previously using a dos batch file to do this, it would also launch my default browser and load the report after it was generated, but I can't find a way to do that with cake.
Here are the contents of the batch file I've been using:
#ECHO OFF
SET SearchDirectory=%~dp0Grapevine.Tests\bin\Debug
SET DllContainingTests=%~dp0Grapevine.Tests\bin\Debug\Grapevine.Tests.dll
for /R "%~dp0packages" %%a in (*) do if /I "%%~nxa"=="xunit.console.exe" SET TestRunnerExe=%%~dpnxa
for /R "%~dp0packages" %%a in (*) do if /I "%%~nxa"=="OpenCover.Console.exe" SET OpenCoverExe=%%~dpnxa
for /R "%~dp0packages" %%a in (*) do if /I "%%~nxa"=="ReportGenerator.exe" SET ReportGeneratorExe=%%~dpnxa
if not exist "%~dp0GeneratedReports" mkdir "%~dp0GeneratedReports"
call :RunOpenCoverUnitTestMetrics
if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
call :RunReportGeneratorOutput
)
if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
call :RunLaunchReport
)
exit /b %errorlevel%
:RunOpenCoverUnitTestMetrics
"%OpenCoverExe%" ^
-target:"%TestRunnerExe%" ^
-targetargs:"\"%DllContainingTests%\"" ^
-filter:"+[*]* -[*.Tests*]* -[*]*.*Config -[xunit*]* -[*]Grapevine.Interfaces.*" ^
-mergebyhash ^
-skipautoprops ^
-register:user ^
-output:"%~dp0GeneratedReports\CoverageReport.xml"^
-searchdirs:"%SearchDirectory%"
exit /b %errorlevel%
:RunReportGeneratorOutput
"%ReportGeneratorExe%" ^
-reports:"%~dp0\GeneratedReports\CoverageReport.xml" ^
-targetdir:"%~dp0\GeneratedReports\ReportGeneratorOutput"
exit /b %errorlevel%
:RunLaunchReport
start "report" "%~dp0\GeneratedReports\ReportGeneratorOutput\index.htm"
exit /b %errorlevel%
I have tried using the following:
StartProcess(new FilePath("./GeneratedReports/ReportGeneratorOutput/index.htm"));
To which I receive the following error:
An error occured when executing task 'generate-report'.
Error: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform.
I have verified that the path is correct and the file exists, and that copy/pasting the file path on the command line indeed opens the file in my default browser.
I couldn't figure out a way to do this with just Cake, so I resorted to calling CMD with StartProcess:
if (IsRunningOnWindows()) {
StartProcess("cmd", new ProcessSettings {
Arguments = $"/C start \"\" {testCoverageReportPath}index.htm"
});
}
This works great for my needs.
You can do this using the StartProcess alias example:
FilePath reportpath = File("./GeneratedReports/ReportGeneratorOutput/index.htm");
StartProcess(reportpath);
What finally worked for me was this:
if (IsRunningOnWindows())
{
StartProcess("explorer.exe", reportPath);
}
Obviously, this won't work on non-windows environments, but that's outside the scope of my needs. Everything else I tried produced an error either that the file could not be found or that the executable was invalid for the OS.
I am trying to redirect a PS output to a file and process it further.
For this I am using the Printer Port Redirection RedMon which is sending the output to CMD.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
As arguments I expected that something like the following should work, but it does not. "%1" contains the user input for filename.
/c >"%1"
or
/c 1>"%1"
or
/c |"%1"
or
/c > "%1" 2>&1
What almost works if I send the output to a batch file which writes it then to file.
/c WriteOutput.bat "%1"
However, the batch file is somehow altering the file (skipping empty lines, and ignoring exclamation marks and so on...)
If possible I want to avoid a batch file. Is there a way to get it "directly" to a file?
Select "Print to FILE" in the printer options is not an option for me. I want the same end result but via cmd.exe being able to process it further.
Any ideas?
Edit:
Well, that's the batch file I used. It neglects empty lines and space at the beginning.
#echo off
setlocal
set FileName=%1
echo(>%FileName%.ps
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('more') do (
echo %%A>>%FileName%.ps
)
Well, so far I still haven't found a direct way to write STDIN via RedMon via CMD.exe to a file. As #aschipfl wrote, all the versions with for /F will skip lines and ignore certain characters.
However, with the following batch script (via RedMon) I end up with a "correct looking" file on disk.
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c WritePS.bat "%1"
"%1" contains the user input for filename without extension.
The Batch-File WritePS.bat looks as simple as this:
#echo off & setlocal
set FileName=%1.ps
more > "%FileName%"
However,
the resulting Postscript file is different from a file which I "Print to FILE" via the Postscript-Printer setup. I am pretty sure that all the printer settings which I can set are the same in both cases.
If anybody has an idea why there might be a difference, please let me know.
I am trying to adjust some code which is shown below and hitting walls.
The commandline appears as:
cmd.exe /U /C "C:\Program Files\StorageCraft\ShadowProtect\VerifyImages.cmd <PathOfDirectoryWhichContainsImageFiles> <PathToOutputLogFile>
The code basically runs an image verify command against all md5 files in a directory. The problem is that some directories have >200 md5 files and I only want to verify the files created in the last 24 hrs.
I have been able to create a list of the files created in the last 24hrs and output to a text file using a powershell command.
Is it possible to adjust the script below so that it reads the text file line by line and runs the VERIFY_SUB against each? I have tried using the FOR /F command with little luck to this point.
Thanks in advance.
REM *** START OF MAIN ROUTINE ***
SETLOCAL
PUSHD
CD /D %~dp0
REM Strip the outer quotes off of the directory parameter
SET PARAM_DIR=%1
SET PARAM_DIR=###%PARAM_DIR%###
SET PARAM_DIR=%PARAM_DIR:"###=%
SET PARAM_DIR=%PARAM_DIR:###"=%
SET PARAM_DIR=%PARAM_DIR:###=%
REM Strip the outer quotes off of the output log file parameter
SET PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE=%2
SET PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE=###%PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE%###
SET PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE=%PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE:"###=%
SET PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE=%PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE:###"=%
SET PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE=%PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE:###=%
FOR %%A IN ("%PARAM_DIR%\*.md5") DO (call :VERIFY_SUB "%%A" "%PARAM_OUTPUT_FILE%")
POPD
ENDLOCAL
GOTO :EOF
REM *** END OF MAIN ROUTINE ***
:VERIFY_SUB
#ECHO VERIFYING MD5 FILE %1
#ECHO VERIFYING MD5 FILE %1 >> %2
image.exe v %1 >> %2
#ECHO. >> %2
#ECHO. >> %2
#ECHO. >> %2
GOTO :EOF
I am running below command to run Soapui Test suite and it is working fine
testrunner.bat -s"TestSuite4" "D:\Invesco\JP Groovy Code\ExploreGroovy.xml"
I ahve also used with below command and it is working fine as well
testrunner.bat -s"TestSuite4" "%USERPROFILE%\ExploreGroovy.xml"
Now I have added one Envrionment variable 'EnvP' and its value id 'D:\Invesco' and tried with following command but it is not working.
testrunner.bat -s"TestSuite4" "%EnvP%\ExploreGroovy.xml"
Can some one help me in this. I don't want to give hard coded path of any drive. Please suggest if anyone has any other solution.
Thanks.
the process starting testrunner.bat (probably explorer.exe?) must
know about the new variable. have you tried logging out and in again
after setting it?
if it is cmd, try finding the variable with set | find "EnvP". If it is not there, you need to start a new cmd session.
Use these commands and you should see why it fails:
#echo "%EnvP%"
#if not exist "%EnvP%\ExploreGroovy.xml" #echo Ouch!
#pause
testrunner.bat -s"TestSuite4" "%EnvP%\ExploreGroovy.xml"
#pause
For all my SoapUI projects I have multiple .bat scripts in the same location as the project.xml file to run different sets of test suites, and all of it goes into your source repository.
IF NOT DEFINED SOAPUI_ROOT SET SOAPUI_ROOT=%ProgramFiles%\SmartBear\soapUI-Pro-4.6.4
REM make certain we are where we _think_ we are
CD %~dp0
REM cleanup previous results
DEL /f /q *.log*
RMDIR /s /q results
REM run the tests
CALL "%SOAPUI_ROOT%\bin\testrunner.bat" -s"Smoke TestSuite" -fresults My-soapui-project.xml
REM determine if there are failures
IF errorlevel 0 (
ECHO All tests passed.
PAUSE
EXIT 0
) ELSE (
ECHO There are failures!
PAUSE
EXIT 100
)