This is my continuing attempt to build a filename format verification batch routine (batch variable exclamation points used in dir | findstr)
Here's where I'm at:
echo off
REM Ensure filenames are of the format ALBUM - TITLE
chcp 1254>nul
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set /p CUTOFFDATE=Enter the Date of the Last Cleanup (yyyymmdd):
for /r "\\kodi-pc\g\itunes\iTunes Media\Podcasts\American Civil War\" %%i in (*.mp3) do (
set "FILENAME=%%~nxi"
set "FILEDATE=%%~ti"
call set "TITLE=%%FILENAME:* - = - %%"
call:SETALBUM
call set "FILEDATE=%%FILEDATE:~6,4%%%%FILEDATE:~0,2%%%%FILEDATE:~3,2%%"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
if !FILEDATE! GTR !CUTOFFDATE! (
echo ~ALBUM~TITLE~FILENAME~ ~!ALBUM!~!TITLE!~!FILENAME!
)
endlocal
)
pause
exit /b
:SETALBUM
call set "ALBUM=%%FILENAME:%TITLE%=%%"
exit /b
Works great except where folder names contain non-ASCII characters (», ’, etc.). My effort has been to recognize bangs (!) but that accomplished I now have these other problems.
The foldername 'American Civil War' is merely a sample placeholder for this forum. In reality I loop through many hundreds of foldernames.
Thx.
Related
Making batch which generate previews (everything is fine with this part of code) and also rename files deleting everything after "_" in filename. For example ABAB_abab.png > ABAB.png
My code does not see a variable yy in the string: set zz=!xx:yy=! Perceives it like just two letters yy, not a variable. How to fix that?
Here is the script
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%a in ("*.png") do (
set xx=%%~na
set yy=_!xx:*_=!
set zz=!xx:yy=!
echo xx= !xx! #rem (okay, returns ABAB_abab)
echo yy= !yy! #rem (okay, returns _abab)
echo zz= !zz! #rem (wrong, returns ABAB_abab without any substitutions)
pause
)
endlocal
Thank you for help
Here's a quick example to show you a method of achieving another layer of expansion:
#Echo Off
SetLocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
For %%G In ("*.png") Do (
Set "xx=%%~nG"
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set "yy=_!xx:*_=!"
For %%H In ("!yy!") Do Set "zz=!xx:%%~H=!"
Echo xx = "!xx!"
Echo yy = "!yy!"
Echo zz = "!zz!"
EndLocal
Pause
)
The doublequotes are included in the Echo commands only for better visualization should there be any spaces in your strings, they're not needed for any other purpose.
Please note, that this will not achieve your intention with any .png files whose basename begins with one or more underscores, _.
I'm trying to find files that do not match (at the beginning of the filename) predefined formats contained in a .txt file.
I have the following:
#Echo off
chcp 1254>nul
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,3* delims=~" %%f in ("%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xref.txt") do (
set "DIRNAME=%%f"
set "DIRNAM2=^%%f"
set "PATHNAM=%%h"
set "ALBUMNM=%%g"
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
IF EXIST !PATHNAM!!DIRNAME! (
PushD !PATHNAM!!DIRNAME!
dir /b /a-d "*" | findstr /v /r /c:"!DIRNAM2! -*"
)
ENDLOCAL
)
pause
EXIT /b
This works great except with filenames containing bangs (exclamation points).
Here's a sampling of my .txt file (subdirectory~album name~path) which gets generated by a script:
12 Byzantine Rulers. The History of The Byzantine Empire~12 Byzantine Rulers. The History of The Byzantine Empire~g:\test\
17th Century Poetry~17th Century Poetry~g:\test\
1984 (George Orwell)~1984 (George Orwell)~g:\test\
1_2_1~1_2_1~g:\test\
21st Century American Foreign Policy~21st Century American Foreign Policy~g:\test\
99% Invisible~99% Invisible~g:\test\
Communication Matters. That’s Not What I Meant!~Communication Matters. That’s Not What I Meant!~g:\test\
There are hundreds of directories containing hundreds of files (podcasts). I'd like to fix this batch so it can also handle bangs (!).
Thx in advance.
Edit. My test data wasn't robust enough. The findstr command also doesn't work with (at least) the following characters: é’»¿ ... that is to say PushD gets me to the right directory, but FindStr doesn't do it's culling as expected.
I don't think that the issue is necessarily code page or encoding related, and less so exclamation marks, (bangs). The major issue I see is that your text file content uses smart quotes, (curly), instead of dumb quotes, (straight). Additionally you have % characters which in batch files usually require doubling. For those reasons I would first suggest that you try to replace those characters.
For example:
#Echo Off
SetLocal DisableDelayedExpansion
For /F "UseBackQ Tokens=1-3 Delims=~" %%G In ("%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xref.txt")Do (
Set "SUBDIRN=%%G"
Set "ALBUMNM=%%H"
Set "PATHNAM=%%I"
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set SUBDIRN=!SUBDIRN:%%=%%%%!
Set ALBUMNM=!ALBUMNM:%%=%%%%!
Set PATHNAM=!PATHNAM:%%=%%%%!
Set SUBDIRN=!SUBDIRN:’='!
Set ALBUMNM=!ALBUMNM:’='!
Set PATHNAM=!PATHNAM:’='!
Set SUBDIRN=!SUBDIRN:“="!
Set ALBUMNM=!ALBUMNM:“="!
Set PATHNAM=!PATHNAM:“="!
Set SUBDIRN=!SUBDIRN:”="!
Set ALBUMNM=!ALBUMNM:”="!
Set PATHNAM=!PATHNAM:”="!
If Exist "!PATHNAM!!SUBDIRN!\" (
PushD "!PATHNAM!!SUBDIRN!"
Dir /B/A-D|FindStr /IVRC:"^!SUBDIRN! -"
)
EndLocal
)
Pause
Exit /B
I'm not sure how a copy of this code, within the code box will handle the smart quotes, but I'm sure you'll get the idea.
I have file C:/test.txt which is having content as below.
05/13/2017 07:29:34 Value= \\america.com\efpf_share\efpf\ipm_files
05/13/2017 07:29:41 Value= \\america.com\efpf_share\efpf\ipm_files
05/17/2017 08:31:54 Value= \\america.com\efpf_share\efpf\ipm_files
05/17/2017 08:32:03 Value= \\america.com\efpf_share\efpf\ipm_files
I want to extract 'epfp' or any string comes at this place and convert this into upaercase also if its have test attached (as epfptest) then it it should split EPFP-TEST. For extracting I am running the below code and redirecting the output in temp1.txt file
findstr "Value=" C:\test.txt| findstr america > "C:\temp.txt" && for /l %l in (1,1,1) do #for /f "tokens=3* delims=." %a in ('findstr /n /r "^" "C:\temp.txt" ^| findstr /r "^%l:"') do #echo %b > c:\temp1.txt
now temp1.txt file having the content as below :
com\efpf_share\efpf\ipm_files
Now finally I am exracting efpf from below code it gives me the output as below :
for /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %a in (c:\temp1.txt) do #echo %a
epfp
I want this output or to be converted as EPFP (in uppercare) and if this output does not having test string attached then it should only split as EPFP-TEST
Note: Final output can be anything (in this case epfp) and I want this convert in uppercase also if this output containing 'test' string attached then that should be split in "STRING-TEST"
This test file modification task should be definitely not done using a batch file and pure Windows command processor commands. There are much better scripting languages for this task.
It would be also much more useful to do this file content modification with a powerful text editor like UltraEdit or any other text editor with Perl regular expression support. Searching for (\\[^\\]+\\)(?=ipm_files) and using as replace string \U$1\E changes the directory name left to ipm_files to upper case and searching for (?<!\\|-)TEST(?=\\ipm_files) and using as replace string -TEST inserts the hyphen character left to TEST if there is not already a hyphen and the entire folder name is not TEST.
However, here is a commented batch file solution for this task:
#echo off
if not exist "%~dp0Test.txt" goto :EOF
setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
set "Modified=0"
set "DataFile=%~dp0Test.txt"
set "TempFile=%TEMP%\%~n0.tmp"
del "%TempFile%" 2>nul
for /F delims^=^ eol^= %%I in ('%SystemRoot%\System32\findstr.exe /N "^" "%DataFile%" 2^>nul') do (
set "Line=%%I"
call :ProcessLine
)
if %Modified% == 1 move /Y "%TempFile%" "%DataFile%"
del "%TempFile%" 2>nul
endlocal
goto :EOF
rem The subroutine ProcessLine removes first line number and colon inserted
rem by FINDSTR at beginning of each line to process correct also empty lines
rem in data file. The subroutine jumps to output of line in case of current
rem line is an empty line.
rem Next the line is split up into substrings using backslash as delimiter.
rem Of interest are only the fourth and fifth substrings. The fifth substring
rem should be ipm_files to identify the current line as a line to process.
rem A jump to writing the line into temporary file is done if this condition
rem is not true. Otherwise the fourth substring is assigned to a variable
rem because that string is the folder name to modify by this batch file.
rem Each ASCII character in the folder name is replaced by its upper case character.
rem If the entire new folder name is TEST, just do the replace and don't change
rem the folder name to -TEST. If the new folder name ends already with -TEST,
rem just do the replace. But if new folder name ends with only TEST, replace
rem just TEST by -TEST with hyphen.
rem A case-sensitive comparison of current and new folder name is done before
rem running the folder replace on line to determine if the replace is really
rem necessary at all. The modification information is saved in an environment
rem variable which is passed over local environment of subroutine to main code
rem above. This information is used finally to determine if the data file must
rem be replaced at all by the temporary file because of a modification is made
rem or the temporary file can be simply deleted as being equal with data file.
:ProcessLine
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "Line=!Line:*:=!"
if not defined Line goto WriteLine
for /F "tokens=4,5 delims=\" %%A in ("!Line!") do (
if /I not "%%B" == "ipm_files" goto WriteLine
set "CurFolderName=%%A"
)
set "NewFolderName=%CurFolderName%"
for %%C in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do set "NewFolderName=!NewFolderName:%%C=%%C!"
if "%NewFolderName%" == "TEST" goto DoReplace
if "%NewFolderName:~-5%" == "-TEST" goto DoReplace
if "%NewFolderName:~-4%" == "TEST" set "NewFolderName=%NewFolderName:~0,-4%-TEST"
:DoReplace
if "%CurFolderName%" == "%NewFolderName%" goto WriteLine
set "Modified=1"
set "Line=!Line:%CurFolderName%\ipm_files=%NewFolderName%\ipm_files!"
:WriteLine
echo(!Line!>>"%TempFile%"
endlocal & set "Modified=%Modified%"
goto :EOF
%~dp0Test.txt must be two times replaced by real file name of data file with relative or absolute path.
The purpose of first FOR loop in main code at top is described in my answer on:
How to read and print contents of text file line by line?
The other command lines are explained by the remarks between main code and subroutine.
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.
call /?
del /?
echo /?
endlocal /?
findstr /?
goto /?
if /?
move /?
rem /?
setlocal /?
I am a serious newbie at creating batch files and am hoping someone can help me. One of our staff receives zipped pdf docs by email, which she copies to a folder on her desktop. Within that folder, I would like for her to run a batch script that will
A. Unzip the zipped contents into a network directory, i.e. \server\contracts
Under this directory, the process will create folders for each group of contracts, i.e. \server\contracts\Masterson (The name of this will be same as zipped file name).
B. Then the batch process should copy a select few of the pdf documents into a network directory based on the filename. Each file contains a number, which will go in the following manner: Masterson + 1.pdf >> \server\contracts\Item1 and \server\contracts\Item2, etc. Masterson + 1.pdf will go into \server\contracts\Item1 without a folder name, as will Paisley + 1 certificate.pdf and Johnsonville + 1 document.pdf.
The problem is that the companies do not follow instructions and the number can be at the beginning, middle, or end of the file name. Also, unfortunately, there are spaces in the name of the zipped file and the pdf documents. Currently, we are only copying 4 filenames into separate directories for other people to review and validate.
Below is what I did so far looking around this site:
#Echo off
SETLOCAL
for /R "delims=\\server\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION" %%I in
("*.zip") do (
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-Zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"%%~dpnI" "%%~fI"
)
rem setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
CLS
::The Input Folder
set "InputFolder=C:\Users\eartha.kitt\Desktop\Test"
::The Output Folders
set "Output1=\\server\contracts\ITEM 1 17-18 CERTS"
set "Output6=\\server\contracts\ITEM 6 SIGNATURES"
set "Output8A=\\server\contracts\ITEM 8A 17-18 CALENDARS"
set "Output8B=\\server\contracts\ITEM 8B 16-17 REVISED CALENDARS"
set "Output8a=\\server\contracts\ITEM 8A 17-18 CALENDARS"
set "Output8b=\\server\contracts\ITEM 8B 16-17 REVISED CALENDARS"
::The extensions to wait
set "extensions=*.pdf"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
:Loop
cls
echo Waiting for file ...
for /f "usebackq delims=|" %%a in ('dir /b /s %InputFolder%\%extensions%
2^>nul') do (
rem for /r %%a in in (%InputFolder%\%extensions% 2^>nul') do (
set "Fichier=%%a"
echo Treating _^> %%a
if "!Fichier:~0,-2!"==" 1" COPY "%%~a" %Output1%
if "!Fichier:~0,-2!"==" 6" COPY "%InputFolder%\~%%a" %Output6%
if "!Fichier:~0,-3!"=="8A" COPY "%InputFolder%\%%a" %Output8A%
if "!Fichier:~0,-3!"=="8B" COPY "%InputFolder%\%%a" %Output8B%
if "!Fichier:~0,-3!"=="8a" COPY "%InputFolder%\%%a" %Output8a%
if "!Fichier:~0,-3!"=="8b" COPY "%InputFolder%\%%a" %Output8b%
::Waiting ~5 seconds
ping localhost -n 6 >nul
)
::Return to the loop
goto:Loop
Of course this doesn't work. Please help!
Well - bravo for the attempt! And so close...
Let's take the first part
for /R "delims=\\server\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION" %%I in ("*.zip") do (
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-Zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"%%~dpnI" "%%~fI"
)
What's wrong here is that the delims clause is only usable in for /f. for /r always delivers the entire filename to the metavariable %%I.
On my system I use %server%\u for testing - u is a shared resource on the server assigned to U:\ on server.
for /R "\\%server%\u\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION" %%I IN ("*.zip") do (
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-Zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"%%~dpnI" "%%~fI"
worked happily for me - delivering the extracted files to "u:\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION"
The second part of your code is examining "C:\Users\eartha.kitt\Desktop\Test" not "\%server%\u\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION" - very sensibly assigned to a variablename for easy adjustment.
Here's my modified code:
SET "terminatefilename=stop.txt"
DEL "%terminatefilename%" 2>nul
rem setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
CLS
::The Input Folder
set "InputFolder=C:\Users\eartha.kitt\Desktop\Test"
set "InputFolder=\\%server%\u\contracts\RECEIVED 2017-18 APPLICATION"
::The Output Folders
set "Output1=\\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 1 17-18 CERTS"
set "Output6=\\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 6 SIGNATURES"
set "Output8A=\\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 8A 17-18 CALENDARS"
set "Output8B=\\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 8B 16-17 REVISED CALENDARS"
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims==" %%b IN ('set output') DO MD "%%c" 2>nul
::The extensions to wait
set "extensions=*.pdf"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
:Loop
cls
echo Waiting for file ...
for /f "delims=|" %%a in ('dir /b /s "%InputFolder%\%extensions%" 2^>nul') do (
rem for /r %%a in in (%InputFolder%\%extensions% 2^>nul') do (
SET "copied="
echo Treating _^> %%a
REM OPTION 1 - Key string must be at end-of name part
set "Fichier=%%~Na"
if /i "!Fichier:~0,-2!"==" 1" COPY "%%a" "%Output1%"&SET "copied=Y"
if /i "!Fichier:~0,-2!"==" 6" COPY "%%a" "%Output6%"&SET "copied=Y"
if /i "!Fichier:~0,-3!"==" 8A" COPY "%%a" "%Output8A%"&SET "copied=Y"
if /i "!Fichier:~0,-3!"==" 8B" COPY "%%a" "%Output8B%"&SET "copied=Y"
REM OPTION 2 - Key string may be anywhere in filename
IF NOT DEFINED copied (
echo "%%~na"|FINDSTR /i /L /C:" 8B" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 COPY "%%a" "%Output8B%"&SET "copied=Y"
)
IF NOT DEFINED copied (
echo "%%~na"|FINDSTR /i /L /C:" 8A" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 COPY "%%a" "%Output8A%"&SET "copied=Y"
)
IF NOT DEFINED copied (
echo "%%~na"|FINDSTR /i /L /C:" 6" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 COPY "%%a" "%Output6%"&SET "copied=Y"
)
IF NOT DEFINED copied (
echo "%%~na"|FINDSTR /i /L /C:" 1" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 COPY "%%a" "%Output1%"&SET "copied=Y"
)
)
::Waiting ~5 seconds
timeout 6 >NUL
:: Test for exit
IF EXIST "%terminatefilename%" DEL "%terminatefilename%"&GOTO :EOF
::Return to the loop
goto:Loop
First, I set up terminatefilename so that creating this file will terminate the batch (it's an infinite loop by design in your code)
Next, I overrode your inputfolder name to suit my system.
Then the output directories. I adjusted their names to suit my system. Note that batch is largely case-insensitive, so setting Output8A and Output8a is setting the same variable. The only time that batch commands are case-sensitive is the metavariable (loop-control variable) in a for statement.
Then I inserted a line to create the destination directories. This uses a set command to list the variables starting output in the format Output1=\\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 1 17-18 CERTS (where server will have been resolved). The command reads the output of the set command, uses = as the delimiter and assigns output1 to %%b and \\%server%\u\contracts\ITEM 1 17-18 CERTS to %%c. We want to make sure the directory %%c exists, so we make it with an md command and ignore complaints that it already exists with 2>nul.
Next the for/f. for /f reads each line of (thisfilename) or ("this literal value") or ('the output of this command') but when you need to read a from a file whose name must be double-quoted beacuse it contains spaces, then the syntax is for /f "usebackq"... (idontknow) or ("this filename containing spaces") or ('ive no idea whatever') or (`the output of this command`)
So there's no need to use usebackq -- in fact, it's counterproductive.
The delims=| is optional and could be replaced by delims= as the output of a dir command will never contain | (illegal in a file or directoryname). You do need the delims clause however, as the default delimiters include Space and the default tokens is 1 so only the first string of each line output up to the first space will be assigned to %%a.
Hmm - you've remmed-out a for/r. Sadly, the target directory in the for /r can't be a metavariable.
Next, I've cleared a copied flag saying "so far, this file has not been copied"
Next, set fichier to the name-part only of the filename. Since you are using .pdf as a filter, each name output by the for/f will be a full-filename, ending in .pdf
Next, almost-correct with the battery of if statements. The /i makes the comparison case-insensitive so that it will cope with both 8a and 8A. The strings on both sides of the == must be identical to pass the == test, so you need a 3-character string in the 8 tests.
You've evidently been experimenting with the copy command and trying to feed it with appropriate strings. %%~a strips %%a of any enclosing quotes. %%a won't have enclosing quotes - just the fullfilename, so this does nothing in this instance. %InputFolder%\~%%a concatenates the values from InputFolder,"\~" and %%a - which means "%inputfolder%\~%inputfolder%\filenameandextension of %%a". The last two would be resolved to the same, bar the ~.
Since the entire filename is contained in %%a, all that's needed for the sourcefile is "%%a" - quoted as it will probably contain spaces.
Well - the destination directory (we've already established it with the for /f...%%b) can also contain spaces, so it needs to be quoted, too.
I've then set the flag copied to Y if the line took effect. Actually, it can be set to any non-empty value as the whole object is to interpret whether or not it exists with an if defined statement to bypass any later attempts to copy the same file (remember - copied is cleared for each file)
Now - the second option. This is actually a more powerful detector of the required target strings than is the substring version, and will detect the target string anywhere in the filename.
If you echo the name-part only of the file %%~na into a findstr, then set to findstr to look for the /L literal string /i case-insensitive c:"some literal string" and output ny matches found to nowhere (>nul) then findstr will set errorlevel to 0 if found and 1 otherwise. (the /L is superfluous here, I use it habitually to remind me I'm working with literal strings, not regular expressions)
If errorlevel n will be true if errorlevel is currently n or greater than n, so if the string is found, we do the copy and set the copied flag as before.
I reversed the order of tests because it was easier for me to do using the editor I use.
Now - there's a downside to this approach. It's a double-edged sword. Since the target string is detected wherever it appears in the filename, whatever whatever 10 something something.pdf will pass the test for 1 because Space1 appears in its name.
When the loop has finished, use timeout to wait, redirecting the output to nul to make it pipe down. Note that your delay was inside the for loop - so it would have waited 6 seconds after processing each file, not 6 seconds after processing an entire batch.
Finally, if you create terminatefilename from anothe cmd instance, the batch will exit cleanly and kill terminatefilename for you. Much cleaner than control-c.
A last note: Since you are copying the file, not MOVEing it, it will still exist in the same place presumably after the 6 seconds has elapsed and will be endlessly copied and recopied. You'd probably need to make adjustments to achieve the desired result.
I am creating an MS DOS batch script that needs to list every .bat file in the current directory, but not show autoexec.bat or other utilities or systems .bat files that shouldn't be run by the user.
I currently have DIR "*.bat" /B /P
This lists all .bat files appropriately, but it shows autoexec.bat. How would I exclude that from the list? Also slightly important, how could I chop off the file extensions and show more than the 7-characters DOS limits files to?
Constraints: I am not able to use a DOS version above WinME. That is the version I am using.
Thanks for any help.
EDIT:
There is plenty of information on the internet about doing this, but it is all in the windows command processor, not MS DOS. Please understand that DOS and the Command Prompt are not the same thing.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem Add more names separated with slashes here:
set exclude=/autoexec/
for %%a in (*.bat) do (
if "!exclude:/%%~Na/=!" equ "%exclude%" (
echo %%~Na
)
)
EDIT: Some explanations added
Batch file processing is slow, so you should use techniques that allows a Batch file to run faster. For example:
Try to use the minimum lines/commands to achieve a certain result. Try to avoid external commands (*.exe files) like find, findstr, fc, etc. specially if they work on small amounts of data; use if command instead.
Use for %%a in (*.bat)... instead of for /F %%a in ('dir /B *.bat').... The second method requires to execute cmd.exe and store its output in a file before for command can process its lines.
Avoid pipes and use redirections instead. A pipe require the execution of two copies of cmd.exe to process the command at each side of the pipe.
A simple way to check if a variable contain a given string is trying to delete the string from the variable: if the result is different then the string exists in the variable: if "!variable:%string%=!" neq "%variable%" echo The string is in the variable.
Previous method may also be used to check if a variable have anyone of a list of values: set list=one two three, if "!list:%variable%=!" neq "%list%" echo The variable have one value from the list. If the values of the list may have spaces, they must be separated by another delimiter.
EDIT: New version added as answer to new comments
The easiest way to pause one page at a time is to use more filter this way:
theBatchFile | more
However, the program must reorder the output in order to show it in columns. The new version below achieve both things, so it does not require more filter; you just need to set the desired number of columns and rows per page.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem Add more names separated with slashes here:
set exclude=/autoexec/
rem Set the first two next variables as desired:
set /A columns=5, rows=41, wide=(80-columns)/columns, col=0, row=0
rem Create filling spaces to align columns
set spaces=
for /L %%a in (1,1,%wide%) do set spaces= !spaces!
set line=
for %%a in (*.bat) do (
if "!exclude:/%%~Na/=!" equ "%exclude%" (
rem If this column is less than the limit...
set /A col+=1
if !col! lss %columns% (
rem ... add it to current line
set name=%%~Na%spaces%
set "line=!line!!name:~0,%wide%! "
) else (
rem ... show current line and reset it
set name=%%~Na
echo !line!!name:~0,%wide%!
set line=
set /a col=0, row+=1
rem If this row is equal to the limit...
if !row! equ %rows% (
rem ...do a pause and reset row
pause
set row=0
)
)
)
)
rem Show last line, if any
if defined line echo %line%
Antonio
attrib +h autoexec.bat
should hide autoexec.bat and it should thus not appear in the list
DIR "*.bat" /B /P | find /v "autoexec" | for %i in (*.bat) do #echo %~ni
Using for to process each file name individually:
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f %%i in ('dir "*.bat" /b') do (
set system=0
if "%%i"=="autoexec.bat" set system=1
if "%%i"=="somesystem.bat" set system=1
if !system!==0 echo %%i
)
Another method without variables:
for /f %%i in ('dir "*.bat" /b') do call :test %%i
goto continue
:test
if "%1"=="autoexec.bat" goto :eof
if "%1"=="somesystem.bat" goto :eof
echo %1
goto :eof
:continue
For both, you can add new filenames to exclude from the list.