Script Trouble
Not really sure how to title this... here's a little background.
I play this online baseball game and after each 2/3/4 game series I have to send data files, renamed and compressed, to the members of my league. Typically, this has been done manually. But there's no good reason I can think of that won't allow me to script it - only I'm lacking a certain degree of understanding in a key area and need some help (figuring SteveGTR, sirbounty, or DrWarezz are my best hopes, but anyone is welcome to comment).
In any case, note the script I have so far (lots of comments explaining what I need/am trying to do).
-------------------pack.cm
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM Check for the existance of %1
if "%1" == "" Goto ErrNoTeam
REM Set the visitor to env. var. to %1 (should be a 3 letter code)
REM For testing any 3 letter code will do, but BKA is the first I'm using myself.
set visitor=%1
REM Set my home team env. var. to my 3 letter code.
set home=SUN
REM Define the initial zip filename
set zipfile=%visitor%@%home%.Z
REM Change to directory with the data files
cd /d c:\cdrombb\export
REM Zip the data files into the zip file using InfoZip Command line.
zip -9 "%zipfile%" 2005WB*.*
REM Check for the existance of the packed directory - if not there, create it.
If Not Exist .\packed md .\packed
REM Move the previously zipped data files to the packed directory so they are
REM not referenced again.
move 2005wb*.* .\packed
REM Move the zipfile to the print directory containing the text files
move "%zipfile%" ..\print\2005wb
REM Change into the print directory.
cd ..\print\2005wb
REM Get a list of all boxscore print (box*.prt) files - each must be renamed
REM based on information found within the file. I order from newest to oldest
REM because the oldest should be the first game and the zip file must be
REM renamed one more time to oldestgame %zipfile% - so in theory, the last
REM %gamedate% set should be the oldest date.
for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in ('dir /o-d /b box*.prt') Do Call :ProcessGames %%a
REM Rename the zipfile to the final filename.
ren "%zipfile%" "%GameDate% %zipfile%"
REM Script now complete.
Goto End
:ProcessGames
REM This is my biggest problem area. I can't seem to get this part to work
REM right. I've had it seemingly skip the first file then correctly process the
REM the second two, setting gamedate correctly on those.
REM
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=%GameDate:~-9%
Ren "%1"
)
GOTO :EOF
Goto End
:ErrNoTeam
Echo.
Echo Error!
Echo.
Echo Could not complete packing - you did not specify your opponant!
Echo.
:End
Set hometeam=
SET zipfile=
Set GameDate=
-------------------pack.cm
Now, for your sample box*.prt files, the line of data retrieved looks like this for each file:
C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB>fi
---------- BOX0069.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/16/2005
---------- BOX0070.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/17/2005
---------- BOX0071.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/18/2005
Also, file info:
C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB>di
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is A816-3E28
Directory of C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB
02/25/2005 04:34 AM 6,695 BOX0069.prt
02/25/2005 05:12 AM 8,946 BOX0070.prt
02/25/2005 05:44 AM 7,335 BOX0071.prt
The end result should be:
Old file name --> new file name through script
BOX0069.PRT --> 041605 BKA@SUN.PRT
BOX0070.PRT --> 041705 BKA@SUN.PRT
BOX0071.PRT --> 041805 BKA@SUN.PRT
The final zip file name should be:
041605 BKA@SUN.ZIP
However you can get this working, I'll take it. (It's gonna be run 50+ times by me in the next 6 months and MAYBE by 19 other guys too) I figure most of it doesn't need to be edited, just that ProcessGames section. Thanks all!
I play this online baseball game and after each 2/3/4 game series I have to send data files, renamed and compressed, to the members of my league. Typically, this has been done manually. But there's no good reason I can think of that won't allow me to script it - only I'm lacking a certain degree of understanding in a key area and need some help (figuring SteveGTR, sirbounty, or DrWarezz are my best hopes, but anyone is welcome to comment).
In any case, note the script I have so far (lots of comments explaining what I need/am trying to do).
-------------------pack.cm
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM Check for the existance of %1
if "%1" == "" Goto ErrNoTeam
REM Set the visitor to env. var. to %1 (should be a 3 letter code)
REM For testing any 3 letter code will do, but BKA is the first I'm using myself.
set visitor=%1
REM Set my home team env. var. to my 3 letter code.
set home=SUN
REM Define the initial zip filename
set zipfile=%visitor%@%home%.Z
REM Change to directory with the data files
cd /d c:\cdrombb\export
REM Zip the data files into the zip file using InfoZip Command line.
zip -9 "%zipfile%" 2005WB*.*
REM Check for the existance of the packed directory - if not there, create it.
If Not Exist .\packed md .\packed
REM Move the previously zipped data files to the packed directory so they are
REM not referenced again.
move 2005wb*.* .\packed
REM Move the zipfile to the print directory containing the text files
move "%zipfile%" ..\print\2005wb
REM Change into the print directory.
cd ..\print\2005wb
REM Get a list of all boxscore print (box*.prt) files - each must be renamed
REM based on information found within the file. I order from newest to oldest
REM because the oldest should be the first game and the zip file must be
REM renamed one more time to oldestgame %zipfile% - so in theory, the last
REM %gamedate% set should be the oldest date.
for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in ('dir /o-d /b box*.prt') Do Call :ProcessGames %%a
REM Rename the zipfile to the final filename.
ren "%zipfile%" "%GameDate% %zipfile%"
REM Script now complete.
Goto End
:ProcessGames
REM This is my biggest problem area. I can't seem to get this part to work
REM right. I've had it seemingly skip the first file then correctly process the
REM the second two, setting gamedate correctly on those.
REM
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=%GameDate:~-9%
Ren "%1"
)
GOTO :EOF
Goto End
:ErrNoTeam
Echo.
Echo Error!
Echo.
Echo Could not complete packing - you did not specify your opponant!
Echo.
:End
Set hometeam=
SET zipfile=
Set GameDate=
-------------------pack.cm
Now, for your sample box*.prt files, the line of data retrieved looks like this for each file:
C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB>fi
---------- BOX0069.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/16/2005
---------- BOX0070.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/17/2005
---------- BOX0071.PRT
[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Brookhurst Spartans At 2005 Sunnydale Vengence Demon 4/18/2005
Also, file info:
C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB>di
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is A816-3E28
Directory of C:\CDROMBB\Print\2005WB
02/25/2005 04:34 AM 6,695 BOX0069.prt
02/25/2005 05:12 AM 8,946 BOX0070.prt
02/25/2005 05:44 AM 7,335 BOX0071.prt
The end result should be:
Old file name --> new file name through script
BOX0069.PRT --> 041605 BKA@SUN.PRT
BOX0070.PRT --> 041705 BKA@SUN.PRT
BOX0071.PRT --> 041805 BKA@SUN.PRT
The final zip file name should be:
041605 BKA@SUN.ZIP
However you can get this working, I'll take it. (It's gonna be run 50+ times by me in the next 6 months and MAYBE by 19 other guys too) I figure most of it doesn't need to be edited, just that ProcessGames section. Thanks all!
You could probably shorten that also, like so:
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in (%~1) do (
SET Line=%%L
IF /i "%Line:~2,9%" NEQ "]BOXSCORE" GOTO :EOF
SET GameDate=%Line:~-9%
SET GameDate=%GameDate: =%
REM ** Process %GameDate% here
)
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in (%~1) do (
SET Line=%%L
IF /i "%Line:~2,9%" NEQ "]BOXSCORE" GOTO :EOF
SET GameDate=%Line:~-9%
SET GameDate=%GameDate: =%
REM ** Process %GameDate% here
)
Hmm.. Okay, the first snippet seems to work - but the second doesn't.
>> IM
>> IM
Then add these lines to turn the format of mm/dd/yyyy into mmddyy:
...
SET GameDate=%GameDate:/=%
SET mm=%GameDate:~0,2%
SET dd=%GameDate:~2,2%
SET yy=%GameDate:~-2%
SET GameDate=%mm%%dd%%yy%
...
...
SET GameDate=%GameDate:/=%
SET mm=%GameDate:~0,2%
SET dd=%GameDate:~2,2%
SET yy=%GameDate:~-2%
SET GameDate=%mm%%dd%%yy%
...
:ProcessGames
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in (%~1) do CALL :PROCESS_LINE "%%L"
GOTO :EOF
:PROCESS_LINE
SET Line=%~1
IF /i "%Line:~2,9%" NEQ "]BOXSCORE" GOTO :EOF
SET GameDate=%Line:~-9%
SET GameDate=%GameDate: =%
SET GameDate=%GameDate:/=%
SET mm=%GameDate:~0,2%
SET dd=%GameDate:~2,2%
SET yy=%GameDate:~-2%
SET GameDate=%mm%%dd%%yy%
REM ** Process %GameDate% here . . .
GOTO :EOF
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Damn you, Steve. :-P lol
What is the difference between using the '!' and '%' to indicate variables? On the rare occasion of me using them, I've treated them as if they're the same - in order to make variables, side-by-side, clearer.
?
Cheers,
>> IM
What is the difference between using the '!' and '%' to indicate variables? On the rare occasion of me using them, I've treated them as if they're the same - in order to make variables, side-by-side, clearer.
?
Cheers,
>> IM
By default DOS preprocesses environment variables in blocks. In this case the block is the part of the for statement that is delimetered by the parens ( ):
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=!GameDate:~-9!
Ren "%1"
)
A simple example shows this:
@echo off
set dirline=
for %%a in (*.*) do (
set dirline=%%a
echo dirline=%dirline%
)
This batch prints "dirline=" for each entry in directory. That's because DOS preprocesses the dirline environment variable upon entry to the block. In this case it's set to nothing.
In order to get it to work you have to enable delayed expansion and use '!' when you want to reference the current value of the environment variable:
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set dirline=
for %%a in (*.*) do (
set dirline=%%a
echo dirline=!dirline!
)
Here's what DOS says (set /?):
Delayed environment variable expansion allows you to use a different
character (the exclamation mark) to expand environment variables at
execution time. If delayed variable expansion is enabled, the above
examples could be written as follows to work as intended:
set VAR=before
if "%VAR%" == "before" (
set VAR=after
if "!VAR!" == "after" @echo If you see this, it worked
)
set LIST=
for %i in (*) do set LIST=!LIST! %i
echo %LIST%
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=!GameDate:~-9!
Ren "%1"
)
A simple example shows this:
@echo off
set dirline=
for %%a in (*.*) do (
set dirline=%%a
echo dirline=%dirline%
)
This batch prints "dirline=" for each entry in directory. That's because DOS preprocesses the dirline environment variable upon entry to the block. In this case it's set to nothing.
In order to get it to work you have to enable delayed expansion and use '!' when you want to reference the current value of the environment variable:
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set dirline=
for %%a in (*.*) do (
set dirline=%%a
echo dirline=!dirline!
)
Here's what DOS says (set /?):
Delayed environment variable expansion allows you to use a different
character (the exclamation mark) to expand environment variables at
execution time. If delayed variable expansion is enabled, the above
examples could be written as follows to work as intended:
set VAR=before
if "%VAR%" == "before" (
set VAR=after
if "!VAR!" == "after" @echo If you see this, it worked
)
set LIST=
for %i in (*) do set LIST=!LIST! %i
echo %LIST%
Ah, I get it.
You the man, Steve. :-)
Cheers,
>> IM
You the man, Steve. :-)
Cheers,
>> IM
ASKER
Thanks guys - here's the final script. I did mention in the comments for "ProcessGames":
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
Steve got the first part, but I didn't see anything addressing the second part, renoted above.
I've worked around it - as you'll see below - and think everything works fine - or so it seems. If you can suggest a more efficient way of dealing the the variable date string, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to leave the question open a little longer so I can play a couple more series to test it on them. But for the moment, it looks like Steve won (thanks to you both though).
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM Set the visitor to env. var. to %1 (should be a 3 letter code)
set visitor=%1
If "%visitor%" == "" SET /p Visitor=Who was the visiting team (3 letter code):
REM Set my home team env. var. to my 3 letter code.
set home=SUN
REM Define the initial zip filename
set zipfile=%visitor%@%home%.Z
REM Change to directory with the data files
cd /d c:\cdrombb\export
REM Zip the data files into the zip file using InfoZip Command line.
zip -9 "%zipfile%" 2005WB*.*
REM Check for the existance of the packed directory - if not there, create it.
If Not Exist .\packed md .\packed
REM Move the previously zipped data files to the packed directory so they are
REM not referenced again.
move 2005wb*.* .\packed
REM Move the zipfile to the print directory containing the text files
move "%zipfile%" ..\print\2005wb
REM Change into the print directory.
cd ..\print\2005wb
REM Get a list of all boxscore print (box*.prt) files - each must be renamed
REM based on information found within the file. I order from newest to oldest
REM because the oldest should be the first game and the zip file must be
REM renamed one more time to oldestgame %zipfile% - so in theory, the last
REM %gamedate% set should be the oldest date.
for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in ('dir /o-d /b box*.prt') Do Call :ProcessGames %%a
REM Packup the boxscores
If not exist .\packed md packed
zip -9 %zipfile% 0*.prt
move 0*.prt packed
REM Rename the zipfile to the final filename.
ren "%zipfile%" "%mm%%dd%%yy% %zipfile%"
REM Script now complete.
Goto End
:ProcessGames
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=!GameDate:~-9!
set yy=!gamedate:~7,2!
set mm=!gamedate:~0,2!
set dd=!gamedate:~2,2!
if "!mm!" == " 4" Set mm=04
if "!mm!" == " 5" Set mm=05
if "!mm!" == " 6" Set mm=06
if "!mm!" == " 7" Set mm=07
if "!mm!" == " 8" Set mm=08
if "!mm!" == " 9" Set mm=09
if "!mm!" == "4/" Set mm=04
if "!mm!" == "5/" Set mm=05
if "!mm!" == "6/" Set mm=06
if "!mm!" == "7/" Set mm=07
if "!mm!" == "8/" Set mm=08
if "!mm!" == "9/" Set mm=09
if "!dd!" == "1/" set dd=01
if "!dd!" == "2/" set dd=02
if "!dd!" == "3/" set dd=03
if "!dd!" == "4/" set dd=04
if "!dd!" == "5/" set dd=05
if "!dd!" == "6/" set dd=06
if "!dd!" == "7/" set dd=07
if "!dd!" == "8/" set dd=08
if "!dd!" == "9/" set dd=09
Ren "%1" "!mm!!dd!!yy! !visitor!@!home!.prt"
)
GOTO :EOF
:End
REM Cleanup environment variables
Set home=
SET zipfile=
Set GameDate=
set mm=
set dd=
set yy=
set visitor=
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
Steve got the first part, but I didn't see anything addressing the second part, renoted above.
I've worked around it - as you'll see below - and think everything works fine - or so it seems. If you can suggest a more efficient way of dealing the the variable date string, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to leave the question open a little longer so I can play a couple more series to test it on them. But for the moment, it looks like Steve won (thanks to you both though).
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM Set the visitor to env. var. to %1 (should be a 3 letter code)
set visitor=%1
If "%visitor%" == "" SET /p Visitor=Who was the visiting team (3 letter code):
REM Set my home team env. var. to my 3 letter code.
set home=SUN
REM Define the initial zip filename
set zipfile=%visitor%@%home%.Z
REM Change to directory with the data files
cd /d c:\cdrombb\export
REM Zip the data files into the zip file using InfoZip Command line.
zip -9 "%zipfile%" 2005WB*.*
REM Check for the existance of the packed directory - if not there, create it.
If Not Exist .\packed md .\packed
REM Move the previously zipped data files to the packed directory so they are
REM not referenced again.
move 2005wb*.* .\packed
REM Move the zipfile to the print directory containing the text files
move "%zipfile%" ..\print\2005wb
REM Change into the print directory.
cd ..\print\2005wb
REM Get a list of all boxscore print (box*.prt) files - each must be renamed
REM based on information found within the file. I order from newest to oldest
REM because the oldest should be the first game and the zip file must be
REM renamed one more time to oldestgame %zipfile% - so in theory, the last
REM %gamedate% set should be the oldest date.
for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in ('dir /o-d /b box*.prt') Do Call :ProcessGames %%a
REM Packup the boxscores
If not exist .\packed md packed
zip -9 %zipfile% 0*.prt
move 0*.prt packed
REM Rename the zipfile to the final filename.
ren "%zipfile%" "%mm%%dd%%yy% %zipfile%"
REM Script now complete.
Goto End
:ProcessGames
REM This needs to be run for each game. It should find the line starting with
REM "]BOXSCORE: " in the file %1 and then set the GameDate env. var. to the
REM last 9 characters of the line. Ideally, it will also remove any leading
REM and trailing spaces. Lastly, the GameDate needs to be in a mmddyy format
For /f "tokens=1 skip=2 delims=" %%m in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') Do (
Set GameDate=%%m
Set GameDate=!GameDate:~-9!
set yy=!gamedate:~7,2!
set mm=!gamedate:~0,2!
set dd=!gamedate:~2,2!
if "!mm!" == " 4" Set mm=04
if "!mm!" == " 5" Set mm=05
if "!mm!" == " 6" Set mm=06
if "!mm!" == " 7" Set mm=07
if "!mm!" == " 8" Set mm=08
if "!mm!" == " 9" Set mm=09
if "!mm!" == "4/" Set mm=04
if "!mm!" == "5/" Set mm=05
if "!mm!" == "6/" Set mm=06
if "!mm!" == "7/" Set mm=07
if "!mm!" == "8/" Set mm=08
if "!mm!" == "9/" Set mm=09
if "!dd!" == "1/" set dd=01
if "!dd!" == "2/" set dd=02
if "!dd!" == "3/" set dd=03
if "!dd!" == "4/" set dd=04
if "!dd!" == "5/" set dd=05
if "!dd!" == "6/" set dd=06
if "!dd!" == "7/" set dd=07
if "!dd!" == "8/" set dd=08
if "!dd!" == "9/" set dd=09
Ren "%1" "!mm!!dd!!yy! !visitor!@!home!.prt"
)
GOTO :EOF
:End
REM Cleanup environment variables
Set home=
SET zipfile=
Set GameDate=
set mm=
set dd=
set yy=
set visitor=
Sorry leew, I didn't see that part. I tend to not follow directions well ;)
I believe your code will fail when you process a date with a two digit year and month. Here's some code that does away with the need for the delayed expansion and also can process more date variations. Give it a try:
...
:PROCESS
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE %%a
goto :EOF
:PROCESS_LINE
set lastToken=
:NEXT_TOKEN
if "%1"=="" goto LAST_TOKEN
set lastToken=%1
shift
goto NEXT_TOKEN
:LAST_TOKEN
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%a in ('echo %lastToken%') do (
call :ADJUST_PART mm %%a
call :ADJUST_PART dd %%b
call :ADJUST_PART yy %%c Y
)
ren "%1" "%mm%%dd%%yy% %visitor%@%home%.prt"
goto :EOF
:ADJUST_PART
set %1=%2
if "%3"=="Y" goto ADJUST_YEAR
set _t=1%2
if /I %_t% LSS 100 set %1=0%2
goto :EOF
:ADJUST_YEAR
set _t=1%2
if /I %_t% LSS 1000 set %1=20%2
I believe your code will fail when you process a date with a two digit year and month. Here's some code that does away with the need for the delayed expansion and also can process more date variations. Give it a try:
...
:PROCESS
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE %%a
goto :EOF
:PROCESS_LINE
set lastToken=
:NEXT_TOKEN
if "%1"=="" goto LAST_TOKEN
set lastToken=%1
shift
goto NEXT_TOKEN
:LAST_TOKEN
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%a in ('echo %lastToken%') do (
call :ADJUST_PART mm %%a
call :ADJUST_PART dd %%b
call :ADJUST_PART yy %%c Y
)
ren "%1" "%mm%%dd%%yy% %visitor%@%home%.prt"
goto :EOF
:ADJUST_PART
set %1=%2
if "%3"=="Y" goto ADJUST_YEAR
set _t=1%2
if /I %_t% LSS 100 set %1=0%2
goto :EOF
:ADJUST_YEAR
set _t=1%2
if /I %_t% LSS 1000 set %1=20%2
Steve,
for your last attempt, above - wouldn't you need to change:
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE %%a
to:
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE "%%a"
(note the quotes round the argument).
Seeing as the string that you're extracting is likely to have spaces in it....?? (And then of course, you'd need to alter the rest of the code a little bit: %1 to %~1)..
Surely?
(Don't worry, I'm not desperately trying to claim some points here... full points to Steve, is fine by me - but just thought that Lee may have some trouble if that alteration isn't made..?)
>> IM
for your last attempt, above - wouldn't you need to change:
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE %%a
to:
for /f "skip=2 delims=" %%a in ('find "]BOXSCORE: " %1') do call :PROCESS_LINE "%%a"
(note the quotes round the argument).
Seeing as the string that you're extracting is likely to have spaces in it....?? (And then of course, you'd need to alter the rest of the code a little bit: %1 to %~1)..
Surely?
(Don't worry, I'm not desperately trying to claim some points here... full points to Steve, is fine by me - but just thought that Lee may have some trouble if that alteration isn't made..?)
>> IM
No, the point of PROCESS_LINE is to pick off the last word of the line. I'm using the fact that parameters are seperated by whitespace to parse them in PROCESS_LINE.
leew -- you had any success with this code?
ASKER
Sorry Steve, I got so far ahead into the project that it's gone from something specific into something generic that uses a .ini file to configure it. So now I'm a little wary of altering it significantly. Appreciate the efforts though.
you could try something like this perhaps:
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in (%~1) do CALL :PROCESS_LINE "%%L"
GOTO :EOF
:PROCESS_LINE
SET Line=%~1
IF /i "%Line:~2,9%" NEQ "]BOXSCORE" GOTO :EOF
SET GameDate=%Line:~-9%
SET GameDate=%GameDate: =%
REM ** Process %GameDate% here
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Regards,
>> IM