How to put bat file contents in a button?

[soc]

I have a one-line bat file (mybat.cmd) which I call from the command of a button in the button bar. The contents of the file is:

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@ECHO OFF && ECHO Creating %1... && FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1 delims=" %%i IN (`DIR "descript.ion" /A /O:NG /B /S /N`) DO (ECHO Adding %%i &&   ECHO. >> %1 &&   ECHO === %%i: >> %1 &&   TYPE "%%i" >> %1)

In the parameter field, I have put "merged-descript-ions.txt. This works fine.

But I could not find a way to put the code in the command line of the button. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

[Horst.Epp]

Command should be cmd.exe
Parameters are your batch line starting with /k

[Ovg]

I think that TS asking how to insert resulting file name (merged-descript-ions.txt) as a parameter. And I think that /c would be enough.

[soc]

When I put in bat file in the button, like below, it works fine. (It merges all descrpt.ion files into one txt file):

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd.exe /c c:\Test\mybat.cmd
merged-comments.txt
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
Merge descript.ion files


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But when I replace the bat content for the name of the bat file, as in the button below, it does not work anymore!

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd.exe /c @ECHO OFF && ECHO Creating %1... && FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1 delims=" %%i IN (`DIR "descript.ion" /A /O:NG /B /S /N`) DO (ECHO Adding %%i &&   ECHO. >> %1 &&   ECHO === %%i: >> %1 &&   TYPE "%%i" >> %1)
merged-comments.txt
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
Merge descript.ion files


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Does the bat file code needs any modification obscure to me?

[Ovg]

2soc
Change %1 to your actual filename, change %% to %

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd /c @ECHO OFF && ECHO Creating qqq.txt... && FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1 delims=" %i IN (`DIR "descript.ion" /A /O:NG /B /S /N`) DO (ECHO Adding %i && ECHO. >> qqq.txt && ECHO === %i: >> qqq.txt && TYPE "%i" >> qqq.txt)

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
Merge descript.ion files


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Change all occurrences of qqq.txt to your actual filename

[soc]

Ah! It works like magic! Thanks Ovg.

I also tried transferring the whole part after cmd /c to the Parameter field (I replaced all % by %%). It still works.

What I did not understand though, what why %1 worked in the bat file, but does not work in the button bar.

[Ovg]

%1 is replaced by command processor with the first parameter passed to cmd file, TC isn't a command processor and button's command isn't a cmd file

[soc]

Thanks, OVG. I thought all one-line bat files could be transferred to button. Probably, for most bat files, it is better to call the file from the button bar. But then we lose the convenience of the parameter field of the button.

[Ovg]

2soc
Take a look at http://totalcmd.net/plugring/askparam.html - maybe is is what you need. I didn't use this utility yet