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Batch Scripts

Looping FTP

Example usage would be to push a file to a set of clients

updt.bat Main executable

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@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=3 delims=|" %%i in (list) DO ftp -s:updt %%i >> updt.out

ftpCmds.txt FTP Commands to run once connected

sys_username
sys_password
bin
cd desired/path
put filename.exe
bye

ftpServers.txt Servers and any other info you may need later

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token 1|token 2|192.168.0.1 |token 4|token 5|
token 1|token 2|192.168.0.2 |token 4|token 5|
token 1|token 2|192.168.0.3 |token 4|token 5|
...

filename.exe This can be a uuencoded install script or really anything

Looping Excecutable

Similar to bash’s xargs, this allows you to iterate over each file in a directory and execute/modify

printFiles.bat

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@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
set file=.\*
FOR %%i IN ("%file%") DO (
ECHO filedrive=%%~di
ECHO filepath=%%~pi
ECHO filename=%%~ni
ECHO fileextension=%%~xi
)

Create XSDs

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for %%i in (.\*) DO xsd %%i  /c /n:myNamespace.XSD.%%~ni /o:..\..\MyProject\GeneratedClasses\

MS Docs - batch for

Create Shortcut

Creates a shortcut to a given file

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rem Creating the File Shortcut
@echo off
set SCRIPT="%TEMP%\%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%.vbs
echo Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> %SCRIPT%
echo sLinkFile = "\Path\To\Shortcut.lnk" >> %SCRIPT%
echo Set oLink = oWS.CreateShortcut(sLinkFile) >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.TargetPath = "\\Path\To\File.exe" >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.Save >> %SCRIPT%
cscript /nologo %SCRIPT%
del %SCRIPT%

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