How to create a loop/skip in batch - loops

Question

I am trying to download a chunk of files from an application. The shell command for it is 'go filename download'.
I have a text file containing all the filenames I have to download. All I want to do is to run a script/command such that when the above command is executed
1. the filenames are picked up from the textfile & executed using the above command
2. existing files/unavailable files are skipped
3. the process then continues with the next files in the list
So far I have this idea of using an operator like go $ download & then feed the operator with the text file containing the filenames list. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For Windows, you can use for /f to process the file and create a command from it. The following script supergo.cmd shows how this can be done:
#setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%f in (list.txt) do (
echo go "%%f" download
)
endlocal
The following transcripts shows it in operation:
C:\Pax> type list.txt
file1.txt
file number 2.txt
another file.jpg
C:\Pax> supergo
go "file1.txt" download
go "file number 2.txt" download
go "another file.jpg" download
If you're using a shell like bash, you can use sed to create a temporary script from the input file then run that:
#!/bin/bash
sed -e "s/^/echo go '/" -e "s/$/' download/" list.txt >/tmp/tempexec.$$
chmod u+x /tmp/tempexec.$$
. /tmp/tempexec.$$
rm -rf /tmp/tempexec.$$
This puts an echo go ' at the start of each line, a ' download at the end, then marks it executable and executes it.
In both cases (Windows and bash), remove the echo to get it to do the real work.