Counting executions of batch script

Question

I need to count, in a file, the number of times a batch script has been executed.

In linux shell, this would be something like

counter=`cat buildnumber.txt`;
counter=`echo $counter+1|bc`
echo $counter > buildnumber.txt

but how does one do this in a batch file?

Dunno whether there is a less overkill-y calculator available in bash... — Alexander, Sep 09 '16 at 12:23
yes, why not? [Math Commands](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/mathc.html) http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/40786/44425 http://stackoverflow.com/q/1088098/995714 — phuclv, Sep 09 '16 at 13:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '16 at 06:43

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exactly the same logic, but using batch commands:

<buildnumber.txt set /p counter=
set /a counter +=1
echo %counter%>buildnumber.txt

answered Sep 09 '16 at 06:43

Stephan

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Is it really ` – geisterfurz007 Sep 09 '16 at 06:47
@geisterfurz007 it doesn't matter *where* you put the redirection. `set /p counter= – Stephan Sep 09 '16 at 06:51

Hackoo · Answer 2 · 2016-09-09T10:37:11.430

This is my approch to count the number of execution for the batch script :

@echo off
Setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
Title Count the number of times my BATCH file is run
Mode Con Cols=60 lines=3 & color 0E
set /a count=1
set "FileCount=%tmp%\%~n0.txt"
If Not exist "%FileCount%" (
    echo !count! > "%FileCount%"
) else (
    For /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('Type "%FileCount%"') Do (
        set /a count=!count! + %%a
        echo !count! > "%FileCount%"
    )
)
echo.
echo        This batch script is running for "!count! time(s)"
EndLocal
pause>nul

Counting executions of batch script

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