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October 27, 2010 at 11:55 pm #2247044
Bat File
Lockedby wizard-09 · about 13 years, 5 months ago
Hello All, need a bat file to complete a task, looking some help.
I have PS tools located on the PC I need a file that will do this.
@echo offPSKILL RVD.exe
I need it to prompt for a computer name so
@echo offpskill rvd.exe %computername%
Also it will be a remote computer that needs it killed not local
could someone help, been a while from I have writen a bat file to prompt for computer name thanks.
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October 27, 2010 at 11:55 pm #2854463
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October 28, 2010 at 2:35 am #2854444
Usage
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Bat File
From the instructions to PsKill:
Usage: pskill [- ] [-t] [\\computer [-u username] [-p password]]The -t to also kill dependants. That’s up to you. But next is more important: unless you’re a domain admin, you’ll probably need to provide logon credentials to the remote computer. (and if you include these admin credentials in your batch file, then you may want to guard the file with a couple of angry dogs, who can’t read).
Anyway, I see two main ways to do what you want.
1. Parameter, you’d include the far computername when you call your batch file: RemoteFix FarComputerName
Then the command in the line would read something like
pskill \\%1 rvd.exe2. Prompt
To have the batch file stop and ask, use the SET /P command:
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name
pskill \\%FarComputerName% rvd.exe
Set FarComputerName=The last line is intended to clear the variable again.
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October 28, 2010 at 11:01 pm #2854265
Thanks
by wizard-09 · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Usage
Yes I am domain admin, if I want to add commands to the bat file like, push 1 for this option will do kill rvd.exe push 2 for kill vnc.exe how would I complete that would that be the %if% command, I have the below but no matter what I select it will always go to the rvd.exe no matter what option I select?
ECHO OFF
CLS
:MENU
ECHO.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO PRESS 1, 2 or 3 to select your task, or 4 to EXIT.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO.
ECHO 1 – PSKILL RVD REMOTE HOST
ECHO 2 – **KILL VNC REMOTE HOST
ECHO 3 – RESTART VM WARE
ECHO.
SET /P m=Type 1, 2, or 3, then press ENTER:
IF %m%==1 GOTO KILL RVD
IF %m%==2 GOTO KILL VNC
IF %m%==3 GOTO RESTART VM
IF %m%==4 GOTO EOF:KILL RVD
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Set FarComputerName=
pskill \\%FarComputerName% rvd.exe:KILL VNC
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Set FarComputerName=
pskill \\%FarComputerName% vnc.exe:RESTART VM
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Set FarComputerName=
pskill \\%FarComputerName% vnc.exegoto
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October 28, 2010 at 11:51 pm #2854262
You’re lucky
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Thanks
It’s weekend over here, and I felt like digging into this…
Here we go
Menubat.bat
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REM 2010-10-29 by TobiF
@echo off
set farcomputer=%1:menu
cls
set choicecounter=0
echo Currently selected computer name is: %farcomputer%
echo.
echo Choose number and press enter
echo.
echo (1) Select other computer. Current is: %farcomputer%
echo (2) Command A
echo (3) Command B
echo (4) Command C
echo (0) Quit
echo.:choice
set /P menuchoice=[1,2,3,4,0] ?
set choicecounter=%ChoiceCounter%+1
if %menuchoice%==1 goto setname
if %menuchoice%==2 goto commanda
if %menuchoice%==3 goto commandb
if %menuchoice%==4 goto commandc
if %menuchoice%==0 goto quit
rem If we end up here, then no choice matched. So: bounce back!
Set /A choicecounter+=1
if %choicecounter% gtr 5 goto menu
goto choice:setname
echo.
set /P farcomputer=[Enter name of remote computer: ]?
goto menu:commanda
echo.
echo this is command A/%farcomputer%
rem do what we need to do
pause
goto menu:commandb
echo.
echo this is command B /%farcomputer%
rem do what we need to do
pause
goto menu:commandc
echo.
echo this is command C/%farcomputer%
rem do what we need to do
pause
goto menu:quit
echo.
echo Thanks for your visit. Do come again!
set farcomputer=
set choicecounter=
set menuchoice=======================================
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October 29, 2010 at 12:22 am #2854258
Not Working
by wizard-09 · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to You’re lucky
I can’t get that one to work, can we just not edit this one to go whats needed please 🙂
ECHO OFF
CLS
:MENU
ECHO.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO PRESS 1, 2 or 3 to select your task, or 4 to EXIT.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO.
ECHO 1 – PSKILL RVD REMOTE HOST
ECHO 2 – **KILL VNC REMOTE HOST
ECHO 3 – RESTART VM WARE
ECHO.
SET /P m=Type 1, 2, or 3, then press ENTER:
IF %m%==1 GOTO KILL RVD
IF %m%==2 GOTO KILL VNC
IF %m%==3 GOTO RESTART VM
IF %m%==4 GOTO EOF:KILL RVD
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Set FarComputerName=
pskill \\%FarComputerName% rvd.exe:KILL RVD
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Set FarComputerName=
pskill \\%FarComputerName% vnc.exe:RESTART VM
start shutdown -i
goto
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October 29, 2010 at 12:53 am #2854255
Problems
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Not Working
1. You can’t use the same label several times.
(:KILL RVD)
2. You can’t use space in label names
(:KILL RVD)
3. Realize that labels are just labels. Unless you enter a goto command, execution will simply continue forward in your batch file.
If user enters anything other than [1234] then you will, in order, kill rvd, kill vnc and then shutdown… (In between nagging you for computer names)
4. What function does a single “goto” have?
0 (cosmetic): Echo off on the first line will turn off echoing of the batch file’s commands to the screen. But this line itself will be replicated, unless you put a @ before it, like this: “@echo off”But, most important, if you have no clue (and not even really try to get any clue), then maybe you should work with something completely different?
I don’t realize how your batch file in any way would make your life easier. If would be quicker to simply enter the suitable PSKILL command directly, than:
1. enter the batch file name
2. select a number
3. answer your own prompt about computer nameDon’t you agree?
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October 29, 2010 at 2:13 am #2854252
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October 29, 2010 at 10:22 am #2873514
and for the sake of your BAT skills …
by churdoo · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Not Working
Taking Tobi’s suggestions (great advice Tobi!), plus some other fixes on your original bat file …
As Tobi stated, your lables cannot include a space, so use an underscore instead for readability
Also I noticed you were clearing your FarComputerName environment variable before using it in the pskill commands, and some other fixes I’ve tried to explain with the REM comments.
@ECHO OFF
CLS
:MENU
ECHO.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO PRESS 1, 2 or 3 to select your task, or 4 to EXIT.
ECHO ………………………………………..
ECHO.
ECHO 1 – PSKILL RVD REMOTE HOST
ECHO 2 – **KILL VNC REMOTE HOST
ECHO 3 – RESTART VM WARE
ECHO.
SET /P m=Type 1, 2, or 3, then press ENTER:
Rem I’ve had better luck with quotes around the IF comparisons, I’m not sure why
IF “%m%”==”1” GOTO KILL_RVD
IF “%m%”==”2” GOTO KILL_VNC
IF “%m%”==”3” GOTO RESTART_VM
IF “%m%”==”4” GOTO EOF
Rem the following GOTO is in case the user enters nothing or garbage
GOTO menu:KILL_RVD
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
pskill \\%FarComputerName% rvd.exe
Rem if you don’t put the following GOTO, your bat will proceed to the next section
Rem you can GOTO MENU or GOTO EOF your choice
Rem I like the idea of leaving this BAT running in its own CMD shell all day
Rem then you may save some typing, and you can expand functionality as needed
goto menu:KILL_VNC
SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
pskill \\%FarComputerName% vnc.exe
goto menu:RESTART_VM
start shutdown -i
Rem or perhaps the following …
Rem SET /P FarComputerName=Enter remote computer name \\
Rem shutdown -r -f -t 30 -m \\%FarComputerName%
goto menu:eof
Rem clean up your variables down here once versus at every section
Set FarComputerName=
Set m= -
October 29, 2010 at 10:29 am #2873511
I wasn’t clearing before menu
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to and for the sake of your BAT skills …
But I allowed a first farcomputername to be included as a parameter when the batch file is called.
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October 29, 2010 at 11:16 am #2873502
Same code, with comments…
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to You’re lucky
Through his post, Churdoo pointed out that I didn’t document what I was doing. (I kind of thought that the structure was easy to understand without additional comments. But here we go:
Of course, you name the file as you like, as long as the extension is .bat.
Menubat.bat
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@echo off
REM The previous line turns off echoing of commands.
REM @ in the beginning makes sure this very line won’t be echoed, either.
REM 2010-10-29 by TobiFREM It is possible to set an initial farcomputer
REM as parameter when this batchfile is called.
REM like this: MenuBat FirstComputerNameset farcomputer=%1
REM %1 is a local variable, which expands to the first argument.REM Here starts the menu.
REM Edit it for the choices you want.
REM You can easily add some lines. It’s just text.:menu
REM the :menu is a label, to allow goto statements
REM to branch execution from here.
REM cls will clear the screen
cls
REM choicecounter is initalized
set choicecounter=0
echo Currently selected computer name is: %farcomputer%
echo.
echo Choose number and press enter
echo.
echo (1) Select other computer. Current is: %farcomputer%
echo (2) Command A
echo (3) Command B
echo (4) Command C
echo (0) Quit
echo.
REM echo. gives a blank line. (Just echo gives another result.)REM Here starts the choice handling.
REM We won’t print the whole menu again if the user
REM enters an invalid choice, since the menu will still
REM remain visible on screen.
REM But if 5 invalid choices are made, then it’s
REM time to clear the screen and start over.
:choice
set /P menuchoice=[1,2,3,4,0] ?
REM The text after “=” is simply printed as a prompt.
REM But do edit it to match expected input.REM start testing input value against options.
REM This section needs to be edited for the options
REM you want to test. More options=additional lines.
REM Feel free to edit the labels further down.
REM In that case they should be changed here, too.
REM Remember that a label can’t contain spaces.if %menuchoice%==1 goto setname
if %menuchoice%==2 goto commanda
if %menuchoice%==3 goto commandb
if %menuchoice%==4 goto commandc
if %menuchoice%==0 goto quit
rem If we end up here, then no choice matched. So: bounce back!REM Increment choicecounter
Set /A choicecounter+=1REM Test for more than 5 invalid responses
REM in that case, reprint the whole menuif %choicecounter% gtr 5 goto menu
REM If we’re still here, then iteration is max done 5 times
REM So we can just go back to the input again.
goto choiceREM After the unconditional jump, we’re in to
REM our “subroutines”REM setname is to change the far computer name
:setname
echo.
set /P farcomputer=[Enter name of remote computer: ]?
goto menuREM Here we execute the first optional command
REM Label (and corresponding goto, higher up)
REM may be changed to make easier to read.
:commanda
echo.
REM next line should be replaced with a real command.
echo this is command A/%farcomputer%
REM do what we need to do
REM In order to see the result of the command
REM before clearing the screen with the menu
REM we pause for the user to hit any key.
pause
goto menu:commandb
echo.
echo this is command B /%farcomputer%
rem do what we need to do
pause
goto menu:commandc
echo.
echo this is command C/%farcomputer%
rem do what we need to do
pause
goto menuREM When user wants to finish, we move execution to
REM the end of the file.:quit
REM the following echo lines are just
REM placeholders. Not needed at all.
echo.
echo Thanks for your visit. Do come again!
REM Let’s clear the variables we’ve used.
set farcomputer=
set choicecounter=
set menuchoice=======================================
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