Batch Extract path and filename from a variable

Question

How can I extract path and filename from a variable   Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set file C  Users l72rugschiri Desktop fs cfg   I want to do that without using any function or any GOTO  is it possible

User · Answer

You can only extract path and filename from (1) a parameter of the BAT itself %1, or (2) the parameter of a CALL %1 or (3) a local FOR variable %%a.

in HELP CALL or HELP FOR you may find more detailed information:

%~1 - expands %1 removing any surrounding quotes (")
%~f1 - expands %1 to a fully qualified path name
%~d1 - expands %1 to a drive letter only
%~p1 - expands %1 to a path only
%~n1 - expands %1 to a file name only
%~x1 - expands %1 to a file extension only
%~s1 - expanded path contains short names only
%~a1 - expands %1 to file attributes
%~t1 - expands %1 to date/time of file
%~z1 - expands %1 to size of file

And then try the following:

Either pass the string to be parsed as a parameter to a CALL

call :setfile ..\Desktop\fs.cfg
echo %file% = %filepath% + %filename%
goto :eof

:setfile
set file=%~f1
set filepath=%~dp1
set filename=%~nx1
goto :eof

or the equivalent, pass the filename as a local FOR variable

for %%a in (..\Desktop\fs.cfg) do (
    set file=%%~fa
    set filepath=%%~dpa
    set filename=%%~nxa
)    
echo %file% = %filepath% + %filename%

User · Answer

ECHO OFF SETLOCAL set file C  Users l72rugschiri Desktop fs cfg FOR   i IN    file    DO   ECHO filedrive    di ECHO filepath    pi ECHO filename    ni ECHO fileextension    xi     Not really sure what you mean by no  function   Obviously  change ECHO to SET to set the variables rather thon ECHOing them     See for documentation for a full list     ceztko s test case  for reference    ECHO OFF SETLOCAL set file  C  Users  l72rugschiri Desktop fs cfg  FOR  F  delims     i IN    file    DO   ECHO filedrive    di ECHO filepath    pi ECHO filename    ni ECHO fileextension    xi     Comment   please see comments

User · Answer

if you want infos from the actual running batchfile   try this     echo off set myNameFull  0 echo myNameFull      myNameFull  set myNameShort   n0 echo myNameShort     myNameShort  set myNameLong   nx0 echo myNameLong      myNameLong  set myPath   dp0 echo myPath          myPath  set myLogfileWpath  myPath  myNameShort  log echo myLogfileWpath  myLogfileWpath    more samples      C   HELP CALL   0   parameter 0   batchfile  1   parameter 1  - 1st par  passed to batchfile    so you can try that stuff  e g    dp   between 1st  e g       and last  e g   1   also for parameters

User · Answer

All of this works for me    Echo Off Echo Directory     dp0 Echo Object Name With Quotations  0 Echo Object Name Without Quotes   0 Echo Bat File Drive     d0 Echo Full File Name     n0  x0 Echo File Name Without Extension     n0 Echo File Extension     x0 Pause gt Nul   Output   Directory   D  Users Thejordster135 Desktop Code BAT   Object Name With Quotations  D  Users Thejordster135 Desktop Code BAT Path V2 bat   Object Name Without Quotes D  Users Thejordster135 Desktop Code BAT Path V2 bat  Bat File Drive   D   Full File Name   Path bat  File Name Without Extension   Path  File Extension    bat

User · Answer

Late answer  I know  but for me the following script is quite useful - and it answers the question too  hitting two flys with one flag  -  The following script expands SendTo in the file explorer s context menu   echo off cls if  quot   dp1 quot    quot  quot  goto Install  REM change drive  then cd to path given and run shell there   d1 cd  quot   dp1 quot  cmd  k goto End   Install rem No arguments  Copies itself into SendTo folder copy  quot  0 quot   quot  appdata  Microsoft Windows SendTo A - Open in CMD shell cmd quot    End  If you run this script without any parameters by double-clicking on it  it will copy itself to the SendTo folder and renaming it to  quot A - Open in CMD shell cmd quot   Afterwards it is available in the  quot SentTo quot  context menu  Then  right-click on any file or folder in Windows explorer and select  quot SendTo  gt  A - Open in CMD shell cmd quot  The script will change drive and path to the path containing the file or folder you have selected and open a command shell with that path - useful for Visual Studio Code  because then you can just type  quot code   quot  to run it in the context of your project  How does it work   0     - full path of the batch script    d1   - the drive contained in the first argument  e g   quot C  quot      dp1  - the path contained in the first argument  cmd  k - opens a command shell which stays open  Not used here  but   n1 is the file name of the first argument  I hope this is helpful for someone

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