[solved] Batch processing text files

[Lu]

Hello,

I'm trying process text files from directory, but i do something in wrong way.

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@echo off
for %%i IN ('D:\txts\*.txt') do
java -jar D:\java\somefile.jar  -i < %%i > %i_done.txt
It should look like this:

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java -jar D:\java\somefile.jar  -i inputfile.txt > output_done_file.txt
But, of course it doesn't work it that way. What i do wrong?

[Salmon Trout]

You missed out the opening and closing parentheses and you may need to  escape the < and > symbols. And I don't know what this

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%i_done.txt
is meant to be

[smeezekitty]

%i_done.txt
is suppose to make
the original name plus _done.txt
so
hello_world.txt
would become hello_world.txt_done.txt

[Salmon Trout]

%i_done.txt
is suppose to make
the original name plus _done.txt
so
hello_world.txt
would become hello_world.txt_done.txt

Why has it only got one % sign?

[smeezekitty]

that would be an error

[Salmon Trout]

that would be an error

What i do wrong?

There may be others

[Lu]

I try to achieve such goal:

Take all text files from input directory and let some java program do it's work.
But this program must have defined in and out.
It works fine with commands:

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java -jar somefile.jar -i C:\input_dir\file1.txt -o C:\output_dir\file_done.txt
java -jar somefile.jar -i C:\input_dir\file1.txt > C:\output_dir\file_done.txtI cannot do:

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java -jar somefile.jar -i C:\input_dir\*.txtbecause output is not specified or produces 0 byte output for *.txt which for me it's useless. I need put processed files into different directory with maybe changed names.
Does the closing parenthesis means:

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(java -jar D:\java\somefile.jar  -i  %%i  -o %%i_done.txt) I guess not...

[smeezekitty]

did it work or not?
i am confused    

[Lu]

Well, the only thing that works is command in cmd:

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for %i in (c:\input\*.txt) do java -jar somefile.jar -i %i > %i_done.txtBut if it works in cmd i don't care how to write it in batch file - thanks for all replies.

[Helpmeh]

Well, the only thing that works is command in cmd:

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for %i in (c:\input\*.txt) do java -jar somefile.jar -i %i > %i_done.txtBut if it works in cmd i don't care how to write it in batch file - thanks for all replies.

Take your code, add
@echo off
on a line above it and paste it into notepad. Save it as myscript.bat and there you go!

[Salmon Trout]

paste it into notepad. Save it as myscript.bat

Don't forget to change %i to %%i