using output from mediainfo as variable in another command - file

So I'm trying to setup an easy way of starting videos with a bat file, and having that run Mediainfo first to get the length of the video so it can then stop vlc or whatever else when it's done playing.
Complete name : C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych s05e11.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 116 MiB
Duration : 42 min 36 s
Overall bit rate : 382 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf55.13.102
That's the output from mediainfo I got in a txt file, I'm trying to just pull the 42 and the 36 from the duration bit and use it in another command. I should also add that these numbers have to be used separately. Thanks!
Edit: Thanks for replying everyone love the help;
Here's what I'm trying to run now:
mediainfo.lnk --Language=raw --Output=General;%Duration% "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych s05e11.mp4"
and the output is:
2556249
Now I need a way to take the first four digits and use them in a another command, somehow make 2556 a variable?

If you need the duration, use e.g. this command:
mediainfo "--Output=General;%Duration%" YourFileName.ext
In a general way, when you think to some automation, prefer to use e.g.:
mediainfo -f --Language=raw YourFileName.ext
and select the lines which better fits your need, avoid fields with "/String" because they are intended only for display (not for automation).
Jérôme, developer of MediaInfo.

Okay here's what I did finally, thanks for all the help!
C:\mediainfo\MediaInfo.exe --Language=raw --Output=General;%%Duration%% "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych_s05e11.mp4" >out.txt
set /p $Duration= <out.txt
set $Duration=%$Duration:~0,4%
echo Result = %$Duration%
del out.txt
pause
and the output is:
C:\mediainfo\MediaInfo.exe --Language=raw --Output=General;%Duration% "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych_s05e11.mp4" >out.txt
set /p $Duration= <out.txt
set $Duration=2556
echo Result = 2556
Result = 2556
del out.txt
pause
Press any key to continue . . .
took #echo off outta there so you could see it all

Using FOR /F
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('mediainfo "--Output=General;%%Duration%%" "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych\s05e11.mp4"') do set $Duration=%%a
Echo %$Duration%
Using a temporary file
#echo off
mediainfo.exe --Language=raw --Output=General;%%Duration%% "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych s05e11.mp4" >out.txt
set /p $Duration= <out.txt
set $Duration=%$Duration:~0,4%
echo Result = %$Duration%
del out.txt
Another way using #Jérôme Martinez [raw -output] idea.
Without temporary file, using findstr :
#echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%a in ('mediainfo -f --Language=raw "C:\Users\Tyler\Desktop\Psych s05e11.mp4" ^| findstr /i "duration"') do (
set $Duration=%%a
goto:next
)
:next
set $Duration=%$Duration:~1,4%
echo %$Duration%

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Batch commands for rds

I have a project for my Radio Station where I copy the text within a .wsx file of what is on air and parse it to a Audio Processor in my private network for RDS Display using a wget command like
set /p TEXTO= 0<R:\40.wsx
wget -q "http://x.x.x.x:7380/parameter/fm/rds/rds_rt=%TEXTO%" -O NUL
It works great but it won't filter if it's music or promotions.
My challenge is to be able to filter and only parse music names.
For the process I marked the Files that i don't want to show up like commercial, or promotions to start with a "#-" without the quotes.
So the text will show like #-Promo1
My Code:
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('FINDSTR "\<#-.*" C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx') do set
"VAR=%%a"
echo %VAR%
if "%VAR%" == "true" (
set /p VAR=0<C:\FILEPATH\LOS40.wsx & wget -q
"http://x.x.x.x:7380/parameter/fm/rds/rds_rt=%VAR%" -O NUL
) else (
set /p TEXTO=0<C:\FILEPATH\ENVIVO.wsx & wget -q
"http://x.x.x.x:7380/parameter/fm/rds/rds_rt=%TEXTO%" -O NUL
)
I can't seem to find a correct way to filter it.
pls Heelpp..
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('FINDSTR "\<#-.*" C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx') do set
should be
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('FINDSTR /b "#-" C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx') do set
to find those lines in the .wsx file that do /b begin with "#-"
If you want to find those lines that do not begin with "#-" then add /v to the /b.
The result will be a line from the file which does [not] begin with "#-" which will be placed in %%a.
If you simply assign %%a to a variable as you are doing, that variable will contain after the for the last value that was assigned to it.
If you want to execute your wget on each name, then use
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('FINDSTR /B "#-" C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx') do (
echo %%a
)
and between the parentheses you can execute commands using %%a as a filename.
Quite what you propose to do is obscure. I've no idea what the set/p from an unexplained file is meant to do, but be aware that any code between parentheses is subject to the delayedexpansion trap - please explain what processing you intend to apply to the filenames that do[not] match a leading #-.
You should read SO items on delayed expansion (it's documented with and without the space) to understand the problems with and solutions to processing values that are altered within a loop.
First of all thanks for your help.. I don't have experience in coding.
Let me explain a little bit more..
As I said before its a radio station which will provide text to the Car o home stereos using the RDS Protocol which allow me to send text like song name, title, etc.
Im My case the Audio Processor that let me send the text will receive the info as a URL where I add at the end the text I want to send.
For Example:
http://x.x.x.x:7380/parameter/fm/rds/rds_rt=%TEXTO%
%TEXTO% will be the text Im sending.
C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx Contains the text of what it being played at the moment and which is being read to see if the #- for the script to avoid sending those titles.
I have a Pc running a Directory Monitor Program that will monitor events on file C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx and that as soon as being modified, it will execute the batch file CHECKRDS.cmd.
After testing I decided to run a code in CHECKRDS.cmd like:
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('FINDSTR /v "#-" R:\40PPALES.wsx') do (
START "" RDS.bat
)
EXIT
RDS.bat contains code and it works fine:
set /p TEXTO= 0<C:\RDS\PRUEBAS\txt1.wsx
wget -q "http://x.x.x.x:7380/parameter/fm/rds/rds_rt=%TEXTO%" -O NUL
EXIT
As far as the set /p I test it from What does /p mean in set /p?
AS I said before Im new at coding and I just googled everything and started to assable the pieces of the puzzle.
Pls, If you think I should be doing these process diferently, pls let me know..
And sorry for my bad english..
regards

how to set a variable for the value of " ping 8.8.8.8 | find /c "TTL=" " [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Assign output of a program to a variable using a MS batch file
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Closed 9 months ago.
I'm trying to assign the output of a command to a variable - as in, I'm trying to set the current flash version to a variable. I know this is wrong, but this is what I've tried:
set var=reg query hklm\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\CurrentVersion>
or
reg query hklm\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\CurrentVersion >> set var
Yeah, as you can see I'm a bit lost. Any and all help is appreciated!
A method has already been devised, however this way you don't need a temp file.
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('command') do set output=%%i
However, I'm sure this has its own exceptions and limitations.
This post has a method to achieve this
from (zvrba)
You can do it by redirecting the output to a file first. For example:
echo zz > bla.txt
set /p VV=<bla.txt
echo %VV%
You can't assign a process output directly into a var, you need to parse the output with a For /F loop:
#Echo OFF
FOR /F "Tokens=2,*" %%A IN (
'Reg Query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer" /v "CurrentVersion"'
) DO (
REM Set "Version=%%B"
Echo Version: %%B
)
Pause&Exit
http://ss64.com/nt/for_f.html
PS: Change the reg key used if needed.
Okay here some more complex sample for the use of For /F
:: Main
#prompt -$G
call :REGQUERY "Software\Classes\CLSID\{3E6AE265-3382-A429-56D1-BB2B4D1D}"
#goto :EOF
:REGQUERY
:: Checks HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
:: for the key and lists its content
#call :EXEC "REG QUERY HKCU\%~1"
#call :EXEC "REG QUERY "HKLM\%~1""
#goto :EOF
:EXEC
#set output=
#for /F "delims=" %%i in ('%~1 2^>nul') do #(
set output=%%i
)
#if not "%output%"=="" (
echo %1 -^> %output%
)
#goto :EOF
I packed it into the sub function :EXEC so all of its nasty details of implementation doesn't litters the main script.
So it got some kinda some batch tutorial.
Notes 'bout the code:
the output from the command executed via call :EXEC command is stored in %output%. Batch cmd doesn't cares about scopes so %output% will be also available in the main script.
the # the beginning is just decoration and there to suppress echoing the command line. You may delete them all and just put some #echo off at the first line is really dislike that. However like this I find debugging much more nice.
Decoration Number two is prompt -$G. It's there to make command prompt look like this ->
I use :: instead of rem
the tilde(~) in %~1 is to remove quotes from the first argument
2^>nul is there to suppress/discard stderr error output. Normally you would do it via 2>nul. Well the ^ the batch escape char is there avoids to early resolving the redirector(>). There's some simulare use a little later in the script: echo %1 -^>... so there ^ makes it possible the output a '>' via echo what else wouldn't have been possible.
even if the compare at #if not "%output%"==""looks like in most common programming languages - it's maybe different that you expected (if you're not used to MS-batch). Well remove the '#' at the beginning. Study the output. Change it tonot %output%==""-rerun and consider why this doesn't work. ;)
This is work for me
#FOR /f "delims=" %i in ('reg query hklm\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\CurrentVersion') DO set var=%i
echo %var%

Batch file data -- writing to file, reading it back?

How do I get a Batch file to store data? I've tried using Text files and Dat files but no luck. Could anyone help me out?
I tried this for storing a name:
echo %name% >name.txt
but I'm finding it hard making it extract the name data and printing it in a batch file.
Another way is to save the data like this :
#echo off
set "name=Jaden"
>name.txt echo name=%name%
And to get the value again. Just evaluate the line(s) in name.txt
like this :
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in (name.txt) do set %%a
echo name --^> %name%
First set the value and then if you echo to a file redirect, it will send the content value to a file.
set name=Jaden
echo %name% > name.txt
then it will work.
Just use set /p name=<name.txt

Using a .bat to extract text between two words

I have a media server and I'm attempting to automate ripping my collection of movies and any future movies using MakeMKV. Ripping and moving is working without a hitch. The problem I'm running into is occasionally MakeMKV doesn't assign a title to the MKVs and I end up with title00.mkv which Media Center Master obviously cannot even begin to try to match to any metadata.
MakeMKV does offer the ability to get the information from the disc which I have print to info.txt which looks like this.
MSG:1005,0,1,"MakeMKV v1.8.10 win(x64-release) started","%1 started","MakeMKV v1.8.10 win(x64-release)"
DRV:0,2,999,1,"HD-DVD-ROM HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL05","FARFROMHOME_16X9","\\Device\\CdRom0"
DRV:1,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:2,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:3,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:4,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:5,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:6,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:7,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:8,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:9,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:10,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:11,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:12,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:13,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:14,256,999,0,"","",""
DRV:15,256,999,0,"","",""
FARFROMHOME_16X9 is the label for the disc.
How can I extract this and rename my .mkv when makemkv has finished?
Here is my BAT so far (my first attempt at a .bat):
makemkvcon64 -r info disc > info.txt
makemkvcon64 --minlength=3600 mkv disc:0 all C:\Users\HTPC\MakeMKV_Temp\
START /WAIT makemkvcon64.exe
cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\FreeEject\"
FreeEject d:
move C:\Users\HTPC\MakeMKV_Temp\*.mkv C:\Users\HTPC\Movies\
Renaming the file before the move would be ideal.
Although you posted an ample description of your problem and data, you have not explained what exactly you want as result, so I must guess a couple points. The lines below extract the sixth comma-separated token from the second line of info.txt file:
for /F "skip=1 tokens=6 delims=," %%a in (info.txt) do set "discLabel=%%~a" & goto continue
:continue
echo The label of the disk is: %discLabel%
This is the output of previous lines when they are executed on your example data:
The label of the disk is: FARFROMHOME_16X9
You also have not indicated the name of the file you want to rename (before move it). Below is a possible solution to your problem that should be adjusted when previous unclear points be defined:
makemkvcon64 -r info disc > info.txt
for /F "skip=1 tokens=6 delims=," %%a in (info.txt) do set "discLabel=%%~a" & goto continue
:continue
makemkvcon64 --minlength=3600 mkv disc:0 all C:\Users\HTPC1\MakeMKV_Temp\
START /WAIT makemkvcon64.exe
cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\FreeEject\"
FreeEject d:
ren C:\Users\HTPC1\MakeMKV_Temp\TheNameHere.mkv %discLabel%.mkv
move C:\Users\HTPC1\MakeMKV_Temp\*.mkv C:\Users\HTPC1\Movies\
I've been wrangling with the same thing and created something that works fairly well.
MakeMKV uses it's own output FileName like you indicated "title00.mkv" or something similar.
I've created two(2) batch files to perform my home movie automation.
The first is "RipWorkflow_DVD.bat", which handles all the heavy lifting to call MakeMKV first to rip the content to my drive. Also in this file is a call to Handbrake to convert the MKV to MP4 (my stupid "smart" tv won't play MKV, but likes MP4)
The second batch file "OneStepDVDRip.bat" calls the first, but with parameters I choose for
a) location of the MKV
b) the output name of my MP4
c) the minLength of a track to locate and rip to MKV
Here is the code for "OneStepDVDRip.bat"
call "C:\Users\Todd\Desktop\RipWorkflow_DVD.bat" "Z:\Video\TrueStory" "E:\My Videos\Movies\Drama\True Story (2015).mp4" 3600
Here is the code for "RipWorkflow_DVD.bat"
#echo off
cls
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET input=%1
SET output=%2
SET minlength=%3
echo
echo %input%
echo %output%
echo
if not exist %input% ( mkdir "%input%" )
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\makemkvcon64.exe" --minlength=%minlength% --decrypt mkv disc:0 0 "%input%
timeout /t 5 /nobreak
for %%F in (%input%\*.mkv) do (
echo %%~dpnxF
echo %output%
call "C:\Program Files\Handbrake\HandbrakeCLI.exe" -v1 -i %%~dpnxF --main-feature -o %output% -f mp4 --markers -e x264 -b 2000 -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 44.1 -B 128 -D 1.75 --subtitle-forced -x ref=2:bframes=2:subme=6:mixed-refs=0:weightb=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0
timeout /t 5 /nobreak
DEL %%F /Q
)
endlocal

CMD.EXE batch script to display last 10 lines from a txt file

Any ideas how to echo or type the last 10 lines of a txt file?
I'm running a server change log script to prompt admins to state what they're doing, so we can track changes. I'm trying to get the script to show the last 10 entries or so to give an idea of what's been happening recently. I've found a script that deals with the last line, as shown below, but can't figure out what to change in it to display the last 10 lines.
Script:
#echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (c:\log09.txt) do (
set var=%%a
)
echo !var!
Example of log file:
06/02/2009, 12:22,Remote=Workstation-9,Local=,
mdb,bouncing box after updates,CAS-08754,
=================
07/02/2009, 2:38,Remote=,Local=SERVER1,
mdb,just finished ghosting c drive,CAS-08776,
=================
07/02/2009, 3:09,Remote=,Local=SERVER1,
mdb,audit of server,CAS-08776,
Any thoughts?
The script works great, just need it to pipe more lines to the screen.
Hopefully this will save Joel's eyes :)
#echo OFF
:: Get the number of lines in the file
set LINES=0
for /f "delims==" %%I in (data.txt) do (
set /a LINES=LINES+1
)
:: Print the last 10 lines (suggestion to use more courtsey of dmityugov)
set /a LINES=LINES-10
more +%LINES% < data.txt
This answer combines the best features of already existing answers, and adds a few twists.
The solution is a simple batch implementation of the tail command.
The first argument is the file name (possibly with path information - be sure to enclose in quotes if any portion of path contains spaces or other problematic characters).
The second argument is the number of lines to print.
Finally any of the standard MORE options can be appended: /E /C /P /S /Tn. (See MORE /? for more information).
Additionally the /N (no pause) option can be specified to cause the output to be printed continuosly without pausing.
The solution first uses FIND to quickly count the number of lines. The file is passed in via redirected input instead of using a filename argument in order to eliminate the printout of the filename in the FIND output.
The number of lines to skip is computed with SET /A, but then it resets the number to 0 if it is less than 0.
Finally uses MORE to print out the desired lines after skipping the unwanted lines. MORE will pause after each screen's worth of lines unless the output is redirected to a file or piped to another command. The /N option avoids the pauses by piping the MORE output to FINDSTR with a regex that matches all lines. It is important to use FINDSTR instead of FIND because FIND can truncate long lines.
:: tail.bat File Num [/N|/E|/C|/P|/S|/Tn]...
::
:: Prints the last Num lines of text file File.
::
:: The output will pause after filling the screen unless the /N option
:: is specified
::
:: The standard MORE options /E /C /P /S /Tn can be specified.
:: See MORE /? for more information
::
#echo OFF
setlocal
set file=%1
set "cnt=%~2"
shift /1
shift /1
set "options="
set "noPause="
:parseOptions
if "%~1" neq "" (
if /i "%~1" equ "/N" (set noPause=^| findstr "^") else set options=%options% %~1
shift /1
goto :parseOptions
)
for /f %%N in ('find /c /v "" ^<%file%') do set skip=%%N
set /a "skip-=%cnt%"
if %skip% lss 0 set skip=0
more +%skip% %options% %file% %noPause%
You should probably just find a good implementation of tail. But if you really really insist on using CMD batch files and want to run on any NT machine unmolested, this will work:
#echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (c:\tmp\foo.txt) do (
set var9=!var8!
set var8=!var7!
set var7=!var6!
set var6=!var5!
set var5=!var4!
set var4=!var3!
set var3=!var2!
set var2=!var1!
set var1=!var!
set var=%%a
)
echo !var9!
echo !var8!
echo !var7!
echo !var6!
echo !var5!
echo !var4!
echo !var3!
echo !var2!
echo !var1!
echo !var!
There are several windows implementations of the tail command. It should be exactly what you want.
This one sounds particularly good:
http://malektips.com/xp_dos_0001.html
They range from real-time monitoring to the last x lines of the file.
Edit: I noticed that the included link is to a package It should work, but here are some more versions:
http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3801
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tailforwin32
If file is too large it can take too long to get count of lines
another way is to use find and pass it a nowhere string
$find /v /c "%%$%!" yourtextfile.txt
this would result an output like this
$---------- yourtextfile.txt: 140
then you can parse output using for like this
$for /f "tokens=3" %i in ('find /v /c "%%$%!" tt.txt') do set countoflines=%i
then you can substract ten lines from the total lines
After trying all of the answers I found on this page none of them worked on my file with 15539 lines.
However I found the answer here to work great. Copied into this post for convenience.
#echo off
for /f %%i in ('find /v /c "" ^< C:\path\to\textfile.txt') do set /a lines=%%i
set /a startLine=%lines% - 10
more /e +%startLine% C:\path\to\textfile.txt
This code will print the last 10 lines in the "C:\path\to\textfile.txt" file.
Credit goes to OP #Peter Mortensen
using a single powershell command:
powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Path c:\logFile.log -Tail 10"
applies to powershell 3.0 and newer
I agree with "You should use TAIL" answer. But it does not come by default on Windows. I suggest you download the "Windows 2003 Resource Kit" It works on XP/W2003 and more.
If you don't want to install on your server, you can install the resource kit on another machine and copy only TAIL.EXE to your server. Usage is sooooo much easier.
C:\> TAIL -10 myfile.txt
Here's a utility written in pure batch that can show a lines of file within a given range.To show the last lines use (here the script is named tailhead.bat):
call tailhead.bat -file "file.txt" -begin -10
Any ideas how to echo or type the last
10 lines of a txt file?
The following 3-liner script will list the last n lines from input file. n and file name/path are passed as input arguments.
# Script last.txt
var str file, content ; var int n, count
cat $file > $content ; set count = { len -e $content } - $n
stex -e ("["+makestr(int($count))) $content
The script is in biterscripting. To use, download biterscripting from http://www.biterscripting.com , save this script as C:\Scripts\last.txt, start biterscripting, enter the following command.
script last.txt file("c:\log09.txt") n(10)
The above will list last 10 lines from file c:\log09.txt. To list last 20 lines from the same file, use the following command.
script last.txt file("c:\log09.txt") n(20)
To list last 30 lines from a different file C:\folder1\somefile.log, use the following command.
script last.txt file("C:\folder1\somefile.log") n(30)
I wrote the script in a fairly generic way, so it can be used in various ways. Feel free to translate into another scripting/batch language.

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