How to pass one or more file names in a directory to a variable name in Windows NT shell script

[Anh Ly-Hang]

Hi,

I need your help.

1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting show me
how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory to a
variable name in the Windows NT shell script?

2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close a
file in a designate directory?

I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions above.

Sincerely,

Anh Ly-Hang
anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com

[L.J. Johnson]

Anh,

> 1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting show me
> how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory to a
> variable name in the Windows NT shell script?
>
> 2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close a
> file in a designate directory?

You mean like this? You have full access to the FileSystemObject within the
script, so you can do pretty much what you want with the file. You can also
pass multiple file names (up to the max length of the command line) to the
command line, and they will be additional arguments in the command line
array.

C:\>test.vbs "This is a test file.txt"

C:\>type userlog.txt
This is a test
This is a test
This is a test
Hello
Goodbye
This is a test file.txt

' text for test.vbs
Option Explicit

Dim ArgObj ' Object which contains the command line argument
Dim Result ' Result of the command function call

Set ArgObj = WScript.Arguments

' Test to make sure there is at least one command line arg - the command
If ArgObj.Count < 1 Then
DisplayHelpMessage
WScript.Quit (GENERAL_FAILURE)
End If

' Send first arg to text file
AppendText ArgObj.Item(0)

Sub AppendText (txt)
Const file1 = "C:\UserLog.txt" ' Log file name
Const ForAppending = 8 ' Append mode
Dim fso, fi ' object variable

' Creates a FileSystemObject object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

' open file, force create, if not exists
Set fi = fso.OpenTextFile(file1, ForAppending, true)

fi.WriteLine (txt) ' append log
Set fi = Nothing
End Sub

--
L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
<http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>

"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
news:3b70202b$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi,
>
> I need your help.
>
>
> I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions
above.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anh Ly-Hang
> anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com
>

[Anh Ly-Hang]

Hi L.J.,

Thank you very much for your information.

I am sorry for not very clear on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting. The script
language here is NT scripts, not VB scripts or Javascripts.

For example:

set var="Hello L.J."
echo %var%

or if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 goto :EOF


Since NT scripting is not very powerful as Unix scripting, I have some obstacles
when programming with NT scripting.

For question 1, I have found and tested a way to pass a file name in the
directory to a variable in the NT script.

However, for question 2, I still try to figure out how to develop NT script
to open, read, and close a file in the directory.

Again, I really appreciated your help on this, L.J.

-- Anh

------------------------------------------

"L.J. Johnson" <LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com> wrote:
>Anh,
>
>> 1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting show
me
>> how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory to
a
>> variable name in the Windows NT shell script?
>>
>> 2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close
a
>> file in a designate directory?
>
>You mean like this? You have full access to the FileSystemObject within
the
>script, so you can do pretty much what you want with the file. You can also
>pass multiple file names (up to the max length of the command line) to the
>command line, and they will be additional arguments in the command line
>array.
>
>C:\>test.vbs "This is a test file.txt"
>
>C:\>type userlog.txt
>This is a test
>This is a test
>This is a test
>Hello
>Goodbye
>This is a test file.txt
>
>' text for test.vbs
>Option Explicit
>
>Dim ArgObj ' Object which contains the command line argument
>Dim Result ' Result of the command function call
>
>Set ArgObj = WScript.Arguments
>
>' Test to make sure there is at least one command line arg - the command
>If ArgObj.Count < 1 Then
> DisplayHelpMessage
> WScript.Quit (GENERAL_FAILURE)
>End If
>
>' Send first arg to text file
>AppendText ArgObj.Item(0)
>
>Sub AppendText (txt)
>Const file1 = "C:\UserLog.txt" ' Log file name
>Const ForAppending = 8 ' Append mode
>Dim fso, fi ' object variable
>
>' Creates a FileSystemObject object
> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>
>' open file, force create, if not exists
> Set fi = fso.OpenTextFile(file1, ForAppending, true)
>
> fi.WriteLine (txt) ' append log
> Set fi = Nothing
>End Sub
>
>--
>L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
>Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
>LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
><http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
>Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>
>
>"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
>news:3b70202b$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need your help.
>>
>>
>> I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions
>above.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Anh Ly-Hang
>> anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com
>>
>
>

[L.J. Johnson]

Anh,

Ah, batch files. Been a while...

Create a batch file Test.Bat (see text below). Call it with "Test aa bb cc
dd"

As far as dealing with the lines returned from the file you created on a
more detailed basis than just displaying every line, see
http://www.winscriptingsolutions.com...rticleID=21984

===================================================================
@echo off

If "%1" == "" Goto TheError

Rem Append to file
:Loop
Echo %1 >> C:\Test1.txt
Shift
If Not '%1' == '' Goto Loop

Rem Create new file
Echo %1 > C:\Test2.txt

Echo.
Echo ----------------------------------
Echo This is test1.txt
Echo ----------------------------------
For /f %%i in (C:\Test1.txt) Do @Echo %%i
Echo ----------------------------------
Echo.

Goto TheEnd

:TheError
Echo.
Echo ----------------------------------
Echo Error
Echo You must enter at least 1 filename
Echo ----------------------------------
Echo.

:TheEnd

--
L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
<http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>

"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh-ly_hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
news:3b7151f9$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi L.J.,
>
> Thank you very much for your information.
>
> I am sorry for not very clear on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting. The
script
> language here is NT scripts, not VB scripts or Javascripts.
>
> For example:
>
> set var="Hello L.J."
> echo %var%
>
> or if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 goto :EOF
>
>
> Since NT scripting is not very powerful as Unix scripting, I have some
obstacles
> when programming with NT scripting.
>
> For question 1, I have found and tested a way to pass a file name in the
> directory to a variable in the NT script.
>
> However, for question 2, I still try to figure out how to develop NT
script
> to open, read, and close a file in the directory.
>
> Again, I really appreciated your help on this, L.J.
>
> -- Anh
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> "L.J. Johnson" <LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com> wrote:
> >Anh,
> >
> >> 1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting show
> me
> >> how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory to
> a
> >> variable name in the Windows NT shell script?
> >>
> >> 2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close
> a
> >> file in a designate directory?
> >
> >You mean like this? You have full access to the FileSystemObject within
> the
> >script, so you can do pretty much what you want with the file. You can
also
> >pass multiple file names (up to the max length of the command line) to
the
> >command line, and they will be additional arguments in the command line
> >array.
> >
> >C:\>test.vbs "This is a test file.txt"
> >
> >C:\>type userlog.txt
> >This is a test
> >This is a test
> >This is a test
> >Hello
> >Goodbye
> >This is a test file.txt
> >
> >' text for test.vbs
> >Option Explicit
> >
> >Dim ArgObj ' Object which contains the command line argument
> >Dim Result ' Result of the command function call
> >
> >Set ArgObj = WScript.Arguments
> >
> >' Test to make sure there is at least one command line arg - the command
> >If ArgObj.Count < 1 Then
> > DisplayHelpMessage
> > WScript.Quit (GENERAL_FAILURE)
> >End If
> >
> >' Send first arg to text file
> >AppendText ArgObj.Item(0)
> >
> >Sub AppendText (txt)
> >Const file1 = "C:\UserLog.txt" ' Log file name
> >Const ForAppending = 8 ' Append mode
> >Dim fso, fi ' object variable
> >
> >' Creates a FileSystemObject object
> > Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >
> >' open file, force create, if not exists
> > Set fi = fso.OpenTextFile(file1, ForAppending, true)
> >
> > fi.WriteLine (txt) ' append log
> > Set fi = Nothing
> >End Sub
> >
> >--
> >L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
> >Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
> >LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
> ><http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
> >Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>
> >
> >"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
> >news:3b70202b$1@news.devx.com...
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I need your help.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions
> >above.
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> Anh Ly-Hang
> >> anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com
> >>
> >
> >
>

[Anh Ly-Hang]

Hi L.J.,

Thank you so much for your help and samples and pointing me to the helpful
information for my solution :-))

Have a great week!

Best regards,

-- Anh
------------------------------------------

"L.J. Johnson" <LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com> wrote:
>Anh,
>
>Ah, batch files. Been a while...
>
>Create a batch file Test.Bat (see text below). Call it with "Test aa bb
cc
>dd"
>
>As far as dealing with the lines returned from the file you created on a
>more detailed basis than just displaying every line, see
>http://www.winscriptingsolutions.com...rticleID=21984
>
>===================================================================
>@echo off
>
>If "%1" == "" Goto TheError
>
>Rem Append to file
>:Loop
> Echo %1 >> C:\Test1.txt
> Shift
> If Not '%1' == '' Goto Loop
>
>Rem Create new file
>Echo %1 > C:\Test2.txt
>
>Echo.
>Echo ----------------------------------
>Echo This is test1.txt
>Echo ----------------------------------
>For /f %%i in (C:\Test1.txt) Do @Echo %%i
>Echo ----------------------------------
>Echo.
>
>Goto TheEnd
>
>:TheError
>Echo.
>Echo ----------------------------------
>Echo Error
>Echo You must enter at least 1 filename
>Echo ----------------------------------
>Echo.
>
>:TheEnd
>
>--
>L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
>Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
>LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
><http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
>Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>
>
>"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh-ly_hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
>news:3b7151f9$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Hi L.J.,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your information.
>>
>> I am sorry for not very clear on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting. The
>script
>> language here is NT scripts, not VB scripts or Javascripts.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> set var="Hello L.J."
>> echo %var%
>>
>> or if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 goto :EOF
>>
>>
>> Since NT scripting is not very powerful as Unix scripting, I have some
>obstacles
>> when programming with NT scripting.
>>
>> For question 1, I have found and tested a way to pass a file name in the
>> directory to a variable in the NT script.
>>
>> However, for question 2, I still try to figure out how to develop NT
>script
>> to open, read, and close a file in the directory.
>>
>> Again, I really appreciated your help on this, L.J.
>>
>> -- Anh
>>
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> "L.J. Johnson" <LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com> wrote:
>> >Anh,
>> >
>> >> 1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting
show
>> me
>> >> how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory
to
>> a
>> >> variable name in the Windows NT shell script?
>> >>
>> >> 2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close
>> a
>> >> file in a designate directory?
>> >
>> >You mean like this? You have full access to the FileSystemObject within
>> the
>> >script, so you can do pretty much what you want with the file. You can
>also
>> >pass multiple file names (up to the max length of the command line) to
>the
>> >command line, and they will be additional arguments in the command line
>> >array.
>> >
>> >C:\>test.vbs "This is a test file.txt"
>> >
>> >C:\>type userlog.txt
>> >This is a test
>> >This is a test
>> >This is a test
>> >Hello
>> >Goodbye
>> >This is a test file.txt
>> >
>> >' text for test.vbs
>> >Option Explicit
>> >
>> >Dim ArgObj ' Object which contains the command line argument
>> >Dim Result ' Result of the command function call
>> >
>> >Set ArgObj = WScript.Arguments
>> >
>> >' Test to make sure there is at least one command line arg - the command
>> >If ArgObj.Count < 1 Then
>> > DisplayHelpMessage
>> > WScript.Quit (GENERAL_FAILURE)
>> >End If
>> >
>> >' Send first arg to text file
>> >AppendText ArgObj.Item(0)
>> >
>> >Sub AppendText (txt)
>> >Const file1 = "C:\UserLog.txt" ' Log file name
>> >Const ForAppending = 8 ' Append mode
>> >Dim fso, fi ' object variable
>> >
>> >' Creates a FileSystemObject object
>> > Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>> >
>> >' open file, force create, if not exists
>> > Set fi = fso.OpenTextFile(file1, ForAppending, true)
>> >
>> > fi.WriteLine (txt) ' append log
>> > Set fi = Nothing
>> >End Sub
>> >
>> >--
>> >L.J. Johnson, Slightly Tilted Software
>> >Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
>> >LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com or LJJohnson@mvps.org
>> ><http://www.SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com>
>> >Ask The NT Pro at <http://www.devx.com/gethelp>
>> >
>> >"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com> wrote in message
>> >news:3b70202b$1@news.devx.com...
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I need your help.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions
>> >above.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >>
>> >> Anh Ly-Hang
>> >> anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>

[Hansjoerg Henker]

"Anh Ly-Hang" <anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I need your help.
Hi again,

>1) Could someone with expertise on Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting show
me
>how to pass one or more file names in a (local or remote) directory to a
>variable name in the Windows NT shell script?
Return the required string as default-output and interprete this with "for"
- like this:

for /F %A IN ('CScript test.vbs') do set Test_Result=%A

This should be enough...

>2) Using Windows NT 4.0 shell scripting, can we open, read, and close a
>file in a designate directory?
I couldnt understand the vocabular: designate - so I cant help you.

>I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with these two questions
above.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Anh Ly-Hang
>anh_ly-hang@vanguard.com
>
Bye, Hansjoerg....