Pass arguments to script through command line

[dmorand]

I have a script that I created that I just compiled as an exe. I would like to pass 3 arguments to the exe and assign them to variables I have setup. How would I go about doing this? I'm fairly new to writing scripts so sorry if this is dumb.

[cartman380]

I have a script that I created that I just compiled as an exe. I would like to pass 3 arguments to the exe and assign them to variables I have setup. How would I go about doing this? I'm fairly new to writing scripts so sorry if this is dumb.

Go to the help file goto index and type in Command Line Parameters and it gives you all the information about using command line parameters.

[Kip]

I'm fairly new to writing scripts so sorry if this is dumb.

That's not an excuse for NOT searching.

[dmorand]

Sorry I did search, I just couldn't find anything, I'll make sure I search better next time.

[Kip]

Sorry I did search, I just couldn't find anything,

I bet you searched on the forums, not the help file.

[dmorand]

I bet you searched on the forums, not the help file.

Yes that's exactly what I did. I haven't had good luck ever with application help files, that's why.

[DaRam]

Search for "CmdLine" and pick the first item on the list -> "Running Scripts".

Yes that's exactly what I did. I haven't had good luck ever with application help files, that's why.

[bouncingmolar]

Sorry I did search, I just couldn't find anything, I'll make sure I search better next time.

Thanks Dmorand for taking the heat. I was almost going to send another question about this until I found your post. My problem was that I didn't know that command line was called command line so i didn't know what to search for.

[bouncingmolar]

Perhaps I don't have a very good understanding of Cmdline paramaters but Can cmd lines be injected into an already running script?

[martin]

Perhaps I don't have a very good understanding of Cmdline paramaters but Can cmd lines be injected into an already running script?

Not in a straightforward way.

Say you have a script alredy running.

Then you run another instance but pass it the parameters. Then the second one knows what the parameters are, it can detect that there is already a version running so then it can tell the previous version what the parameters are and close. To tell the other script what the parameters are it can use messages (my preference) or some other method. There are many other methods. For example if the script has an edit then you can use ControlCommanbd to send text to the edit, then the script can detect the change and read it. Or you could write a file with the data in it, the other script detects the file, reads it and deletes it.

Edited September 26, 2008 by martin

[ob2s]

How do you loop through the args ? for example

args are

one two three four five

I need the first arg that I can ref using %1%, but then I need take two three four five and stick them together in

one variable. The total number of arguments always varies. I know %0% will count the args, but I am not sure how to make the variable I am looking for. In unix I just var=`echo $* |sed "s/arg1 //g"` just to clarify what I need to do.

Thanks

[sksbir]

How do you loop through the args ? for example

args are

one two three four five

I need the first arg that I can ref using %1%, but then I need take two three four five and stick them together in

one variable. The total number of arguments always varies. I know %0% will count the args, but I am not sure how to make the variable I am looking for. In unix I just var=`echo $* |sed "s/arg1 //g"` just to clarify what I need to do.

Thanks

Hello, you have to make a concatenation loop, something like this:

$OTHERARGS=""
for $CPT=2 to $CMDLINE[0]
$OTHERARGS&=$CMDLINE[$CPT]
next
msgbox(0,"test","1st arg=" & $CMDLINE[1] & @crlf & "Other args=" & $OTHERARGS)

[carriecelery]

Six years later, this is how I accessed the arguments within my script:

$valueOne = _Args("/argumentOne", ":")
$valueTwo = _Args("/argumentTwo", ":")

ConsoleWrite($valueOne)
ConsoleWrite($valueTwo)

Func _Args($argument, $delimiter)
    If Ubound($CmdLine) > 1 Then
        For $i = 1 To UBound($CmdLine)-1 Step 1
            If StringInStr($CmdLine[$i], $argument, 0) Then
                If StringInStr($CmdLine[$i], $delimiter, 0) Then
                    $value = StringSplit($CmdLine[$i], $delimiter)
                    Return $value[2]
                EndIf
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
EndFunc

And this is how I added the arguments when calling the script:

"C:\install\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\ArgsTest.au3" /argumentOne:MyFirstValue /argumentTwo:MySecondValue

 

[JLogan3o13]

6 years later, and the OP hasn't even been active in that 6 years. Thanks for demonstrating why we don't necro old posts...

[erblemoof]

Six years later, this is how I accessed the arguments within my script:

Thanks, this was the first result when searching Google keywords 'pass arguments to script site:www.autoitscript.com'. I found your post extremely helpful. It saved me a bunch of time.

Edited January 11, 2016 by erblemoof

[faldo]

Howdy,

Thanx for this small but usefull UDF.
By adding the flag 1 to stringsplit you can use more than one character as delimiter (ie. /argumentOne::"c:\temp\outputfile.txt")

Func _Args($argument, $delimiter)
    If Ubound($CmdLine) > 1 Then
        For $i = 1 To UBound($CmdLine)-1 Step 1
            If StringInStr($CmdLine[$i], $argument, 0) Then
                If StringInStr($CmdLine[$i], $delimiter, 0) Then
                    $value = StringSplit($CmdLine[$i], $delimiter, 1)
                    Return $value[$value[0]]
                EndIf
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
EndFunc

Cheers!