How to Write a Batch File
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1-Open Notepad. Notepad allows you to create code as a text file and then save it when you’re done as a batch file. You can open Notepad by opening Start, typing in Notepad, and clicking the blue Notepad app icon at the top of the menu.
2-Learn some basic batch commands. Batch files run a series of DOS commands, so the commands that you can use are similar to DOS commands. Some of the more important ones include:
ECHO – Displays text on the screen
@ECHO OFF – Hides the text that is normally output
START – Run a file with its default application
REM – Inserts a comment line in the program
MKDIR/RMDIR – Create and remove directories
DEL – Deletes a file or files
COPY – Copy a file or files
XCOPY – Allows you to copy files with extra options
FOR/IN/DO – This command lets you specify files.
TITLE- Edit the title of the window.
3-Write a program to create a directory. One of the easiest ways to learn how to create batch files is to focus on doing basic tasks first. For example, you can use a batch file to quickly create multiple directories
MKDIR c://example1
MKDIR c://example2
4-Write the code to make a basic backup program. Batch files are great for running multiple commands, especially if you configure it to be able to run multiple times. With the XCOPY command, you can make a batch file that copies files from select folders to a backup folder, only overwriting files that have been updated since the last copy:
@ECHO OFF
XCOPY c://original c://backupfolder /m /e /y
5-Write a more advanced backup program. While simply copying the files from one folder to another is nice, what if you want to do a little sorting at the same time? That’s where the FOR/IN/DO command comes in. You can use that command to tell a file where to go depending on the extension:
@ECHO OFF
cd c://source
REM This is the location of the files that you want to sort
FOR %%f IN (*.doc *.txt) DO XCOPY c://source///”%%f/” c://text /m /y
REM This moves any files with a .doc or
REM .txt extension from c://source to c://text
REM %%f is a variable
FOR %%f IN (*.jpg *.png *.bmp) DO XCOPY C://source///”%%f/” c://images /m /y
REM This moves any files with a .jpg, .png,
REM or .bmp extension from c://source to c://images
6-Experiment with different batch commands. If you want inspiration, you can check out the sample batch text at the end of this article.
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