Windows-basic-commands-batchscript

Ex08-Windows-basic-commands-batchscript

AIM:

To execute Windows basic commands and batch scripting

DESIGN STEPS:

Step 1:

Navigate to any Windows environment installed on the system or installed inside a virtual environment like virtual box/vmware

Step 2:

Write the Windows commands / batch file . Save each script in a file with a .bat extension. Ensure you have the necessary permissions to perform the operations. Adapt paths as needed based on your system configuration.

Step 3:

Execute the necessary commands/batch file for the desired output.

WINDOWS COMMANDS:

Exercise 1: Basic Directory and File Operations

Create a directory named "my-folder"

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\MyLab

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

cd %userprofile%\Desktop\MyLab

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

type nul > MyFile.txt

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

dir %userprofile%\Desktop\MyLab

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\Backup

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\Backup

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\Documents
move MyLab Documents

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

List out all the associated file extensions

COMMAND AND OUTPUT

Compare the file hello.txt and rose.txt

Exercise 2: Advanced Batch Scripting

Create a batch file named on the desktop. The batch file need to have a variable assigned with a desired name for ex. name="John" and display as "Hello, John".

@echo off
mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\DocBackup
copy %userprofile%\Documents\*.docx %userprofile%\Desktop\DocBackup
echo Backup completed successfully!

OUTPUT

  @echo off
  mkdir %userprofile%\Desktop\DocBackup
  copy %userprofile%\Documents\*.docx %userprofile%\Desktop\DocBackup
  del %userprofile%\Documents\*.docx
  echo Backup and deletion completed successfully!

RESULT:

The commands/batch files are executed successfully.