Batch file that replaces a filename in a txt file

Hi and Welcome to SevenForums,

Not sure what you want to do with the filenames so i have put an example together here that may help.

I can see you are counting the files and then trying to repeat until all files have been done, i think this task would be better using a FOR LOOP, this may help understand it a little - For /f - Loop through text | Windows CMD | SS64.com

Here is the code i have put put together quickly, towards the bottom is where you see the FOR Loop, essentially what it is doing is looping through the stated file (list.txt) and setting them to the variable %%a then i am telling it to echo %%a, you need to change that bit... rather than echo %%a you need to make it do what you want, depending on what that is the script may need more work.

Disclaimer - Always test the code on dummy data before using on live data

Code:

@ECHO OFF
REM Prompts user for the directory
set /p pathName=Enter the File Path of the folder:

REM 1. Change to the location set above
REM 2. List all files in that directory and store in a text file on desktop
cd %pathName%
dir /s /b *.* > c:\users\%username%\desktop\list.txt


REM Runs 'for loop' to run script against each file in list.txt

REM Currently it just echos the names of the files to the screen and pauses
REM so you can see them on screen, you need to replace the "ECHO %%A" with your command
for /f %%a in (c:\users\%username%\desktop\list.txt) do (echo %%a)

Pause

I'm glad that code i gave you is helping to get further...

Is your script doing something within the actual program?
If yes then i'm afraid i'm not sure what to do.

What CAD program is it? maybe there are some switches within the program that can be used such as:

This is just an example and will not work...

Code:

"c:\Program Files\CAD\CAD.exe" /s script.bat

I would hope the code above would do something like run the program with the /s command which may stand for script and then you tell it the script to run etc...

Regards,
Jamie

Okay, I've done some digging, and it's apparently possible to do.
Edit: Not working for some reason, I'm trouble shooting now.
This is the code so far:

Code:

@ECHO OFF
::  Prompts user for the directory
set /p pathName=Enter the File Path of the folder:
set /p username=Enter your username:

::  1. Change to the location set above
::  2. List all files in that directory and store in a text file on desktop
cd %pathName%
dir /s /b *.* > c:\users\%username%\desktop\list.txt

::  3. Opens Creo the runs 'for loop' to run script against each file in list.txt
::     This sets and populate parameters
for /f %%a in (c:\users\%username%\desktop\list.txt) do ("C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 2.0\Parametric\bin\parametric.bat" -g:no_graphics C:\Users\%username%\Script.txt %%a)

Pause

Not sure where to go from here, but trial and error is my friend.
I learned some good stuff though. Thank you very much!

Additional questions:
1. How do I have the batch file Delete the list.txt it created and placed on the desktop once the whole thing is finished?
2. I'm assuming that the /f For Loop implicitly iterates the files in the list, yes?
3. I also assume there is a way to have the batch "wait" a predetermined amount of time?

I really appreciate the help!

Edited

If you post a screenshot of the errors your are getting i will see if i can help.

You are doing a very good job and i like the fact you don't necessarily wan't the script writing for you but are putting a lot of effort and research into this too.

infinitevox said:

Additional questions:
1. How do I have the batch file Delete the list.txt it created and placed on the desktop once the whole thing is finished?
2. I'm assuming that the /f For Loop implicitly iterates the files in the list, yes?
3. I also assume there is a way to have the batch "wait" a predetermined amount of time?

Edited

1. del list.txt

Code:

del c:\users\%username%\desktop\list.txt

2. Correct, it will go through each line in the text file, in your case that is the full path to a file including the file name.

3. This isn't as straight forward as it sounds... you would expect a command like "wait 10" to wait 10 seconds but that isn't the case, there are 3rd party scripts you can call to create a wait but i tend to ping an invalid IP address:

Code:

PING 1.1.1.1 -w 100 -n 2 >NUL

This would make the script wait for about 2 seconds... the >NUL hides the actual ping commands, this way it doesn't output the ping to the screen.

Regards,
Jamie

You are very welcome and kudos to you for sticking it out and pushing yourself to learn and getting the end product!



If you like this sort of stuff then it maybe worth checking Powershell out, this is the new dos so to speak.
It's more powerful and you tend to be able write the same script in much less writing.

Just a thought if you are interested but i myself you batch file a lot, if i have to do the same thing again and again... i write a script :)

Regards,
Jamie