For Loop counting from 1 to n in a windows bat script
WEBECHO Start of Loop FOR /L %i IN (1,1,5) DO ( ECHO %i ) The 1,1,5 is decoded as: (start,step,end) Also note, if you are embedding this in a batch file, you will need to use the double percent sign (%%) to prefix your variables, otherwise the command interpreter will try to evaluate the variable %i prior to running the loop.
Iterating through folders and files in batch file? - Server Fault
WEBBatchScript.bat "c:\temp\usd\Folder 0". I'm using 7za.exe as the command line extraction tool. What I want my batch script to do is to iterate through the " Folder 0 "'s subfolders, and extract all of the containing ZIP files into their respective folder. It is obligatory that the files extracted are in the same folder as their respective ZIP ...
How do you wait for an exe to complete in batch file?
WEBMar 9, 2011 · Or if you know how long it takes to execute, you can take a look at the sleep command, provided by the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools . Sleep.exe can be used to pause your batch for any number of seconds to allow the program to install fully before the batch file proceeds to install anything else. There are some programs which …
windows - For Loop in batch file - Server Fault
WEBNov 27, 2014 · The problem is your entire FOR loop block is parsed in one pass. So you are seeing a constant value that existed before the loop started. The value of 401 is probably left over from a prior run. The solution is delayed expansion. First you must enable it by using setlocal enableDelayedExpansion.
scripting - Loop in a Windows batch file - Server Fault
WEBFeb 23, 2015 · The problem I have is that I can't figure out how to loop the create machine and increase variable value code until the %M% value is at a defined number. Here is my current code: SET VBoxManage="C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe". SET M=1. SET P=25553. if %%M < 4 (. %VBoxManage% clonevm Win2012 --mode all - …
Better way to wait a few seconds in a bat file? - Server Fault
WEB32. The correct way to do this is to use the timeout command, introduced in Windows 2000. To wait 30 seconds: timeout /t 30. The timeout would get interrupted if the user hits any key; however, the command also accepts the optional switch /nobreak, which effectively ignores anything the user may press, except an explicit CTRL-C: timeout /t 30 ...
Adding numbers stored in variables in windows batch script
WEB1. You are resetting Result to zero at each step. Move that before the loop. Also, try help set at the cmd prompt for more information on all this. Especially look at the section on delayed environment variable expansion. Share. Improve this answer. answered Aug 28, 2009 at …
Batch scripting: iterate over drive letters? - Server Fault
WEBApr 15, 2010 · set /a iter=!iter!+1. REM the pos variable is the position in the string of drive letters that needs to be taken out for this iteration. set /a pos=!iter!-1. REM this sets the driveX variable where X is the drives correlated number to the letter of that drive from the long string of drive letters by using the pos variable.
windows - How to sleep in a batch file? - Server Fault
WEBFeb 18, 2015 · 299. The correct way to sleep in a batch file is to use the timeout command, introduced in Windows 2000. To wait somewhere between 29 and 30 seconds: timeout /t 30. The timeout would get interrupted if the user hits any key; however, the command also accepts the optional switch /nobreak, which effectively ignores anything the user may …
Need to exclude a specific result from a Batch For Loop
WEBFOR /r directory %%F IN (*.jar) DO call :addcp %%F. Unfortunately, I need to now exclude a specific subdirectory from the results (I don't want some of the jar files loaded). I have tried nesting an IF statement inside of the FOR loop, but have not had any success. Changing scripting languages is unfortunately not an option, and iterating out ...