Running an exe from bat file

Question

I am trying to create a bat file which read all the files of a directory and for every file runs descr_tool.exe. I ve found the following command which do so, for the same directory with the bat file:

echo off 
  for /r %%a in (*) do echo %%a >> get_files.txt start    
  D:\christos\SelfSimilarity\Release\descr_tool.exe 0   
  "D:\christos\ExtractCEDD\img\animal_2.jpg"  10 codebook1.txt
pause

How can I run proper the exe file from my .bat. The values after exe is my three arguments.

EDIT: The exe file it works. But I dont know how to put arguments proper to work normally.

Ok I think, it worked without the start before the exe file. Now I want to do two things: first to replace path+image with %%a and output.txt with imagefilename.txt.

echo off 
  for /r %%a in (*) do (
   echo %%a >> get_files.txt 
   "D:\christos\SelfSimilarity\Release\descr_tool.exe" 0 "%%a"  10 "%%a".txt
   echo hello
  )

David · Answer 1 · 2014-02-27T12:54:52.807

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I think you're almost there. Just add brackets.

Try this:

echo off 
for /r %%a in (*) do (
  echo %%a >> get_files.txt 
  "D:\christos\SelfSimilarity\Release\descr_tool.exe" 0 "D:\christos\ExtractCEDD\img\animal_2.jpg"  10 codebook1.txt

)
pause

edited Feb 27 '14 at 12:54

answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:54

David

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No by adding brackets doesnt seem to work. I think my prob is the arguments. – Jose Ramon Feb 27 '14 at 11:01
Try it with the extra added quotes. You might want to add `/w` after the `""` too if you don't want multiple windows all running at the same time. – foxidrive Feb 27 '14 at 11:24
It must be different, the way that arguments passed in exe. – Jose Ramon Feb 27 '14 at 11:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 12:26

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To add in the same directory as the original file, try

"D:\christos\SelfSimilarity\Release\descr_tool.exe" 0 "%%a"  10 "%%~dpna".txt

If you want all of the reports in a "reports" directory,

"D:\christos\SelfSimilarity\Release\descr_tool.exe" 0 "%%a"  10 "d:\your\reports\directory\%%~na".txt

See for /? from the prompt for options.

%%~da yields the Drive %%~pa yields the Path %%~na yields the Name %%~xa yields the eXtension

answered Feb 27 '14 at 12:26

Magoo

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THanks magoo, finally I found how to store files in different paths. How about avoiding the message press any key to continue.. message? – Jose Ramon Feb 27 '14 at 12:31
I know nothing of the `descr_tool` application. If it is this that is generating that message, try `ECHO.| ` before the `"D:\christos....` ; that is, `ECHO.| "D:\christos....` . This *should* mean the executable receives an automatic ENTER. If you want to suppress the message itself, try appending `>nul` after the end of the command, `...~na".txt >nul` – Magoo Feb 27 '14 at 12:48
Basically, indeed I had a forgotten system("pause") in main file of descr_tool. :( – Jose Ramon Feb 27 '14 at 12:57

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