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:SEARCH set /p buildPatch=Enter the build and patch level: set /p choice=Enter the search word or phrase to find the QF: dir /ad /b | findstr /i /c:"%buildPatch%" > "%myPath%\temp.txt" set myTemp="%myPath%temp.txt" explorer %CD% setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f &...

OK. I just had to use a nested for loop, type format. Everything is working like I wanted now. I'm just fixing it up a bit, I'll post the code to the search function tonight, in case it will help anyone else who may be doing something similar.



Thanks again, to everyone who gave me feedback.

I tried that already, just echoing the CD after findstr, however it was giving me weird results. Ill have to wait until I'm back at work on monday, as I didnt save my code this time, and i dont have access to the networked drive, etc from home.

Ok, just an update here on what all is working now. I have everything working fine, it is searching by the first variable, and then only searching txt files based on that. Heres what I have so far. set /p buildPatch=Please enter the build and patch: dir /ad /b | findstr /i /c:"%buildPatch%"...

So, this first part returns the output that I need. dir /ad /b | findstr /i /c:"%buildPatch%" So now, I just need to use the other piece of code to search the folders returned by the above code, to look for my %choice% variable within any txt files in the subfolders. Should have gone about...

The only issue is, that %choice% variable, is going to be a txt file within any number of subfolders. so have to use the /s option, but whenever I do this.. it doesnt work. It shows all the text files that contain the choice variable. BUT it doesnt ONLY search the folders that include the keyword fr...

This is probably because I don't understand the for /f functionality. So basically I need to break it down to a nested for loop or rather just 2 separate for loops? first start out with the dir /ad /b /s | findstr "%buildPatch%. and take the output of that (each folder path) into a temp file. t...

I resolved quite a few issues I was having with this batch file thanks to much help from the posts here. However, still having an issue with this particular line, or maybe it's not possible to work in the way I want it to. setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (...

Yes, sadly. My issue has changed throughout the process due to learning more about how horrible the folder structure is on the networked drive and how most of the folders are named in different formats.

I'll try out the code you posted when I get to work later.

Thanks

So you are saying the following should work how I was trying to explain it. for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir /ad /b /s | findstr "%buildPatch%" ^|^ FINDSTR /s /i /L /M /c:"%choice%" *.txt') do ( set /a n+=1 set v!n!=%%a echo %%a and then something like %%a > temp...

the drive to be searched is read only. their own harddrive where the folder the batch file is kept has write access though. I guess a temp file could be made there.

Also, yes there are many folders. one of the versions alone has 60+ folders in it with different patches, etc.

I appreciate the replies all. I have another question, i cant seem to figure this out after reading over the dir , findstr and for /f functions. So i cant use a temp file due to read only access restrictions all the machines have that this batch file will be run from. just an fyi, for any responses....

OK. nevermind the last post. It isn't going to be possible to have it search the different directory. as it isn't local on the harddrive, and i didnt have access to it by just doing CD \thepath Sooo. Ill just have to get approval to have my batch file (once complete) placed in that root directory of...

Another question here regarding the same code. Here's what I have so far. This isn't going to be my final result, but it works so far the way i want it to(on my pc at least) @echo off :SEARCH set /p choice=Enter the search word or phrase to find the QF: FINDSTR /s /i /L /M /c:"%choice%" *....

Well, the reason behind the temp.txt is that im going to end up giving the user a choice whether they want to open 1 of the text files that was found, or 1 at a time. If 3 are found, I don't want all 3 to open, unless they do it 1 at a time. (this will be incorporated later using a listbox in a vb o...