Hi all,
The goal is to count how many lines in a files begins with 000(I'using a batch file), I use the command
"find" but the problem is It counts not only the lines begining with 000 but also
the lines containing 000

Is there a way to resolve that?
Thanks for your help

Hi Noor,

The gotcha is that FIND doesn't have the capability of 'lines beggining with.'

You need a 3rd party clone of the unix grep.

I use xgrep.

If the lines in the file REALLY begin with 000, i.e. there are no spaces in front of them, the following compound command suffices

FindStr /B /C:000 File_Name | Find /C "000"

otherwise post again as the solution is a bit more complex.

Hi all,
It works, but how can I send the result in a variable (for example Lines)?

As well as I remember this is you Ivo who helped me with this before.

Thank you
Noor

Yes Noor I'm back and the following batch is what you need (For /F fits just one line of code)

@Echo Off

For /F %%A in ('FindStr /B /C:000 %~f1 ^| Find /C "000"') Do Set Lines=%%A
Echo Lines=%Lines%

Name it CX.bat, type CX File_Name and see how it works.

Ciao IVO

Yah but I would like to give the name in the command, I tried but didn't work:
For /F %%A in ('FindStr /B /C:000 %~f1 ^| Find /C "000" q_drm.txt') Do Set Lines=%%A
Echo Lines=%Lines%

The file that I want to count is q_drm.txt, because I don't want to have many batch files

My script does just that as %~f1 is the parameter you type on the command tail (e.g. CX q_drm.txt)!

I don't understand what is your problem as the scripts I post are always tested succesfully before as I do not want anymore people go into troubles due to my tips.

Please specify better.

Hi Ivo, Sorry because I was not clear..
well the batch file is counting the number of the lines and then depending on this number I'm calling other scripts. Well I said to myself I would like to reduce the number of the batch files, If I do CX.bat q_drm.txt that will be just a line in another batch file, do you understand me?

You remember when you help to add a date in a text file and print the document. I know that you help many people to be more clear the code was:
Echo.
If "%1"=="" (Echo File missing Please check if the script run today & GoTo :EOF)
If not exist %1 (Echo File not found & GoTo :EOF)

Set FDate=%~t1
Set FDate=%FDate:~0,6%20%FDate:~6,2%

If not "%FDate%"=="%Date:~-10,10%" (
Echo File Date is not To-day Date: %FDate%
Set FDate=
GoTo :EOF)
That works fine but when I want to put it on a server It didn't work because the format of the date on the server is: yyyy-mm-dd and I couldn't change the format on the server, I'm trying to customize in the batch file it but I don't understand the role of t1.

Thank you
Noor(technicalUser)

Well Noor,

about your question on the FindStr command, if you want the file's name "wired" into the statement, just type in your script

For /F %%A in ('FindStr /B /C:000 q_drm.txt ^| Find /C "000" ') Do Set Lines=%%A

i.e. replace %~f1 with the desidered file's name.

Regarding the question about date's format, as I do not fully understand the root of the problem, could you run (on the wild server!) the following tiny batch and report me the output?

Then to address the solution should be a nut.
--------
@Echo Off
Set FDate=%~t1
Echo [%FDate%] [%Date%]

Name it as you want, e.g. Noor.bat, then type Noor File_Name where File_Name is whatever file you like.

Ciao
IVO

For the first part, I'm going to run it and I let you know.

For the secend part I did it and It gave me as a response:
[] [Thu 2004-09-23]

Thanks a lot Ivo for your help

Noor, I need you type a valid (i.e. a file that really exists) file name on the command line of Noor.bat (e.g. Noor q_drm.txt) otherwise I can't resolve the FDate variable that is what I need to explore deeper.

Working toghether we solve the problems, even if light years away.