Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Batch script - create new files from template file
In this sample you can see how to create many files from one template file in windows batch script.
Templeta file:
teplate.txt
This is generated from template.txt file. It can be any text file.
In this sample variable env.datetime is replace with !env.datetime! on any place in file.
Here to: !env.datetime!
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Batch script:
createFileFromTemplate.bat
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set datetimex=%date:~-4%%date:~-8,2%%date:~-12,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%
rem datetimex is formated YYYYMMDDHHMISS
set "env.datetime=%datetimex: =0%"
(
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%A in ("template.txt") do echo %%A
) >"CreatedFile-%env.datetime%.txt"
And result is:
CreatedFile-20210914212729.txt
This is generated from template.txt file. It can be any text file.
In this sample variable env.datetime is replace with 20210914212729 on any place in file.
Here to: 20210914212729
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# posted by Domen Dolar @ 9:30 PM 
