Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How can I download a file with batch file without using any external tools? Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 10 months ago. Active 1 year ago. Viewed 52k times. What are possible approaches.
Application - all of them are accessible ActiveX objects in order of how I prefer them. Application is in fact just the Internet explorer accessible through ActiveX object and some UI elements are unavoidable are they?
NET - It's possible to create a hybrid batch file with all the three default. NET compilers Jscript. Net , C with Jscript. If we ignore the fact that there's a compiled. NET we can use System. WebClient or System. HttpRequest , but for now I'll post only System. WebClient solution. So there are really many ways to dowanload a file with. May be in the future I'll update my answer. Anyway only the Webclient is especially designed for download.
Using powershell - has same possibilities as. NET but with less chances to be installed on all machines you can meet. So I'll skip this one too. Improve this question. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. But they are definitely wrong! Here is a simple method that seems to work pretty well for downloading files in your batch scripts.
It should be working on almost any file's URL. It is even possible to use a proxy server if you need it. EXE from the Windows system.
Proxy Server: For connecting using a proxy, use this command before downloading. It should be enabled by default. I made these 3 functions for simplifying the bitsadmin commands.
It's easier to use and remember. It can be particularly useful if you are using it multiple times in your scripts. CMD to the end of your script. But you can do it from a VBScript, and you can generate the VBScript file from batch using echo and output redirection:. More explanation here.
You cannot use xcopy over http. Try downloading wget for windows. That may do the trick. It is a command line utility for non-interactive download of files through http. This should work i did the following for a game server project. It will download the zip and extract it to what ever directory you specify. For backward compatibility you can use winhttpjs. This question has very good answer in here.
My code is purely based on that answer with some modifications. Save below snippet as wget. Put it in a directory and add this directory to system path. The file url and saved filenames are displayed in ansi colored text. If that is causing problem for you, then check this github project.
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Here: stackoverflow. I know this is an old post, but for those who get here from now on Windows 10 already has native CURL. The simplest command for this case would be like this: curl " example. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. All matching files that were found by the monitor are then put into the processing queue. Depending on the monitor behavior type, file processing may be initiated under different conditions:.
There is no limit to how many monitors you can setup — it only depends on the system resources that are available to you. The monitor setup can be easily saved to a template file for future use. Once you have setup the monitors and actions, you can start monitoring and processing files. Unlike the Manual Mode, processing in the Automatic Mode can be paused, so you can edit both the monitors and actions in the Action Sequence, and then safely resume processing.
Automatic Mode is ideal for cases when your workflow involves continually working with small batches of files that are coming in periodically and require similar kind of processing.
In Automatic Mode, instead of selecting specific files for processing, you setup "monitors" that tell the program which files should be processed and when; and the processing is performed automatically and continually when the specified conditions are met. Depending on the kind of monitor you setup, the processing will be triggered only when appropriate condition is met. For example, if you set up a File Exists monitor, the program will always process all qualified files in the monitored folder as long as they are present; however if you set up a File Added monitor, the program will process only the new files that have been copied to or moved to the folder since the start of its monitoring.
The monitors work by continually scanning the specified folder directory and subfolders for specified files that match a predefined naming pattern mask as well as other properties. The scanning happens at equally spaced time intervals that you define refresh rate.
Among the file properties that may be examined are: file size, file dates, file attributes. Thus Batch Files will enqueue for processing only those files that match all the requirements specified in the monitor.
You can define as many monitors as you like subject to the system resources you have and the product edition that you are using. Additionally, monitors can be enabled and disabled with a single click.
In automatic mode processing works in 2 stages. First, the monitor s scan the specified folder s for any valid files, and add them to the processing queue.
Then the program automatically processes all the files in that queue. These 2 stages need not be consecutive, as the program begins processing as soon as the queue is non-empty. Triggered or Scheduled Processing Mode lets you define different processing jobs that can be executed on schedule or a particular trigger, such as: on every Monday at ; at Logon ; on a particular system event; etc. The program does not need to be running for the processing job to be activated - it will be automatically started with the right command line parameters at the right time by Windows Task Scheduler Service which needs to be enabled for this feature to work and begin performing the tasks defined by the processing job.
Processing jobs are easily managed within the program, but should the need arise, you can also modify their properties in Windows Task Scheduler directly. All processing jobs can be different: for every job you can specify not only the trigger or schedule that will determine when it runs, but also the files to be processed, actions to be performed, output file name pattern and directory, and a host of other options.
In Triggered or Scheduled Processing Mode, file processing is started upon a specified event trigger or at a specific time as per the specified schedule.
Batch Files need not be running in order for the processing jobs to be activated, the program and processing is started automatically by Windows Task Scheduler Service. Creating a processing jobs is straight forward. You define some general settings such as job's name, mode of operation. Then you specify the job's schedule or trigger that will determine when the processing job is actually ran.
Finally you specify the which files should be processed; how the files should be processed which actions should be performed ; and where the processed files should be saved. Once the processing job has been created, it appears in the list of processing jobs. This list reflects all the jobs that have been created and are registered with Windows Task Scheduler Service which is responsible for job's execution. Jobs can be enabled and disabled with a single click by putting or removing the checkmark next to the job's name in the list.
With Action Sequence you can easily specify which actions to perform on the selected files, under what circumstances, and in which order. You tell the program how to process files by adding various actions to the Action Sequence , which represents a sequence of operations to be performed step by step.
Conditional processing is possible with conditions, which are simply special actions that make sure that the actions that follow them should only be performed if particular requirements are satisfied: file name and file size match specified parameters, or a file contains certain text, etc. This results in potentially different processing paths for different files. Actions and conditions are visually presented in the action sequence using numbered hierarchical tree-like list and arrows, making it easy to design and see processing logic and understand various relationships between the actions and conditions.
There is no limit to how many actions or conditions can be added to the action sequence, nor are there any restrictions as to how the actions should be ordered. Do whatever you need to accomplish your goals! The action sequence that you design, including all the actions, conditions, levels of hierarchy, and individual action's settings can be easily saved to a file as XML-based template that you can reuse later.
Because templates are XML-based, you can actually use any text editor or specialized XML tools to edit these templates afterwards. Conditional processing allows you to perform different actions and operations on different files. This is accomplished using Conditions in the actions sequence , which alter the processing flow, so that different files may be processed using different processing paths! Any actions that follow a condition in the action sequence will be performed only if the check s defined by the condition have been passed by the file being processed.
Any actions nested inside a condition whose check s have not been passed by the files will not be performed on those files. If another condition is encountered later, it may add to the effects of previously defined condition s , so that any subsequent actions will be performed, provided the file being processed passes the new condition's check s as well.
Check if the file being processed matches specified file properties such as name pattern, location, size, and attributes. If it is a binary file, this is equivalent to checking file size.
Check if the file contains or does not contain specified text pattern using Regular Expressions. This condition is similar to Text Content Condition, except that for searching and matching more powerful Regular Expressions are used. This condition is useful if you want to make sure a file contains certain minimum number of specific text patterns. Every condition has these common behavior settings that determine how it interacts with other conditions and thus how it affects file processing flow.
Program features native support for Regular Expression syntax highlighting and contextual tips. Although this feature is entirely optional and may be easily turned off, it offers important visual cues and quick help should the need arise, and is ideal for someone who is just starting with Regular Expressions.
Regular Expressions Text Selector will generate a valid RegEx pattern that will match an arbitrary block of text, given by the starting line together with total line count, as well as starting character together with total character count per line. Regular Expressions Lines Selector will generate a valid RegEx pattern that will match specified lines of text given certain constraints such as: line range and line contents. You can, for example, specify that only the lines that contain, or start with, or perhaps do not end with specific content should be selected, and only if they fall within a given range i.
You can restrict which tags should be matched by specifying required attributes, attribute values, or require that no attribute s of specified kind should be present. Regular Expressions Number Selector will generate a valid RegEx pattern that will match a whole number in decimal format within the specified range. When it comes to saving the processed files, the program offers a great variety of options: it gives you full control over destination folder, file name pattern, file attributes, and output modes.
You have total control over where the processed files should be saved. Output folder directory can be:. Joining and splitting can be done at either binary level by bytes or at the text level by either characters or lines. When joining by bytes, the files are aligned so that the last byte of the first file comes right before the first byte of the second file. In Zip mode files are put together into root directory of a single zip file and optionally compressed.
This mode is similar to Join mode, in that in the end only one output file is produced, - in this case it is the zip archive containing processed files. All the files inside the archive are named according to the file name pattern that you specify. You can specify to run a third-party program after processing each file, or after processing all files, providing output file path s as the argument.
This is useful if you want to do additional processing on the files that at present cannot be achieved with this program. You can specify additional things that include: backup policy, whether original files should be deleted, should processing stop on errors, etc. In Normal regular output mode, processed files are not joined, split, or zipped, and remain singular.
There's one-to-one correspondence between input and output files. In Join output mode, processed files will be joined together. Files will be joined in the same order as they appear in the file list. Files can be joined either in binary mode at the byte level, or in text mode either at the character or line level subsequent files are put on the new line. In Split by Separator output mode, each processed file will be split into parts by the specified either text or binary separator entered in hexadecimal format.
When choosing output file name pattern, you can specify where the dynamically generated file part number should be included in the file name.
By default, numeric code is appended to the end of file's full name. In Split into Parts output mode, each processed file will be split into specified number of parts of equal size. The number of parts will be fixed, but their size may be different, depending on the size of original file. In Split by Size output mode, each processed file will be split into parts of specified size.
The number of parts will vary depending on the size of original file. In Zip output mode, processed files will be put into a single zip archive into its root directory and optionally compressed using deflate compression algorithm. This mode is similar to Join output mode, except the files are put into an archive instead of simply being joined together, and their output file names will be preserved in an archive.
When processing files you have additional output options. For example, you can set to adjust output files' dates and attributes. You may specify backup settings and whether or not original files should be kept or deleted. You can give processed files any name you desire with the powerful built-in file name designer tool.
The tokens may represent either dynamically generated content that can be included as part of the file name, or a command that somehow modifies the part of the filename that has already been generated like changing letter case, or performing replacement operation.
There are close to different tokens that can be used to generate dynamic file names that meet your requirements. Simply include the token in the appropriate place in the file name pattern to have dynamically generated content inserted in the right place if the token generates content , or to affect the generated filename in other ways if the token represents a command or operation.
When it comes to saving processed files, the program really shines, as it comes with built-in professional file renamer tool that lets you easily design file naming pattern simply by drag-dropping different name parts tags onto the text area. You can even perform search and replace operations on the file name patterns you design! Moreover the program can act solely as bulk file name renamer utility: you do not have to add any actions to the action sequence, and choose to only rename files instead!
One of the ways you can add files to the file list for processing is by doing a search for all files that match criteria you specify. The program will scan selected directories and subdirectories for any valid files and automatically add them to the list. You can find files you need for processing based on file properties like size or creation date, and attributes.
This is in addition to basic search by name! What's more is that you can fine tune these and select the exact ranges for all properties, like setting the size to be between 1MB and 5MB for example. With dates, too, you can be as specific as you want: you may, for example, look for files created on any day in May , or on May 10 specifically. You can search for and add files for processing using not just their names and properties, but actual contents as well.
Perhaps you need to process only files that start with a particular text; or only those files that contain a particular phrase specified number of times. The program is very flexible! You can search for and add files for processing using their binary content. Perhaps you need to process only files that start with a particular sequence of bytes; or only those files that contain a particular byte sequence no more than specified number of times.
In all of the processing modes, files for processing can be selected using recursive deep file search, where the program automatically scans specified directories for files matching desired criteria, such as: file name pattern, extension, size, dates, content etc. This has several advantages:. For finding files with file names matching a specific pattern, you can either use extended wildcards with support for positive and negative matches, sub-masks, character ranges, grouping and alternation patterns; or use even more powerful Regular Expressions.
You can easily add files for processing matching a specific file name pattern and having certain extension s with advanced wildcards! Of course, you could use regular Operating System file search, but it is very weak and supports only basic wildcards. On the other hand, Regular Expressions may be too complicated for a trivial task like selecting files matching a give name pattern.
Advanced wildcards, one of Batch Files's many unique features, is what you would want to use! It is possible to create scheduled or triggered processing jobs that will be automatically performed even if the program is not running. And there is no limit to how many such jobs can be created! For every job you can specify the files to be processed, actions to be performed, output settings, and other processing options.
When the processing job is triggered, depending on the job's setting the program will be automatically launched in either GUI, console, or hidden mode, and the processing will be automatically started. When done, the program will exit automatically. Processing jobs allow you to setup various batch file processing tasks that will be executed on a specified trigger or on schedule. General properties include: name of the job, general timeframe when the job can be active, operation mode that determines if any UI will be shown, and user account together with security context under which the job will be executed.
There are several ways in which you can specify which files should be processed by a processing job:. Once you have specified which files should be processed by a processing job, the next step is to specify how these files should be processed, which actions and operations should be performed. This is done by specifying a previously saved Action Sequence.
Additionally you can customize a few other processing aspects like the number of processing threads and logging options. Output settings determine where and how the processed files are saved. All the options that are available in Step 3 in Manual and Automatic processing modes can be customized here as well. These include:. Last step in setting up a processing job is to define a trigger or specify a schedule that will determine when the processing job will actually execute. Monthly trigger lets you specify that a job should be executed on a monthly basis.
You can select specific days of the month or weeks when the job should be run, as well as specify which months should be included and which ones should be excluded.
Weekly trigger lets you specify that a job should be executed on a weekly basis. You can select specific days of the week when the job should be run. Daily trigger lets you specify that a job should be executed on a daily basis. You can specify the daily recurrence pattern as well. Event-based triggers lets you specify that a job should be executed when a particular application or system event occurs.
This feature is available only on Windows Vista or higher. Any events that you see in the Windows Event Viewer are supported, and a processing job will be automatically started by Windows Task Scheduler Service when the associated event occurs. The Command Line Preview tab shows you the exact command line that will be run in order to start the processing job.
That way you can launch the program manually with appropriate parameters and have the same processing job be manually started. The program gives you full control when designing the sequence of actions; yet at the same time if you are just starting or want to perform some basic task quickly, the program offers numerous common tasks organized into categories that you can simply click on and see the needed actions be automatically added to the action sequence for you, so you can get started in no time!
Note that with the built-in actions and operations you can do much more than what you can do with common tasks described above! Common tasks by no means represent all of product's functionality, but rather facilitate product's use when it comes to dealing with frequently occurring tasks. One of the most frequent tasks when processing text-based files is working with lines in one way or another. The program offers multiple common operations relating to lines:. There are several built-in common tasks for copying or moving parts of the file to another position.
You can duplicate lines; you can copy lines from the start or end of the file to another position, or relative to their current location; you can copy blocks of bytes to another position; and more! Program also offers various encoding and conversion -related common tasks that help you change text file encoding, convert text to binary and vice versa, convert HTML to plain text, etc.
Not only can you modify file's contents with common tasks, but it's very easy to perform various file system -related operations as well:. There are various common tasks related to working with binary data and modifying individual bytes as well as performing binary search and replace operations.
Batch Files has full support for command line operation. It can not only be started from command line with specific options, but it can also run and operate entirely in console window. A typical usage scenario would be to first specify a sequence of actions to be performed and then save that sequence to a template file.
Then you can easily process files entirely from command line using a few switches: input directory and input file pattern, path to a saved action sequence template file, and output directory with file naming pattern. The program can be easily customized to your preferences, thanks to the many options that it has. Various options include:.
With Batch Files we have re-imagined the concept of in-place help for a software product with the goal for it to be readily-accessible, well integrated, useful, and detailed.
No more clumsy external huge help files that would take hours to make sense of and relate to the program! Instead, virtually all elements of the User Interface have very detailed, in some cases multi-paged, informative tooltips that not only explain what a particular button, checkbox, or option does, but also provide valuable insights and helpful tips letting you know how to take advantage of a particular feature.
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