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I want a batch file that will...

Check to see if a file exits(or doesn't exist)
Create an index file of a directory
Create a script of the command line
Create and write to a Word document
Create a list of every directory and file on a computer
Delete files from a directory
Display a menu of selections
Log into an FTP site and grab a file
Look for a word in a file
Open an external program
Unzip a file
Simtel.Net Library
chebucto.ns.ca: Advanced Batch Files

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Create a list of every directory and file on a computer
@ECHO OFF
TREE C: /F /A > tree.txt
CLS
EXIT
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Check to see if a file exits(or doesn't exist)

@ECHO OFF
IF EXIST C:\temp\file.txt MOVE C:\temp\file.txt C:\file.txt

IF NOT EXIST C:\temp\file.txt COPY C:\file.txt C:\temp\file.txt
CLS
EXIT
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Create an index file of a directory

@ECHO OFF

DIR /B C:\windows > windows_index.txt

CLS
toplinks.js"> EXIT
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Create and write to a Word document

@ECHO OFF

ECHO John Smith >> letter.doc
ECHO 32 Main Street >> letter.doc
ECHO Centerville, OH >> letter.doc
ECHO. >> letter.doc
ECHO Dear, Mr. Smith >> letter.doc
ECHO. >> letter.doc
ECHO This is a letter. >> letter.doc
ECHO. >> letter.doc

CLS
EXIT
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Delete files from a directory

@ECHO OFF

DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.*

CLS
EXIT
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Look for a word in a file

@ECHO OFF FIND "hello" C:\windows\hello.txt CLS EXIT --------------------------------------------------------------
Using winzip
CALL wzunzip.exe -yb archive.zip c:\archive\ Opens "archive.zip" and puts the contents in "c:\archive\". You need the full licensed version and the command line module: wzcline.exe

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---A--- ACCOUNTS ANSI.SYS APPEND ASSIGN ASSOC AT ATTRIB Autoexec		---B--- BACKUP Boot disks BREAK BUFFERS
---C--- CACLS CALL CD and CHDIR CHCP CHKDSK CHKNTFS CHOICE CLS CMD .com files Commands, list of command line switches COLOR COMP COMPACT COMPUTER COMMAND CONFIG CONFIG SERVER CONFIG WORKSTATION CONVERT COPY COUNTRY CTTY		---D--- DATE BLSPACE.EXE DEBUG DEFRAG DEL DELOLDOS DELTREE DEVICE DEVICEHIGH DIR DISKCOMP DISKCOPY DISPLAY.SYS DOS DOSKEY DOSHELP DRIVER.SYS DRIVPARM
---E--- ECHO EDIT EDLIN ENDLOCAL EGA.SYS EMM386/EMM386.EXE ERASE EXE2BIN EXIT EXPAND		---F--- FASTHELP FASTOPEN FC FCBS FDISK FILE FILES FOR...IN...DO FORMAT FIND FINDSTR FTP FTYP
---G--- GOTO GRAFTABL GRAPHICS GROUP		---H--- HELP and ? HELPMSG HELP SERVICES HELP SYNTAX HIMEM.SYS
---I--- INCLUDE IF, IF EXIST, and IF NOT EXIST INTERLNK INTERSVR INSTALL IPCONFIG		---J--- JOIN
---K--- KEYB		---L--- LABEL LASTDRIVE LOADFIX LOADHIGH OR LH LOCALGROUP LPT1 LPT2 LPT3
---M--- MEM MEMMAKER MENUCOLR MENUDEFAULT MKDIR and MD MODE MORE MOVE MSAV MSCDEX MIRROR MSBACKUP MSD		---N--- NAME Navigating DOS NET NETSTAT NUMLOCK NLSFUNC NSLOOKUP
---O--- ---P--- PATH Parameters in batch files PAUSE PING POPD POWER PRINT Printing: with PRINT LPT PRN printing text files with TYPE sending text to a network printer PROMPT PUSHD		---Q--- QBASIC
---R--- RAMDRIVE.SYS REM RECOVER REGEDIT REN or RENAME Rename a file: REN COPY MOVE REPLACE RESTORE RMDIR or RD ROUTE		---S--- SCANDISK SEND SESSION SET SETLOCAL SETVER SHARE SHELL SHIFT SMARTDRV and SMARTDRV.EXE SORT STACKS START STATISTICS STOP SUBMENU SUBST SWAPDISK SYS
---T--- TELNET TIME TITLE TRACERT TREE TYPE		---U--- UNDELETE UNFORMAT USE USER
---V--- VER VERIFY VIEW VOL VSAFE		---W--- WIN WINIPCONFIG
---X--- XCOPY		---Y---
---Z---		-Symbols and Special Characters- ~ Tilde @ At $ Dollar sign % Mod ^ Caret: escape and continuation character * Wildcard \| Pipe > Output, append >> Output, overwrite ? Help / Switch + Plus - Minus or Hyphen

Batch File Developement Programs

visualcron.com: executes commands and .bat files at a given time or interval. Free

octosoft.co.uk: 'Easy Batch Builder'

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