I have command for the command prompt from which i can get the task status. I want to save the output of the command to excel.
[![schtasks /query /tn "Estimates" /v /fo list | find "Status:"][1]][1]
I tried using the following code for executing this command.
PID = Shell("cmd /k schtasks /query /tn ""Estimates"" /v /fo list | find ""Status:""", vbNormalNoFocus)
MsgBox PID
This code gives me some random number as output in PID and opens the CMD and shows the command execution details. How i can get the output values of the command. Please see image below for the output.
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I created a batch script for windows that I use for mux mkv files.
When launch this command:
ffprobe -v 0 -select_streams s -show_entries stream=index:disposition=default -of compact=nk=0 file.mkv | findstr disposition:default=1
Output is:
stream|index=3|disposition:default=1
How can filter and print only number "3" and put it in a variable?
I submit a new command that simplify output:
ffprobe -v 0 -select_streams s -show_entries stream=index:disposition=forced:stream_tags=language -of csv=nk=1:p=0 file.mkv | FINDSTR /C:"1,ita"
Output is:
3,1,ita
"3" is track id, "1" is forced flag, "ita" is track language. To create a variable that contains only the track id (e.g. 3) to be inserted in a mkvmerge command, I ran this command:
FOR /F "delims=, tokens=1" %%# IN ('ffprobe -v 0 -select_streams s -show_entries stream=index:disposition=forced:stream_tags=language -of csv=nk=1:p=0 file.mkv ^| FINDSTR /C:"1,ita"') DO SET subid=%%#
But nothing happens! Mkvmerge report this error: Error: Invalid track ID or language code in '-s '.
I don't really know where the mistake is!
Batchfile approach
You need to execute your command inside a for statement inside a batch file to be able to capture the output lines and process them further. Check for /? on the command line and the part with for /f and learn about "usebackq".
The key point is, that you need to escape several special characters from your command, if it is executed in the for statement and not on the command line prompt directly.
Try getting this piece to work and post your solution as update to your answer if you like. Then we can get to the second part of extracting the number.
I'm working on an unattended automated install of SQL 2008, 2012 and 2014 which so far is working with my batch command. The one issue I'm encountering is that in order to use a core function found in each program (management studio) properly on Windows 10, it needs to run as an admin.
In Windows 10 this can be done manually by opening the file location of the program shortcut - right click - properties - "compatibility" tab - "change settings for all users" - check the box "run this program as an administrator". Is there a way to have a batch command check that box? This way staff won't need to manually run it as an admin each time, it'll just open Management Studio automatically as an admin.
My batch command can be found below to automate the install. The beginning finds the installation files, sets the sa password to whatever I want and pulls the custom settings for the SQL installer from the configurationfile.ini file. I need the "run as an admin" for all users to run after all that.
start "" "%~dp0SQL2008\setup.exe" /SAPWD="XXXXXXXX" /ConfigurationFile="ConfigurationFile.ini" /quiet
#echo off
setlocal
call :reg_compat "C:\User\Test\test.exe" "WINXPSP3 RUNASADMIN"
if errorlevel 1 echo Registry write failed.
exit /b
:reg_compat fullpath, reg_data
setlocal
set "reg_key=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers"
set "reg_data="
:: Get current registry data.
for /f "tokens=1,2*" %%A in ('2^>nul reg query "%reg_key%" /v "%~1"') do (
if /i "%%~A" == "%~1" set "reg_data=%%~C"
)
:: Write new entry and exit.
if not defined reg_data (
>nul reg add "%reg_key%" /v "%~1" /d "%~2" /f
if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
exit /b 0
)
:: Copy original registry data.
set "reg_data_original=%reg_data%"
:: Append new data if not in original registry data.
for %%A in (%~2) do (
set "value_exist="
for %%B in (%reg_data_original%) do (
if "%%~A" == "%%~B" set "value_exist=1"
)
if not defined value_exist (
call set "reg_data=%%reg_data%% %%~A"
)
)
:: Continue only if registry data is modified.
if "%reg_data_original%" == "%reg_data%" exit /b 0
:: Write modified entry and exit.
>nul reg add "%reg_key%" /v "%~1" /d "%reg_data%" /f
if errorlevel 1 exit /b 2
exit /b 0
The code is set to write a test entry. The test entry will add
Windows XP SP3 and Run As Admin compatibility for that filepath.
For actual use change the arguments to call the label :reg_compat
with the fullpath to the file as the 1st argument and the
reg_data compatibility arguments as the 2nd argument. The
compatibility arguments are uppercase and separated with a space.
The label :reg_compat will write new entries or update entries with
adding new compatibility arguments. The errorlevel from the called
label is set to not 0 if reg add fails.
Minimal code instead if you need just that:
#echo off
setlocal
set "reg_key=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers"
reg add "%reg_key%" /v "C:\User\Test\test.exe" /d "WINXPSP3 RUNASADMIN" /f
I would like to use WMIC to retrieve the output of a "netstat" command on a remote computer. The actual execution of the following command executes without error and I see the output popup briefly within a new window:
wmic /node:server1 process call create "netstat.exe -ano"
With that being said, I need to pipe the output of the process window to STDOUT, and have tried:
wmic /node:server1 process call create "netstat.exe -ano > C:\temp\test.txt"
However, that does not work. I have also tried the /output:STDOUT option, however, that only reports the execution of the command:
Executing (Win32_Process)->Create() Method execution successful. Out Parameters: instance of __PARAMETERS {
ProcessId = 5044;
ReturnValue = 0; };
Does anyone know how I can go about using WMIC to retrieve the actual output from the new window that was opened in order to process the data?
Thanks in advance!
The > symbol behaves as operator of redirection in cmd.exe, not in netstat.exe.
In fact, wmic process call create "netstat.exe -ano > C:\temp\test.txt" is about to run the same as netstat.exe -ano ^> files\nstat.txt (try it from command line).
Next command works (unfortunately, I can't try it with /node:"server1" against a remote computer at the moment):
wmic process call create "cmd /C > C:\temp\test.txt 2>&1 netstat.exe -ano"
The Processes tab of the Windows Task Manager shows several columns with information, one of which being User Name of the user that owns the process.
Using the command WMIC process (from an administrator-started cmd.exe) gives me the same sort of information, but I can not find any column for the user name. How can I find out which user started the process with WMIC?
Owner can be retrieved using GetOwner method on win32_process class instances.
I would suggest using PowerShell for that, where it's pretty simple:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process |
Select-Object Name, #{
Name = 'Owner'
Expression = {
$_.GetOwner().User
}
}
If you have to use wmic, than you can hack your way through by mixing results of:
wmic process get Name
...with call GetOwner e.g:
#echo off
echo Domain\User,Machine,ProcessName,ProcessID,WorkingSetSize
(for /f "skip=2 tokens=2 delims=, eol= " %%P in ('wmic process get ProcessId /format:csv') do #call :AddOwner %%P) 2> nul
goto :EOF
:AddOwner
SET Process=%1
(for /f "skip=5 tokens=1,2 delims==; " %%O in ('wmic process WHERE ProcessID^=%Process% Call GetOwner') do #call :BuildOwner %%O %%P) > nul
for /f "skip=1 tokens=* eol= " %%L in ('wmic process WHERE ProcessID^=%Process% GET Name^, ProcessID^, WorkingSetSize /format:csv') do #SET INFO=%%L
echo %DOMAIN%\%USER%,%INFO%
goto :EOF
:BuildOwner
SET PARAM=%1
SET VALUE=%~2
IF [%PARAM%]==[Domain] SET DOMAIN=%VALUE%
IF [%PARAM%]==[User] SET USER=%VALUE%
goto :EOF
To get the owners of all of the taskeng.exe processes (Windows Task Scheduler processes for individual tasks), run this from an 'admin' Command Prompt window:
wmic process where "name='taskeng.exe'" call GetOwner
These are not working for me.
Any help to definitelly corret the four examples below ?
The EXAMPLE01 just echoes "continue", even if I have three CMD.exe opened.
---------- EXAMPLE 01 ------------
#echo off
wmic process where name="cmd.exe" | find "cmd.exe" /c
SET ERRORLEVEL=value if "%value%" GTR 1 (
ECHO This batch is not first
ECHO quitting ...
)
if "%value%" LSS 2 ECHO continue
I am getting the "unexpected i error" message in the EXAMPLE 02!
----------- EXAMPLE 02 -------
#echo off
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=2" %i IN (`tasklist ^| findstr /r /b "cmd.exe"`)
DO taskkill /pid %%i
I am getting the "is first" message in the EXAMPLE 03, even with three CMD.exe opened!
----------- EXAMPLE 03 -------
#echo off
wmic process where name="cmd.exe" | find "cmd.exe" /c
if "%errorlevel%" LEQ 1 echo CMD is first
if "%errorlevel%" GTR 1 echo CMD is already running
It is also possible that I will not have access to the Wmic command at work, so, another possibility is found in the EXAMPLE 04 ... but to no avail.
----------- EXAMPLE 04 -------
#echo off
Tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq cmd.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "cmd.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"==0 do (goto Use) else (goto Cont)
:Cont
ECHO Only one instance running
pause
:Use
echo Application running already. Close this window
Kind regards,
Maleck
wmz identified a number of errors in the OP's code, and also has an excellent suggestion to use a lock file for concurrency control.
Below is a robust batch solution that uses a lock file to prevent multiple instances of the batch file from running at the same time. It uses a temporary lock file for the concurrency control. The mere presence of the lock file does NOT stop the script from running. The script will only fail if another process has an exclusive lock on the lock file. This is important in case the script should crash or be killed without deleting the lock file. The next process to run the script will still succeed because the file is no longer locked.
This script assumes the script is installed on a local drive. It allows only one instance for the entire machine. There are lots of variations to control the amount of concurrency allowed. For example, incorporating the %USERNAME% into the lock file name would allow one instance per user in a network environment. Incorporating %COMPUTERNAME% in the name would allow one instance per machine in a network environment.
#echo off
setlocal
:: save parameters to variables here as needed
set "param1=%~1"
:: etc.
:: Redirect an unused file handle for an entire code block to a lock file.
:: The batch file will maintain a lock on the file until the code block
:: ends or until the process is killed. The main code is called from
:: within the block. The first process to run this script will succeed.
:: Subsequent attempts will fail as long as the original is still running.
set "started="
9>"%~f0.lock" (
set "started=1"
call :start
)
if defined started (
del "%~f0.lock" >nul 2>nul
) else (
echo Process aborted: "%~f0" is already running
)
exit /b
:start
:: The main program appears below
:: All this script does is PAUSE so we can see what happens if
:: the script is run multiple times simultaneously.
pause
exit /b
EDIT
The error message "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." can be suppressed by redirecting stderr output to nul in an outer block.
2>nul (
9>"%~f0.lock" (
set "started=1"
call :start
)
)
The problem with the above is that all error messages for the main program will also be suppressed. That can be fixed by 1st saving the current definition of stderr to another unused file handle, and then adding yet another inner block that redirects stderr back to the saved file handle.
8>&2 2>nul (
9>"%~f0.lock" (
2>&8 (
set "started=1"
call :start
)
)
)
You do not set value anywhere. Even if you did it would not work as variables are expanded on parse. You would need to use delayed expansion if you need to both set and test variable against what was set. Quotes on comparison are not required (see 3). help set will show you info delayed expansion.
%i should be %%i. DO taskkill /pid %%i must be on same line as rest of for command. You also use findstr in regex mode, which means it will search for cmd[any character]exe
You use string (lexical) comparison: "1" leq 1 is true (as "4" leq 1 also is...). Use errorlevel 1 which is equivalent to errorlevel equal or greater than 1. help if shows syntax
Same as 3 plus do in do (goto Use) should be removed. %errorlevel%==0 would work, but it's normally advised to use errorlevel number.
How to check if there is only 1 cmd running:
#echo off
for /f %%i in ('Tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq cmd.exe" 2^>NUL' ^| find /I /c "cmd.exe"') do (
if %%i leq 2 (echo only one instance) else (echo More than one instance)
)
Note: it's just an example. I do not recommend this as a real method of concurrency control. I would rather use lock file for that.