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Apply a process to multiple files
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 00:03
by gibdemaffenzucker
Hi guys,
I need your help really urgently: I want to edit multiple files using the little programm AtomicParsley (
http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/).
The term I want to apply to my files is
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atomicparsley PATHTOFILE --manualAtomRemove "moov.udta.meta.ilst.apID"
What I thought about is pointing the bat to a folder which contains my files and all of which should be applied that line of code above.
Can you please help me?
Re: Apply a process to multiple files
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:31
by aGerman
I will not download this tool for tests because I dont need it.
You could run it in a FOR loop.
Untested:
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pushd "c:\your folder"
for %%a in (*.ext) do %~dp0atomicparsley "%%~fa" --manualAtomRemove "moov.udta.meta.ilst.apID"
popd
You have to change
c:\your folder and
*.ext.
Regards
aGerman
Re: Apply a process to multiple files
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:39
by gibdemaffenzucker
great! thanks! works like a charm
would it be possible to choose the path each time the batch is being run? (instead of having to change it in the source)
Re: Apply a process to multiple files
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:13
by aGerman
Of course. What about SET /P?
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@echo off &setlocal
set /p "folder=Enter your path: "
pushd "%folder%" ||goto :eof
for %%a in (*.ext) do "%~dp0atomicparsley.exe" "%%~fa" --manualAtomRemove "moov.udta.meta.ilst.apID"
popd
Note that you have to input the path without quotes (regardless if there are spaces or not).
Regards
aGerman
Re: Apply a process to multiple files
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 23:26
by gibdemaffenzucker
perfectly! thank you very very much - this saves me days of work compared to editing all these files by hand.