Writing DIR output to CSV in consistant format
Hey guys,
I have been assigned a very tedious task of comparing the directories of multiple workstations. The output needs to identify all the files in a directory and subdirectories and conduct a comparison of those files based on filename and modified date.
Essentially the plan is to produce a pivot table in Excel to list how many terminals have file A with this modified date, fle B, file C and so on.
The issue is getting the raw data into a format that I can easily manipulate into a pivot table. All I want is a file produced that lists each filepath omitting "\\%computername%\c$\%prog
Can someone lend me a hand.... all I have so far is:
Cheers
G_M
I have been assigned a very tedious task of comparing the directories of multiple workstations. The output needs to identify all the files in a directory and subdirectories and conduct a comparison of those files based on filename and modified date.
Essentially the plan is to produce a pivot table in Excel to list how many terminals have file A with this modified date, fle B, file C and so on.
The issue is getting the raw data into a format that I can easily manipulate into a pivot table. All I want is a file produced that lists each filepath omitting "\\%computername%\c$\%prog
Can someone lend me a hand.... all I have so far is:
for /f %%a in (C:\Temp\PCList.txt) do (
dir /n /s /tw /od "\\%%a\c$\program files\adobe"
) >>dir.csvCheers
G_M
ASKER
What output did you get for that? I am not getting anything...
Okay, sorry, a little trickier than I thought, but this seems to work.
@echo off
for /f %%A in (x:\_xfer\ee\ee26837658\PCList.txt) do call :DoDir "\\%%A\c$\program files\adobe"
exit /b
:DoDir [full-path]
for /R "%~1" %%B in (*.*) do echo "%%~B",%%~tB >>x:\_xfer\ee\ee26837658\dir.csv
exit /b
(adjust file names for the txt and csv to your needs)
ASKER
Good stuff... we're making progress... but how do I get it to ignore "\\%computername%\c$\progr
If each terminal has their UNC path at the start of the filepath then a pivot table will interpret them all as different files.
Cheers
G_M
If each terminal has their UNC path at the start of the filepath then a pivot table will interpret them all as different files.
Cheers
G_M
I haven't had a chance to study this in any detail to consider this problem from scratch, and I can't test it on networked workstations from where I am, but the following variation of Bill Prew's batch file strips off the surrounding double-quotes in the path and strips off the:
\\%computername%\c$
part of the path. It still, however, leaves:
\program files\
at the start.
I'm sure that routed through an external "change string" type command would reduce the results to the way you want, or else a simple Find > Replace in Notepad after the event could be used to strip off the \Program Files\ part.
I'll look at this later with a fresh mind, but Bill Prew will probably have come up with a working revision by then.
\\%computername%\c$
part of the path. It still, however, leaves:
\program files\
at the start.
I'm sure that routed through an external "change string" type command would reduce the results to the way you want, or else a simple Find > Replace in Notepad after the event could be used to strip off the \Program Files\ part.
I'll look at this later with a fresh mind, but Bill Prew will probably have come up with a working revision by then.
@echo off
for /f %%A in (C:\PCList.txt) do call :DoDir "\\%%A\c$\program files\adobe"
exit /b
:DoDir [full-path]
for /R "%~1" %%B in (*.*) do (
for /f "tokens=2 delims=^$" %%C in ("%%B") do (
echo %%C,%%~tB >>C:\dir.csv
)
)
exit /b
Try this instead. Not sure if it will work for you, but worth testing anyway. I sorted results by name, so change it to /od or /o-d if you wish to sort by date.
I tried this with "tokens=4*"
on the paths that are like this:
\\%computername%\c$\Progra
My expectation was that the 4th \ delimited token would be "Adobe" and that the * would then just treat the rest of the string after that literally and add it to the redirected output. Perhaps Bill Prew can explain why the leading \\ and %computername% are ignored and "Adobe" is captured as the 3rd token in my final batch file. There is obviously some "escaping" going on there with the leading \\
Anyway, it seems to work for me. If you want the results double-quoted, just change to this:
echo "!TruncPath!","!TimeDate!"
I am not sure if the Times and dates reflect the "Last Modified" ones, but I hope so and I hope it works for your needs.
I tried this with "tokens=4*"
on the paths that are like this:
\\%computername%\c$\Progra
My expectation was that the 4th \ delimited token would be "Adobe" and that the * would then just treat the rest of the string after that literally and add it to the redirected output. Perhaps Bill Prew can explain why the leading \\ and %computername% are ignored and "Adobe" is captured as the 3rd token in my final batch file. There is obviously some "escaping" going on there with the leading \\
Anyway, it seems to work for me. If you want the results double-quoted, just change to this:
echo "!TruncPath!","!TimeDate!"
I am not sure if the Times and dates reflect the "Last Modified" ones, but I hope so and I hope it works for your needs.
@echo off
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
if exist dir.csv del dir.csv > nul
for /f %%A in (C:\PCList.txt) do (
for /f "tokens=3* delims=^\" %%B in ('dir /a-d /on /b /-c /s "\\%%A\c$\Program Files\Adobe\*.*"') do (
set TruncPath=%%C
set TimeDate=%%~tB
echo !TruncPath!,!TimeDate!>>dir.csv
)
)ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
BillDL,
The first of you two scripts works, however, as you said does have "program files" in the filepath. The second of the two runs significantly faster and would be fantastic if it displayed the modified date. Unfortunately when I ran it it seems to write the same date for all the files (in my case 21/02/2011 03:01pm). I've had a look at the files and can pinpoint where it is pulling that information from.
If you could get that script working it would save significant time when processing a high quantity of PC's.
Billprew,
You script is a little slower than BillDL's second script, however, does everything I need it to. Thank you.
The first of you two scripts works, however, as you said does have "program files" in the filepath. The second of the two runs significantly faster and would be fantastic if it displayed the modified date. Unfortunately when I ran it it seems to write the same date for all the files (in my case 21/02/2011 03:01pm). I've had a look at the files and can pinpoint where it is pulling that information from.
If you could get that script working it would save significant time when processing a high quantity of PC's.
Billprew,
You script is a little slower than BillDL's second script, however, does everything I need it to. Thank you.
ASKER
*** My last post without all the errors***
BillDL,
The first of your two scripts works, however, as you said does have "program files" in the filepath. The second of the two runs significantly faster and would be fantastic if it displayed the modified date. Unfortunately when I ran it it seems to write the same date for all the files (in my case 21/02/2011 03:01pm). I've had a look at the files and cannot pinpoint where it is pulling that information from.
If you could get that script working it would save significant time when processing a high quantity of PC's.
Billprew,
Your script is a little slower than BillDL's second script, however, does everything I need it to. Thank you.
BillDL,
The first of your two scripts works, however, as you said does have "program files" in the filepath. The second of the two runs significantly faster and would be fantastic if it displayed the modified date. Unfortunately when I ran it it seems to write the same date for all the files (in my case 21/02/2011 03:01pm). I've had a look at the files and cannot pinpoint where it is pulling that information from.
If you could get that script working it would save significant time when processing a high quantity of PC's.
Billprew,
Your script is a little slower than BillDL's second script, however, does everything I need it to. Thank you.
Hi G_M
Disregard that 2nd batch file that runs fast. It is totally wrong and couldn't possibly gat the date. It took me about 3 seconds with a fresh mind after a good sleep to see the glaring errors. It seemed too good to be true, and Bill Prew is too much of a gentleman to shoot it down because he would rather I spot my own mistake.
The date that it was finding was the creation date of the "Program Files" folder, though I don't quite know why.
Disregard that 2nd batch file that runs fast. It is totally wrong and couldn't possibly gat the date. It took me about 3 seconds with a fresh mind after a good sleep to see the glaring errors. It seemed too good to be true, and Bill Prew is too much of a gentleman to shoot it down because he would rather I spot my own mistake.
The date that it was finding was the creation date of the "Program Files" folder, though I don't quite know why.
ASKER
No worries... thank you for the feedback.
Open in new window
~bp