How to pass a variable in a batch script during execution - batch-file

I have a text file that has the record of all the services in a server. I want to keep '#' for the few entries at the beginning of the line. I have created one vbscript file that contains the following code:
Const Readpurpose = 1
Const Writepurpose = 2
strServiceMonFile = WScript.Arguments(0)
strOldText = WScript.Arguments(1)
strNewText = WScript.Arguments(2)
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strServiceMonFile, Readpurpose)
strText = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strServiceMonFile, Writepurpose)
strNewText = Replace(strText, strOldText, strNewText)
objFile.Write strNewText
objFile.Close
In order to execute the code, I am using a batch file and the code used is as follows:
cscript D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\replace.vbs "D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\test.txt" "Windows Update" "#Windows Update"
In the above mentioned batch code, I need to manually enter each and every entry which I need to keep # comment and for a plenty of services it is very difficult to proceed. I am thinking another way to have a separate text file lets say test1.txt that contains all the unwanted entries. A variable will define in a for loop to run on test1.txt and will run the above mentioned cscript code after do. The imaginative code is as follows:
FOR /f %%G in (D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\test1.txt)
DO
cscript D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\replace.vbs "D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\test.txt" "%%G" "#%%G"
Unfortunately, the above code didn't work at all. I don't understand where the error exists.

Try removing one % from the parameters in your code. It should work. Also you will not need double quotes while passing values to your code.
Corrected:
FOR /F %%G IN (D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\test1.txt) DO cscript D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\replace.vbs "D:\Users\krkarthi\Desktop\test.txt" "%%G" "#%%G"

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How can I pass a parameter from batch to vbscript? My batch script sends out an email at the end of the automated execution. For that it uses/calls my vbscript (email.vbs) that sends out the email with an actual log file (that has the results for that execution) attached.
All those log files are stored in specific folders such as: 201207(July, 2012), 201208(August, 2012) and so on....
I want to pass the folder name or part of (i am thinking about hard coding the 2012 part and get the month number from that parameter through my batch) it as a parameter to my email.vbs so that it can go look for the right folder to grab the right log file. Makes sense?
ECHO Checking the log file for errors...
FINDSTR /C:"RC (return code) = 0" %workDir%\%filenm%_Log.txt && (ECHO Deployment was successful.
ECHO Email is sent out...
cscript //nologo success_mail_DEV.vbs %workDir% 'passing the directory param. here.
ECHO Press ENTER to exit...
GOTO offshore) || (ECHO Deployment was not successful. Errors were found!
ECHO Email is sent out...
ECHO Press ENTER to exit...
cscript //nologo fail_mail_DEV.vbs %workDir% 'and here
GOTO offshore)
This is part of what I have right now. It is checking for errors in the log file and calling that success/failed mail accordingly. Right now the location name/number is hardcoded in those 2 vbs mailing scripts that you see up there. I am sure there is a way to pass a parameter somewhere up there to the emailing vbscript. But, i don't know how to.
This is my mailing vbscript:
Const ForReading = 1
Set args = WScript.Arguments
directory = args.Item(0) 'thought that workDir would come in here
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(&directory&"\filename.txt", ForReading)
fileName = objTextFile.ReadLine
Dim ToAddress
Dim FromAddress
Dim MessageSubject
Dim MyTime
Dim MessageBody
Dim MessageAttachment
Dim ol, ns, newMail
MyTime = Now
ToAddress = "destination#email.com"
MessageSubject = "SUCCESS"
MessageBody = "It was successful"
MessageAttachment = &directory&"\"&fileName&"_Log.txt"
Set ol = WScript.CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set ns = ol.getNamespace("MAPI")
Set newMail = ol.CreateItem(olMailItem)
newMail.Subject = MessageSubject
newMail.Body = MessageBody & vbCrLf & MyTime
newMail.RecipIents.Add(ToAddress)
newMail.Attachments.Add(MessageAttachment)
newMail.Send
objTextFile.Close
But not working...
Thanks in advance!
To answer the question...
invoke your script this way:
cscript //nologo success_mail_DEV.vbs ARG1 ARG2
Handle arguments within vbscript via WScript.Arguments.
But may I also suggest that you could eliminate the batch portion of the system completely.
VBSCript is perfectly capable of invoking FINDSTR and handling the output. Or in fact you could implement the search wholly within VBScript with no need to invoke FINDSTR at all.
Alright, I am updating that question I had. It's finally working, with all of your help, guys.
Thanks.
Here is how I called the vbscript and passed a parameter to it:
cscript //nologo fail_mail.vbs something.sql 'something.sql is the param. that i'm passing.
Here is what my vbscript for mail looks like:
Const ForReading = 1
Set args = WScript.Arguments
arg1 = args.Item(0) 'the parameter from batch comes in here to arg1
...
...
ToAddress = "my#address.com"
MessageSubject = "WORKED"
MessageBody = "Success"
MessageAttachment = ""&arg1&"" 'here those quotes are important. dk why.
Set ol = WScript.CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set ns = ol.getNamespace("MAPI")
Set newMail = ol.CreateItem(olMailItem)
newMail.Subject = MessageSubject
newMail.Body = MessageBody & vbCrLf & MyTime
newMail.RecipIents.Add(ToAddress)
newMail.Attachments.Add(MessageAttachment)
newMail.Send
And it is working.
*One can pass more than one parameters using the same technique.
Your VBScript needs some code to accept the arguments, for example:
set args = WScript.Arguments
' Parse args
select case args.Count
case 0
help
case 1
sVariable = args(0)
end select
When you call your VBScript, just pass the arg to the script, like you would a command:
cscript //nologo MyScript.vbs arg

Active Setup - script to edit file not running/working

Have the following batch file:
cscript Myvb.vbs "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\file.ini" "Things" "Stuff"
vb script file:
Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2
strFileName = WScript.Arguments(0)
strFindText = WScript.Arguments(1)
strNewText = WScript.Arguments(1) & vbCrLf & WScript.Arguments(2)
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, ForReading)
strText = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close
strNewText = Replace(strText, strFindText, stfFindText&strNewText)
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, ForWriting)
objFile.Write strNewText
objFile.Close
Set objFile = Nothing
and batch file to set ActiveSetup:
#echo off
REM copy batch file
xcopy Mybat.bat* %SYSTEMROOT%\
xcopy Myvb.vbs* %SYSTEMROOT%\
REM create active setup component to run batch file
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\MySetup" /v "Version" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\MySetup" /v "StubPath" /t REG_SZ /d "%SYSTEMROOT%\Mybat.bat" /f
If mybat is executed manually, the file is edited fine. However, the file does not change after logging in. I undid the changes to the file and cleared the active setup registry entry in my profile between my tests.
Is there a permissions issue I am missing? Is %username% coming out to be not what I expect it to?
Got this working by indicating the full path to the vbs in the bat file
cscript "%~dp0Myvb.vbs" "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\file.ini" "Things" "Stuff"

Using variables in batch & VBS hybrids

This thread outlines how to code batch hybrids that may include a combination of several scripting languages, such as batch, VBS, JScript, PowerShell, etc. The question is, whether a batch hybrid treats "foreign" language blocks as "functions", meaning calls to these blocks may include arguments like regular and delayed expansion batch variables, that are referenced as usual arguments like %1, %2, etc?
Example below shows the approach in the task of unzipping a file, while using this file unzip code, but it gives an error in Win10 64-bit - why? Note, the linked file unzip code gives an error as well when run in Win 10, but a different one.
<!-- : Begin batch script
#echo off
set "dir=C:\Temp\" & set "file=%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\archive.zip\"
cscript //nologo "%~f0?.wsf" "%dir%" "%file%"
exit /b
----- Begin wsf script --->
<job><script language="VBScript">
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If NOT fso.FolderExists(%1) Then
fso.CreateFolder(%1)
End If
set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
set FilesInZip = objShell.NameSpace(%2).items
objShell.NameSpace(%1).CopyHere(FilesInZip)
set fso = Nothing
set objShell = Nothing
</script></job>
:: Error
..\test.bat?.wsf(9, 8) Microsoft VBScript compilation error: Invalid character
In vbscript the first argument is : wscript.Arguments(0)
the second argument is : wscript.Arguments(1)
So,you should write it like that :
`
----- Begin wsf script --->
<job><script language="VBScript">
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If NOT fso.FolderExists(wscript.Arguments(0)) Then
fso.CreateFolder(wscript.Arguments(0))
End If
set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
set FilesInZip = objShell.NameSpace(wscript.Arguments(1)).items
objShell.NameSpace(wscript.Arguments(0)).CopyHere(FilesInZip)
set fso = Nothing
set objShell = Nothing
</script></job>

Batch trying to log information from a REG_MULTI_SZ value

Have seen - Assigning newline character to a variable in a batch script
I am wanting to take a REG_MULTI_SZ and split to multiple lines..
For example, we have:
if %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% == AMD64 SET ApacheKey="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\Tomcat6\Parameters\Java"
if NOT %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% == AMD64 SET ApacheKey="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\Tomcat6\Parameters\Java"
POWERSHELL "Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:%ApacheKey%' |select -ExpandProperty Options" >> somelog.txt
Thanks to the response below and the post found at - How to read multi line multi string registry entries in PowerShell?
as this is now working!
Please note: I cannot use vbs (well I could) but would rather not as I have to codesign my scripts.
Can break out the "\0" delimiters. The issue that I have right now is that I type in echo %SETTINGS% from the command-line and I can see the new lines.. Probably going to have to PIPE the original variable to a text file. Read in (type) the file and if the "\0" is found to echo. which should write the file properly.
The original log shows:
-Dcatalina.base=C:\tomcat\0-Dcatalina.home=C:\tomcat\0-Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\tomcat\endorsed\0-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\tomcat\temp\0-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager\0-Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\tomcat\conf\logging.properties\0-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote\0-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1092\0-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false\0-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false\0-XX:MaxPermSize=256m\0-Xmx1024m\0-Xms1024m\0-Xverify:none\0-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC\0-XX:+UseParNewGC\0-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=40\0-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=60\0-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200
What I want it to show is:
-Dcatalina.base=C:\tomcat
-Dcatalina.home=C:\tomcat
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\tomcat\endorsed
-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\tomcat\temp
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\tomcat\conf\logging.properties
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1092
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xmx1024m
-Xms1024m
-Xverify:none
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:+UseParNewGC
-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=40
-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=60
-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200
It can be simple using Vbscript working with your batch script:
:: Create readMulti.vbs
(
echo/Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = ^&H80000002
echo/strComputer = "."
echo/Set oReg=GetObject^("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" ^& _
echo/ strComputer ^& "\root\default:StdRegProv"^)
echo/strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\tomcat6\Parameters\Java"
echo/strValueName = "Options"
echo/oReg.GetMultiStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath, _
echo/ strValueName,arrValues
echo/For Each strValue In arrValues
echo/ Wscript.Echo strValue
echo/Next)>readMulti.vbs
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('cscript //nologo readMulti.vbs') do (echo/%%a>>log.txt)
del readMulti.vbs

Use Batch File Processing To Remove Last Character

I have a process where an incoming file is csv and has trailing commas after the last entry.
I need to process this and send it out sans that final comma as it causes a verification error with the phantom "empty column"
Currently I've got this piece of code to write each line into a new file:
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%x in (file.csv) do echo %%i >> test.txt
And I've been trying to use something like echo %string:~0,-1% to remove the trailing comma in conjunction but I'm not having much luck. I don't think %%i can be used the same as a string would be referenced with the above. I've tried writing %%i into a string but seems I've got that syntax wrong too.
[edit]
I do run the file through a vbs script to replace the commas with pipes (, = |) so if there's an easier way to do it as part of that process, in my searching of stackoverflow to try and resolve this prior to asking I found this line which I thought may help:
strNewText = strNewText.Substring(0,strNewText.Length-1)
strNewText being the variable holding the updated data, doesn't work though, now the find and replace text section doesn't actually run when I add that in:
rem CREATE Find And Replace Text VBS SCRIPT
echo Const ForReading = 1 > "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo Const ForWriting = 2 >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strFileName = Wscript.Arguments(0) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strOldText = Wscript.Arguments(1) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strNewText = Wscript.Arguments(2) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, ForReading) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strText = objFile.ReadAll >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo objFile.Close >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strNewText = Replace(strText, strOldText, strNewText) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo strNewText = strNewText.Substring(0,strNewText.Length-1) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, ForWriting) >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo objFile.WriteLine strNewText >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
echo objFile.Close >> "%tmp%\fart.vbs"
(all the echo's are because I generate the vbs during the batch runtime, I tend to find things easier when everything's done in the one file, this vbs file is then deleted later in the process).
#if (#This==#IsBatch) #then
#echo off
rem **** batch zone *********************************************************
type inputfile.csv | cscript //nologo //e:javascript "%~f0" > outputfile.csv
exit /b
#end
// **** Javascript zone *****************************************************
while (!WScript.StdIn.AtEndOfStream) WScript.StdOut.WriteLine(WScript.StdIn.ReadLine().replace(/,[\s,]+$/,''));
This is an hybrid batch/javascript file. Save as batch file, execute and the inputfile.csv file will be piped into cscript.exe that will execute the javascript code included in the same batch file, iterating over the piped data and deleting all commas and final spaces from last comma to end of line. Output from pipe is sent to outputfile.csv
EDITED - As stated in comments, maybe i missunderstood the question, and it is not necessary to remove commaS at the end of the lines, but only the final comma. In this case, the replace expression should be
... .replace(/,$/,''));
Probably the simplest solution for your problem would be sed for Windows:
C:\>sed "s/,$//" <in.csv >out.csv
You could also write a simple VBScript that does the same thing:
Set re = New RegExp
re.Pattern = ",$"
Do Until WScript.StdIn.AtEndOfStream
WScript.Echo re.Replace(WScript.StdIn.ReadLine, "")
Loop
Usage:
C:\>cscript //NoLogo script.vbs <in.csv >out.csv
PowerShell would be an even better option:
PS C:\> (Get-Content 'in.csv') -replace ',$' | Out-File 'out.csv'
I would not recommend using batch for this.
I'm not sure this will work, but since you only want the code to apply for the last line, I've tried implementing the code differently from your average for loop.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set previous=
set current=
ren file.csv file.tmp
3<file.tmp (
:loop
set previous=!current!
set /p current=<&3
if "!current!" == "!previous!" (
Echo !current:~0,-1! >> file.csv
) Else (
Echo !current! >> file.csv
goto :loop
)
)
type file.csv
Echo. &Echo Only delete if file.csv is not corrupt
del /p file.tmp
Endlocal
And that should about do what you want.
Mona.

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