Get/Set Unknown Filename Variable with Batch
I Am Working on a Document Import Utility That Imports a Text Document from a Specific Location. the Filename of the Document Is Unknown and I Need to Find out...
I am working on a document import utility that imports a text document from a specific location. The filename of the document is unknown and I need to find out how to determine the name of the file and make it a temporary value in my script so that it knows what the file name is so that it can ultimately open it in notepad automatically. I tried using *.txt to see if notepad would just open the first file matching this filter within the working directory but it doesn't work. How do I get and then set this unknown filename variable once the document has been copied to the working directory? Here is the code I have for the function so far:
@ECHO OFF
:CHECK
IF EXIST "*.txt" GOTO :AUTOEDIT
IF NOT EXIST "*.txt" GOTO :RUN
:AUTOEDIT
%SYSTEMROOT%\Notepad.exe "*.txt"
GOTO :END
:RUN
%SYSTEMROOT%\Notepad.exe
GOTO :END
END
1 Answer
Create this batch file and save it in the folder where the misterious txt file is beeing copied to.
@echo off
:CHECK
for %%a in (*.txt) do (
set TxtFile=%%a
Goto :AUTOEDIT %TxtFile%
)
echo Checking for txt files every 10 seconds...
timeout /t 10 > Nul
cls
Goto :CHECK
:AUTOEDIT
cls
echo.
echo Hello, I found a file called "%TxtFile%", Press any key to open it...
pause > Nul
%systemroot%\notepad.exe %Txtfile%
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