I'm a little bit stuck and need some help.
Currently have a process where completed work is stored in a directory as .txt files (the filename describes what the job was eg. Job1_Machine1_Randomly generated number.txt).
What I would like to do is run a dirlist via a batch file to easily extract the days work. I currently do this as:
dir *.* /s | find "%date%" >dirlisttoday.txt
The next part of my process is to upload the list into an Access database for matching and tracking, I use the files date and time stamp as a 'completed date'.
Currently the second process requires a manual manipulation as the Access import from .txt file only allows a single delimiter, (I have spaces between date/times and underscores in the title).
I can't use fixed width imports as Machine1 can vary in length. The directory is also used by other processes which can't be changed, so changing the filename isn't possible either.
I want to automate this process so it can be carried out by Windows Task Scheduler. Is there a line of script which can be added to my batch file to alter the directory list I create dirlisttoday.txt from:
31/08/2017 12:30 Job1_Machine1_Randomly generated number.txt
to:
31/08/2017 12:30 Job1 Machine1 Randomly generated number.txt
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I have a PC which runs specific BAT files at different times in the day. In order to ensure I keep track that all tasks are occurring I make each task register an entry in a log file called tack.txt. This is typically how it looks:
Start Cams # 10/09/2016 15:11:43
Update List # 11/09/2016 14:13:47
EPG Update # 11/09/2016 16:59:48
Start Cams # 11/09/2016 17:01:35
Restart # 13/09/2016 17:16:52
Each entry is on a separate line and has a date and time as presented.
Is it possible to have create a BAT file which deletes entries older than say 3 days to keep the process tidy?
Yes. It's hard to get yesterday's date with Batch (handling special cases across months/years/leapdays), but it's easy with a bit of help from Powershell.
You can get the dates like this:
for /f %%a in ('"powershell [DateTime]::Now.AddDays(-2).ToString('dd/MM/yyyy')"') do ( set today-2=%%a )
Then you can search for them like this, and output the matching lines to a file:
findstr "%today-2% %today-1% %today%" test.txt >matching.txt
Then you can replace your log file with matching.txt via copy /y and del.
I am working on a script that will run daily. The script will compare individual configuration files from multiple host on one day with individual configuration files from a previous day. I am working on a CentOS host I have limited access to - meaning I can't make major changes.
Details
My hosts are running a cron job that uploads their configuration file to an sftp server in a generic stable directory (/var/log/Backups) by hostname (hostname.txt).
A cron job on the server creates a date stamped directory and moves the files from /var/log/Backups to /var/log/Backups/ddmmyyyy.
Later, well after all sftp and file move operations I want to load an array with the file names in a current directory and I load an array with matching file names from the previous days directory.
I want a script to diff the matching file names and output the information to a single text file.
I can't get the array to load the current days files and echo them to the terminal. I get a file operation error.
Script:
#!/bin/bash
# Set current date
now=`date +%d-%m-%Y`
echo $now
base=/var/log/GmonBackups/
loc=$base$now
echo $loc
# Load files from /var/log/GmonBackups/$now into an array
t_files=`ls loc`
echo $t_files
Something along these lines might help you get further:
today=$(date +%d%m%Y)
yesterday=$(date --date=yesterday +%d%m%Y)
base=/var/log/GmonBackups
today_dir=$base/$today
yesterday_dir=$base/$yesterday
today_files=( $today_dir/* )
yesterday_files=( $yesterday_dir/* )
A few points:
prefer $() to ``
don't use ls to get your list of files because it's not robust
I didn't put quotes around the variables because there are no spaces in your directory names.
On a regular basis, I am trying to clean up some data folders for an ERP program prior to doing a backup and performing maintenance on the data tables. I've been using Windows Explorer to search for extraneous backup and temporary files prior to the full backup (the maintenance procedures create backup files during the process that aren't always removed), but I'd like to just run it all through a batch file to simplify and speed up the process. I'm filtering with the following:
*NGT????????????.old
*Wrk*????????????.m4t
Also, the command I'm using:
del /S /Q
Both of these work perfectly though the search function within Explorer. The first one works correctly in a command prompt, but the second doesn't. The series of ?s are created by the ERP software as a time stamp, to indicate a copy of the original was created at that time. And the second * represents a one or two character user ID that indicates the user that created the file (it isn't all that important except that the character length isn't always the same). When I try to filter in the command prompt with that second filter, not only does it grab the files I want it to, but it also grabs the original source files which DO NOT have a time stamp on them. For example, the following file names:
File 1) AR_AgedInvoiceReportWrk.M4T
File 2) AR_AgedInvoiceReportWrkTB081615903027.M4T
File 2 is the only one that should be deleted, but it will delete both File 1 and File 2. I've even tried using two or three ?s instead of the second * just to see if a difference would occur, but it doesn't.
Does the command prompt not recognize the ? the way Explorer does? What am I missing?
DIR and it seems other tools match the short file name and the long filename. Your short filenames have wrk as the leading characters and then you are matching a whole swag of any-character.
A solution is to use something like DIR /b /a-d and pipe it through findstr with a regexp, and that will match only the long filenames.
I felt it was better to ask this separately rather than expect an answer from my comment on my previous post.
I already have variables set for the directory number %jobn% which is unique is there a way I can search for the unknown element to add to another variable, I know via the command line I can run Dir D09854* and I will get a single report with the full name, can this be collected somehow and add to a named variable?
S:\SWDA\HBOS>dir d09854*
Volume in drive S is Images
Volume Serial Number is FE8F-38FE
Directory of S:\SWDA\HBOS
18/02/2013 10:29 <DIR> D09854_Parent Test
I want to add the elements after "_" to a variable %DirDesc% so I can create the full path by combining %jobn%%DirDesc% to get "D09854_Parent Test"
dir d09854* /b will recover the full folder name in one line, without the extra cruft, if that's any use? What are you writing this widget in?
Does it have to be Good Old Fashioned DOS, or can the newer Command extensions be used?
With limited old DOS, I can't think of a way to get that into a SET Variable without piping it to a temporary batch file, having first ECHO'd a set variable= into it, and using >> in the pipe to append to it... and then CALL the temporary batch file to execute the command!
I am trying to copy all .txt files that I have scattered throughout several subdirectories of one main directory into another directory using a batch file. I have research this site and found lots of answers at this link: batch file Copy files with certain extensions from multiple directories into one directory. Like the code below from Jay:
set dSource=C:\Main directory\sub directory
set dTarget=D:\Documents
set fType=*.doc
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /a-d /b /s "%dSource%\%fType%"') do (
copy /V "%%f" "%dTarget%\" 2>nul
)
My question is how to modify this code or other codes on this link to batch copy the files with time stamps, like I only want to copy .txt files created from Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 1, 2012.
My suggestion for finding and moving *.txt files in a directory tree of a drive, or the entire drive, or even multiple drives with last modification date in a definite time period is:
Start Windows Explorer.
Click on button Search.
Open advanced search options for finding files and folders.
Select/enter to search for files by last modification date.
Enter the two dates to specify time period or select the time period.
Run the search.
Select all found files in search result, for example with Ctrl+A.
Press Ctrl+X to mark the found files for being cut (moved).
Open the folder into which the files should be moved.
Press Ctrl+V to paste the files (move them).
That's it.
Nobody needs to code a batch job for this task if this find + move files job should not be done periodically using a scheduling task.
The exact steps for doing such an advanced find for files in a definite time period with Windows Explorer depends on version of Windows. See for example the computer tips
Find files by date modified in Windows for Windows 8/7/Vista, or
for Windows XP: How do I search for a file on my computer?
And of course there are many freeware and shareware tools which support also finding files according to various search criterias like last modification date within a specified time period and move them.
Well, that does not really answer the question as it does not contain the batch code for doing the job. So I answer this question with another question:
Why thinking about coding a batch file for such a task hard to adapt for varying dates if dozens of GUI applications including Windows Explorer exist doing the same by simple user input with no need on coding skills and therefore very easy to use, and the find + move must be done only once or from time to time with changed criterias?