Batch list and create a txt from listing inside another txt!

[zylor]

Hi!

I created a batch file to list every .apk file inside that same directory!

with the code:

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@echo
for /r . %%g in (*.apk) do echo %%~nxg >> list.txt
The final listing (list.txt) is for example:

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AccuweatherDaemon.apk
AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk
AccuweatherWidget.apk
AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk
After i get this listing i created another batch to create a specific code to create specific list for the files inside the list.txt:

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%A in (list.txt) do (
echo.symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/%%~nA.apk","/system/app/%%~nA.apk"); >> symlinks.txt
)
And i wanted  the final listing to appear as:

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symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherDaemon.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherDaemon.apk");
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk","/system/app/AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk");
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherWidget.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherWidget.apk");
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk");
But what i get is:

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symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherDaemon.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherDaemon.apk"
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk","/system/app/AccuWeatherDaemonService.apk"
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherWidget.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherWidget.apk"
symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk","/system/app/AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk"
Somehow the ); is getting ignored!

Anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks

[DigitalSnow]

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%A in (list.txt) do (
echo.symlink("/preload/symlink/system/app/%%~nA.apk","/system/app/%%~nA.apk"^); >> symlinks.txt
)
Add an escape character ^ before the ) close parentheses character.   ) is being interpreted as the end of the loop because it is a special character.  Escaping needs to be done for all special characters used as literals not contained within double quotations.

[zylor]

I was just replying my own post with the exact same solution as you provided my friend!

I remembered about the special characters too!

And then i found this post:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10021464/batch-file-to-add-characters-to-beginning-and-end-of-each-line-in-txt-file

Which clarified everything to me 

Thanks for your help!