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Blu3Rat
Blu3Rat

Reputation: 49

Script able to run from any folder

I have a script with an .XML file in a folder. Script can run and work its magic with an .XML file.

For now, this script is only able to run, if I place this folder on a desktop, but I would like to be able to run it from anywhere in the computer, as long as long both files are in this directory and directory´s name doesn´t change.

How can I do that?

Here is my script:

<# Makes a copy of a former file and replaces content of a <serviceNumber> tag with a name of the copied file #>
$SetCount = Read-Host -Prompt "How many copies do you need"
$name = 420566666000
for ($i=1; $i -le $SetCount; $i++)
{ 
$name++    
Copy-Item $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\numbers\420566666000.xml $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\numbers\$name.xml
(Get-Content $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\numbers\$name.xml).replace('420566666000', $name) | Set-Content $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\numbers\$name.xml
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 77

Answers (2)

Martin Brandl
Martin Brandl

Reputation: 58971

We wouldn't be able to answer your question without the script. In gernal, you have to check your script for hardcoded path and replace them with a Join-Path of your determined script directory:

<# Makes a copy of a former file and replaces content of a <serviceNumber> tag with a name of the copied file #>
$SetCount = Read-Host -Prompt "How many copies do you need"

$scriptPath = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$name = 420566666000
for ($i=1; $i -le $SetCount; $i++)
{ 
$name++    
Copy-Item (Join-Path $scriptPath '420566666000.xml') (Join-Path $scriptPath "$name.xml")
(Get-Content (Join-Path $scriptPath "$name.xml")).replace('420566666000', $name) | Set-Content (Join-Path $scriptPath "$name.xml")
}

Also, you can improve your script a lot. You can read the content of the file once, store it in a variable and replace / set the content for each copy you want:

$SetCount = Read-Host -Prompt "How many copies do you need"
$scriptPath = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$name = 420566666000
$fileContent = Get-Content (Join-Path $scriptPath '420566666000.xml') -Raw

for ($i=1; $i -le $SetCount; $i++)
{   
    $name++;
    $fileContent -replace '420566666000', $name | Set-Content (Join-Path $scriptPath "$name.xml")
}

Upvotes: 0

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354644

You can get information about the script currently running via $PSCommandPath: 

Split-Path -Parent $PSCommandPath

You can then combine that with your XML file name via Join-Path:

$scriptPath = Split-Path -Parent $PSCommandPath
$xmlPath = Join-Path $scriptPath foo.xml

Upvotes: 1

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