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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Server => Topic started by: azmarkk on July 27, 2008, 09:38:28 PM
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I am trying to shutdown 157 windows xp workstations using the following bat file.
"shutdown -r -f -c " Automatic system restart has been called for by the system administrator. Shutdown will begin in 30 seconds".
Can I use wildcards and the -m \\abc** for system names.
Example "abc**" for system named abc01, abc02 ect.
I only want to shut down and restart certian pc's in the domain.
The domain server is running Server 2003.
Thanks
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You can't use wildcards for the shutdown command, but you could probably do something like this in a batch file:
@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('net view ^| findstr /i /b "\\\\abc"') do (
echo Rebooting %%a
shutdown.exe -r -f -m "%%a" -c " Automatic system restart has been called for by the system administrator. Shutdown will begin in 30 seconds"
)
As with all batch scripts, this should be tested in a controlled environment before run on a live network.