Yes, of course this is possible. When dragging multiple files on a batch file you get the list of dropped files as a space-separated list. You can verify this with the simple following batch: @echo %* @pause Now you have two options: PngCrush can already handle multiple file names given to it on the command … Read more
Add setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion to the start of your script, then use !errorlevel! instead of %errorlevel% Delayed Expansion will cause variables to be expanded at execution time rather than at parse time ~ http://ss64.com/nt/delayedexpansion.html The answer to another question that pointed me in the right direction: Errorlevel of command executed by batch for loop
Use REN Command Ren is for rename ren ( where the file is located ) ( the new name ) example ren C:\Users\&username%\Desktop\aaa.txt bbb.txt it will change aaa.txt to bbb.txt Your code will be : ren (file located)AAA_a001.jpg a001.AAA.jpg ren (file located)BBB_a002.jpg a002.BBB.jpg ren (file located)CCC_a003.jpg a003.CCC.jpg and so on IT WILL NOT WORK IF … Read more
You can find the newer of two files with one line of batch script. Just list the files in date order, oldest first, which means the last file listed must be the newer file. So if you save the file name each time, the last name put in your variable will be the newest file. … Read more
The set command does not take spaces. The proper syntax would be: set tt=name What you have done in your example is set an environment variable tt<space>. With that in mind, you can try this: echo %tt % and see your output.
%CD% is what you’re looking for. It prints the current working directory of the batch file or command running it. If your batch file is on the root of the drive, it will just print the drive letter, otherwise you’ll have to parse the first 2 characters. Example: echo %CD% prints E:\ on a flash … Read more
You can create directly multiline strings with the caret (one empty line is required). setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set multiLine=This is a ^ multiline text^ line3 echo !multiLine! Or you can create first a newline character. setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set LF=^ rem Two empty lines are required set multiLine=This is a!LF!multiline text!LF!line3 echo !multiLine! An explanation how this … Read more
I have resolved this problem with help from a contractor who was doing some other work for my institution. In the properties window for the task, on the Action tab, when creating or editing the action that opens the batch file (in my case test.bat), there is the “Program/script:” field and there is also a … Read more
I see three possible workarounds. 1) Building the line combining multiple for-parameters. @echo off SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion set “line=” for %%a in (“line1” “line2” “line3” “line4″ ) do set line=!line!%%~a echo !line! Drawback: It drops lines, when there is a ? or * in the text. 2) Leaving the “quote” at the end of each line … Read more
The help for start contains this tidbit: START [“title”] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED] [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL] [/NODE <NUMA node>] [/AFFINITY <hex affinity mask>] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program] [parameters] “title” Title to display in window title bar. In other words the first quoted string will … Read more