Sometime we want to know the file name of the script which we are executing in bash scripting. One such scenarios is use the file name for logging purpose, without hardcoding the name of the script file. In the below example, readlink prints out the value of a symbolic link. [...]
This tutorial describes a simple .bat file used to create timestamp. @echo off For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b) For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b) echo %mydate%_%mytime% If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you [...]
The rem command is indeed for comments. It doesn't inherently update anyone after running the script. Because by default the batch interpreter will print out each command before it's processed, to avoid printing a command, prefix it with @, or, to apply that setting throughout the program, run @echo off. (It's echo off to avoid printing further commands; [...]
Get the drive letter from the current directory with: %cd:~0,2% %~dp0 is pretty useful in a bat: it is the folder in which the executing bat file resides. For example set _SCRIPT_DRIVE=%~d0 set _SCRIPT_PATH=%~p0
Pass parameters separated by space, and assign each argument to variable as shown below. Use %* to mean "all". For example, echo off set arg1=%1 // First parameter set arg2=%2 shift shift some-command /u %arg1% /p %arg2% %* When you run: test-command admin password foo bar the above batch [...]