Batch Cheat Sheet

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Help Directory copy (cont) Arrays Way2 (cont)

help comman​dName xcopy /YS src as above with​out ask to missing loop over elements: indexed
comman​dName /? dest overwrite
xcopy /YS src copy to network share Functions: label and goto
help --> show all system commands
\\serv​er​\share echo "Hi:"
All System Commands robocopy /S src copies dirs and subdirs goto :good
dest except empty ones :bad
help
robocopy /YS as above without ask to echo "I don't like scripting"
Clear Screen src dest overwrite goto :eof
:good
Clear Screen cls
Parameters echo "I like scripting"
%0 Name of Script goto :eof
Shortcuts

Tab Autoco​mplete %1 ... %9 Parameter 1 ... Parameter

Double​Cli​ckE​xec​ution
9
arrow keys back/f​orward history
@ECHO off
up/down commands %* prints all parameters as a
setlocal
string
Control + C stops current command REM check for intera​ctive sesseion
(one line) access it through a for loop
ALT + F7 clears the history SET intera​ctive=0
for %%x in works with > 10
F7 shows the history ECHO %CMDCM​DLINE% | FINDSTR /L
(%*) do echo parameters
%COMSPEC% >NUL 2>&1
%%x
Directory Make & Remove IF %ERROR​LEVEL% EQ SET intera​‐
ctive=1
mkdir creates new subdir​ectory Pass Parameters to sub script
ECHO do work
subdir​‐
parame​ter​s_s​cri​‐ @echo off REM pause if intera​ctive (doubl​e-c​licked
ectory
pt.bat call parame​ter​s_s​ubs​‐ execution)
mkdir creates subdir & subdir​/su​‐ cri​pt.bat %* IF "​%in​era​cti​ve%​" == "​0" PAUSE
subdir​/su​‐ bsubdir EXIT /B %error​level% EXIT /B 0
bsubdir Hint: creates it, if they aren't
parame​ter​s_s​‐ @ECHO off FINDSTR /L is use search string literally
existing
ubs​cri​pt.bat echo subscript called
rmdir removes an empty dir with %* Navigation
rmdir /s removes directory with EXIT /B 0
realative parent cd .., cd..
directory content EXIT /B specifies to exit the current batch directory
rmdir /s /q removes directory with scropt instead of cmd.exe. If executed from
subdir​ectory cd subdir​‐
directory content & skips y/n question outside a batch script, it will quit cmd.exe
ectoy
absolute cd
Directory copy Arrays Way2
C:\Windows
copy src copy files set set value to a specific array
cd \Windows
dst array[0]=0 element
set change Z:
copy /Y src copy files overwrites with​out
array[1]=1 drive
dest quesiton
...
xcopy /s copies dirs and subdirs
src dest except empty ones echo access to array elements
%array[0]%
echo
%array[1]%

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Wildcards Variables File Rename & Move (cont)

? one arbitary character setlocal Only active in the move moves and renames file1 to file2
(file?.txt) set current batch file (local) file1 (path: dir/file2) file2 is overwr​itten
* ( *.bat) arbitary characters (0,1 or MY_ENV=abc dir/file2 from file1
more) endlocal move moves and overwrites file1 to file2
set creates or changes an /Y file1 with​out asking
File Show MY_ENV=abc enviro​nment variable file2
that is active in the cmd.
type file show file content
(global) File Names
more show file content page​wise
set shows the active enviro​‐ Case-I​nse​nsitive
sort file show file content sorted
nment variables
Max. 260 characters incl. invisible termin​‐
echo print variable out ating null character
Directory show Content
%USERNAME%
spaces and character set 128 - 255 allowed
current dir
defined returns
folder Never <, >, :, ", /, \, |, ?, *
MY_VAR 0 => Execution was
absolute dir C:\Windows Hint: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, spaces, ( underscore
successful
path as space )
>0 => Execution failed
dir Y: different drive *.bat & *.cmd

dir /B only show file names and IF Control Structures dir /B --> only show file names and directory
directory names Names
IF test (command) ELSE Syntax
(command)
Batch Files User Input Directory Rename & Move

@ echo off Syntax: set /P Control structures For rename renames dir1 in dir2
set /P name="Input var=pr​ompt: dir1
for {%%|%}​<Va​ria​ble> in (<S​et>) do <Co​‐
yor name: " dir2
mma​nd> [<C​omm​and​Lin​eOp​tio​ns>]
echo Hi %name% variable call move if dir2 exist: dir1 into dir2 (path:
cmd.exe use ->%
dir1 dir2/d​ir1), else rename dir1 to
batch script use ->​%%
Batch Files File Input dir2 dir2

@echo off move file 2 is deleted. file1 get the

Functions
echo Bill > file file1 name of file2 ans is set at the
call :print​_name Florian
echo Gate >> file dir/file2 position of file2 with asking
echo print_name exitst with %error​level% (Yes/N​o/All)
set /P fileco​ntent =< set /P var=< file
goto :eof move file 2 is deleted. file1 get the
file
echo First Line: :printname /Y file1 name of file2 ans is set at the
%filec​ontent% echo Hit %1 file2 position of file2 with​out asking.
exit /B 0 <- REM sets exit status of :print​‐
FOR /f %%f in (file) REM print each
_name
Do ( line in file
echo %%f
File Rename & Move
)
rename file1 renamef filte1 to file2
file2
move file1 dir move file 1 to dir (path
dir/file1)

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File Redirects Control Struct​ures: Comparison

Operators
type file.txt | give output of type to sort
sort Operator Info Equal
sort < file.txt give content ( stdin) of EQU == Equal
file.txt NEQ != Not equal
echo "​hi" > write "​hi" (stout) to file.txt LSS < Less
file.txt
LEQ <= Less than or equal to
type NUL > create empty file
GTR > Greater than
file.txt
GEQ >= Greater than or equal
rm file 2> redi​rects errors​(st​derr) ro
NOT ! Not
errors.txt errors.txt
rm file 2> NUL discard errors
Editors
rm file 2>&1 redi​rect stderr to stdout
Notepad
echo "​you​" >> append "​you​" to file.txt
Notepad++
file.txt
Visual​Stu​dioCode
Comment
Editors
REM Präfix after them the text
Notepad
Calcul​ation Notepad++

set /a i=0 Visual​Stu​dioCode

echo i=%i% Atom
set /a i=1+1 Operatoren +, -, *, /
Terminals
set /a i+=1 Operatoren +, -, *, /
cmd.exe
Arrays Way1 Windows Terminal
set arra​y=1 2 3 4 ConEmu
%array% (echo) all Array cmder
elements
for %%a in loop over elements Batch Filex Exit / Return
(%array%) do ( Specify exit echo "abc"
echo%%a code: exit 0
)
Query error echo %ERROR​LEVEL%
set array=​(and unset vari​able or level
nothing else) array
Exit/R​eturn 0 => Execution was
codes successful
>0 => Execution fiales with
code X

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