I've created a simple batch file to reorganize a set of files/folders. It's working as it should, but I need to print the results to a log file. I need to output the results of each action (creating a directory, moving a file, rename/deleting a file). When I use command >> results.txt all I can get out of it is "1 file(s) moved." a ton of times. Here's the code:
FOR %%a IN (C:\scans\*.txt) DO CALL :read %%~na
TREE /f >> tree.txt
@GOTO :EOF
:read
@set FILE=%1
FOR /f "tokens=1,2" %%b IN (%FILE%.txt) DO CALL :makeDir %%b %%c
@GOTO :EOF
:makeDir
@set ACCOUNT=%1
@set CHECK=%2
mkdir %ACCOUNT%
CALL :move
@GOTO :EOF
:move
MOVE %FILE%.gif %ACCOUNT%
REN %ACCOUNT%\%FILE%.gif %CHECK%.gif
DEL %FILE%.txt
@GOTO :EOF
How can I print to the log file (results.txt) whenever an action is performed?
EDIT: new code w/ echoes:
@echo off
FOR %%a IN (C:\scans\*.txt) DO CALL :read %%~na
TREE /f >> tree.txt
@GOTO :EOF
:read
@set FILE=%1
FOR /f "tokens=1,2" %%b IN (%FILE%.txt) DO CALL :makeDir %%b %%c
@GOTO :EOF
:makeDir
@set ACCOUNT=%1
@set CHECK=%2
mkdir %ACCOUNT%
@echo Made directory for %ACCOUNT% >> results.txt
CALL :move
@GOTO :EOF
:move
MOVE %FILE%.gif %ACCOUNT%
@echo %FILE% moved to %ACCOUNT%
REN %ACCOUNT%\%FILE%.gif %CHECK%.gif
@echo %ACCOUNT%\%FILE% renamed %CHECK% >> results.txt
DEL %FILE%.txt
@echo %FILE% deleted. >> results.txt
@GOTO :EOF
Click File and then Save, and then navigate to where you want to save the file. For the file name, type test. bat and if your version of Windows has a Save as type option, choose All files, otherwise it saves as a text file. Once you have completed these steps, click the Save button and exit notepad.
To redirect the output of a command to a file, type the command, specify the > or the >> operator, and then provide the path to a file you want to the output redirected to. For example, the ls command lists the files and folders in the current directory.
You can add this piece of code to the top of your batch file:
@Echo off
SET LOGFILE=MyLogFile.log
call :Logit >> %LOGFILE%
exit /b 0
:Logit
:: The rest of your code
:: ....
It basically redirects the output of the :Logit
method to the LOGFILE
. The exit
command is to ensure the batch exits after executing :Logit
.
There's nothing wrong with your redirection of standard out to a file. Move and mkdir commands do not output anything. If you really need to have a log trail of those commands, then you'll need to explicitly echo to standard out indicating what you just executed.
The batch file, example:
@ECHO OFF
cd bob
ECHO I just did this: cd bob
Run from command line:
myfile.bat >> out.txt
or
myfile.bat > out.txt
For Print Result to text file
we can follow
echo "test data" > test.txt
This will create test.txt file and written "test data"
If you want to append then
echo "test data" >> test.txt
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