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batch files are simple text files executed in a command to achieve a particular task or a set of tasks

batch files are text files containing commands executed in sequence to achieve a particular task or a set of tasks. They can be very simple, or can contain complex logic.

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Automated SFTP transfer using WinSCP - how safe is it to store credentials in Windows environment variables?

I've had to implement an automated SFTP file transfer which requires a username and password. Not wanting to leave the password in a text file / batch script for the world to stumble across, I've elected to store the username and password in a…
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robocopy retain files in destination directory

Is there a way to retain files/directories in the destination directory while still Mirroring the source directory Source --- A.txt B.txt Destination --- Z.txt Run robocopy Destination --- A.txt B.txt Z.txt
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Need relative paths from a batch script directory listing

I have a simple batch script that recursively looks at all files and folders within the directory and writes out the file inventory to a text file. It currently looks like this: dir /b/s > files.txt The /b means don't give any extra info and /s…
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Alternative to SWARM FTP batch processing?

In a proposed project the plan is to divide large data sets into chunks, expose them by SFTP into a swarm CPU type of LAN cluster architecture for processing of historical numerical and financial data for simulations. Time consuming. What about…
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DOS Set variable only available after execution

I have a very simple script that I want to take a value from a text document (single line, one value) and pass it to taskkill - it needs to be a one liner too so I have: set /p pidtokill=
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Skipping Command in CMD batch file

I'm using pstools to shutdown local pcs .. with different user & pass psshutdown \\10.0.0.1 -u 1 -p 1 psshutdown \\10.0.0.2 -u 2 -p 2 psshutdown \\10.0.0.3 -u 3 -p 3 problem is : if one of them is down the batch take a lot of time to move to…
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Displaying dirsize in batch file windows server 2012 R2

I'm trying to display the dirsize with a batch file but so far no luck. DU, dirsize gives me a not recognized as an internal or external command error. This is my batch file so far, it displays all the dir's but not the size. dir D:\test\test2 PAUSE…
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Running a Batch File from Task Scheduler With User credentials automatic fetch from directory

I'm trying to run a batch file on Windows 7 from the Task Scheduler. I can run the batch file fine if I run it from the command prompt and by storing user credentials in Task schedular. However, User's password changes per month so i need to find a…
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Clearing Application Even Logs of specific application

Is it possible to clear event logs of specific application (specific "Source" in Windows Event Log Viewer) via batch file? Thanks.
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Batch file fails to run all lines when called from task manager

I have a .bat file that consists of 450 lines of: start [executable] [params] Presently all the lines are perfectly identical. If I run the bat file manually, I end up with 450 instances of the executable running. If I set up a task in task…
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wait until completing WMIC process call create cmd.exe to run bat

I'm running a bat file located on a remote server. The command is: wmic /node:[server name] process call create "cmd.exe /c [bat file location]. I would like the command to wait until the batch file execution completing. In other words: the command…
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How to select a daterange of files and archive them?

We have 4 servers (Windows 2003 R2), each with a log-directory with thousands of log-files. I have written a log-viewer that collect log-files within a date range and show them in a grid. But this is rather slow as the number of log-files grow…
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Start/Stop services using bat file in Windows server 2012

In our old 2003 server, we were able to start and stop services by using a bat file(with net stop and net start commands). When ever the services stops(MQ listner services), we force start an autosys job which will trigger the bat script to start…
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Install Application using a batch file

I work at a company and I have to write a script that silently installs applications to thousands of users. I know how to do that but the only problem is this specific application has certain things that have to be selected while in the installation…
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Run Log-on Script with Admin Rights

I created a batch logon script that checks and removes old versions of a specific piece of software and installs the newest version. Both the install and uninstall process use an .EXE file. The script works great if the user is an administrator, but…
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