I have given a bat file that I should run on development server which does some updates.
It has multiple commands and I would like to keep the results in txt file.
Should I add after each command >> result.txt or I can add it somewhere in the end of bat file and everything will be written in that?
You have four options:
Run the batch file at the command line like: myBat.bat >> outPut.txt
Script the above in another batch file and run that
Insert the >> after each command ( Note: the >> appends to file, while > overrides existing text output file)
Enclose all relevant lines in parentheses and script >> result.txt once at the end of the script
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I am fairly new in using/making .bat files.
I'm trying to make an incredible simple one that combines .txt files into a .tmp file, and then renames the .tmp file in to a .txt file.
This is the code:
#echo off
title Combine Text Files
for %f in (*.txt) do type %f >> Combined.tmp & echo. >> Combined.tmp
rename Combined.tmp Combined.txt
pause
The problem I come up with is that when I try to run the .bat file, nothing happens. CMD closes itself immediately.
If I try to run the script on the third line on CMD, it works fine and it creates the .tmp file.
Similarly, if I run the .bat file sans the script on the third line, I am able to see the "Press any key to continue.." just fine.
Am I doing wrong with the for loop when in .bat files?
You need to double the % when using for command from batch file because this is how the for parser works:
#echo off
title Combine Text Files
for %%f in (*.txt) do (
type "%%~ff">>"Combined.tmp"
(echo()>>"Combined.tmp"
)
rename "Combined.tmp" "Combined.txt"
pause
The errors in the FOR syntax are one of the very few occasions that will terminate a bat file execuction.
As type command supports wild cards you can just try with:
type "*.txt">"Combined.tmp"
Is there anyway i can print the command being executed and result of the command in batch to a file but not the console.
Examples:
ls C:\Temp
I want to print ls C:\Temp and result of this command to log file but not on console
call :function "Argument 1"
I want to print call :function "Argument 1" and result of this command to log file but not on console
call perl hey.pl
I want to print call perl hey.pl and result of this command to log file but not on console
command > output.txt
Will create an output file "output.txt" (You can also use ".log"). If such a file exists, it will overwrite it.
command >> output.txt
Will also create an output file, but it will append to it (Useful when you're in a loop and want to append the results of all of the iterations).
Create your batch file, e.g. C:\YourDir\YourBatch.cmd, making sure that you have not turned Echo Off.
At your Command prompt run the batch file.
Either by navigating to the holding path:
CD /D "C:\YourDir"
then invoking
"YourBatch.cmd">"Output.log"
or just run it directly with:
"C:\YourDir\YourBatch.cmd">"C:\YourDir\Output.log"
If you intend to append to an existing Output.log change > to >>.
When joining multiple files with
type *.xml >> temp.txt
The command line (or batch script) would print each file name found on the screen. Is there a workaround to make it silent?
Since I'm adding an extra code on the first line of the temp.txt file, I can't use copy *.xml temp.txt.
I want to save the output of command prompt in to .txt file using Batch program(.bat).I have written below batch program,it is creating new .txt file but output is not displayed in the text file.
#ECHO OFF
start java -jar Myjarfile.jar >> Output.txt
Is there anyway to write the command windows output to a file? To have a transcript if you will.
Yes, for example, on the command prompt you can do this:
dir *.* > c:\temp\a.txt
This operation is called 'output redirection'. The output of the above command will go the named file and will overwrite it if it already exists with the results. You can find many examples on the net for that, example: Redirection.
In command prompt, use >> operator.
For example, If you type below command then output will be saved to output.txt file
dir > output.txt
If you type below then output will be appended to exist file.
dir >> output.txt