How do I retrieve the version of a file from a batch file on Windows Vista?
Solution 1
and three ways without external tools
1.WMIC
WMIC DATAFILE WHERE name="C:\\install.exe" get Version /format:Textvaluelist
Pay attention to the double slashes of file name.
Ready to use script:
@echo off
:wmicVersion pathToBinary [variableToSaveTo]
setlocal
set "item=%~1"
set "item=%item:\=\\%"
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in (`"WMIC DATAFILE WHERE name='%item%' get Version /format:Textvaluelist"`) do (
for /f "delims=" %%# in ("%%a") do set "%%#"
)
if "%~2" neq "" (
endlocal & (
echo %version%
set %~2=%version%
)
) else (
echo %version%
)
2.MAKECAB as the WMIC is not installed on home versions of windows here's a way with makecab that will run on every windows machine:
; @echo off
;;goto :end_help
;;setlocal DsiableDelayedExpansion
;;;
;;;
;;; fileinf /l list of full file paths separated with ;
;;; fileinf /f text file with a list of files to be processed ( one on each line )
;;; fileinf /? prints the help
;;;
;;:end_help
; REM Creating a Newline variable (the two blank lines are required!)
; set NLM=^
; set NL=^^^%NLM%%NLM%^%NLM%%NLM%
; if "%~1" equ "/?" type "%~f0" | find ";;;" | find /v "find" && exit /b 0
; if "%~2" equ "" type "%~f0" | find ";;;" | find /v "find" && exit /b 0
; setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
; if "%~1" equ "/l" (
; set "_files=%~2"
; echo !_files:;=%NL%!>"%TEMP%\file.paths"
; set _process_file="%TEMP%\file.paths"
; goto :get_info
; )
; if "%~1" equ "/f" if exist "%~2" (
; set _process_file="%~2"
; goto :get_info
; )
; echo incorect parameters & exit /b 1
; :get_info
; set "file_info="
; makecab /d InfFileName=%TEMP%\file.inf /d "DiskDirectory1=%TEMP%" /f "%~f0" /f %_process_file% /v0>nul
; for /f "usebackq skip=4 delims=" %%f in ("%TEMP%\file.inf") do (
; set "file_info=%%f"
; echo !file_info:,=%nl%!
; )
; endlocal
;endlocal
; del /q /f %TEMP%\file.inf 2>nul
; del /q /f %TEMP%\file.path 2>nul
; exit /b 0
.set DoNotCopyFiles=on
.set DestinationDir=;
.set RptFileName=nul
.set InfFooter=;
.set InfHeader=;
.Set ChecksumWidth=8
.Set InfDiskLineFormat=;
.Set Cabinet=off
.Set Compress=off
.Set GenerateInf=ON
.Set InfDiskHeader=;
.Set InfFileHeader=;
.set InfCabinetHeader=;
.Set InfFileLineFormat=",file:*file*,date:*date*,size:*size*,csum:*csum*,time:*time*,vern:*ver*,vers:*vers*,lang:*lang*"
example output (it has a string version which is a small addition to wmic method :) ):
c:> fileinfo.bat /l C:\install.exe
file:install.exe
date:11/07/07
size:562688
csum:380ef239
time:07:03:18a
vern:9.0.21022.8
vers:9.0.21022.8 built by: RTM
lang:1033
3 Using shell.application and hybrid batch\jscript.Here's tooptipInfo.bat :
@if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* JScript comment
@echo off
rem :: the first argument is the script name as it will be used for proper help message
cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0" %*
exit /b %errorlevel%
@if (@X)==(@Y) @end JScript comment */
//////
FSOObj = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var ARGS = WScript.Arguments;
if (ARGS.Length < 1 ) {
WScript.Echo("No file passed");
WScript.Quit(1);
}
var filename=ARGS.Item(0);
var objShell=new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
/////
//fso
ExistsItem = function (path) {
return FSOObj.FolderExists(path)||FSOObj.FileExists(path);
}
getFullPath = function (path) {
return FSOObj.GetAbsolutePathName(path);
}
//
//paths
getParent = function(path){
var splitted=path.split("\\");
var result="";
for (var s=0;s<splitted.length-1;s++){
if (s==0) {
result=splitted[s];
} else {
result=result+"\\"+splitted[s];
}
}
return result;
}
getName = function(path){
var splitted=path.split("\\");
return splitted[splitted.length-1];
}
//
function main(){
if (!ExistsItem(filename)) {
WScript.Echo(filename + " does not exist");
WScript.Quit(2);
}
var fullFilename=getFullPath(filename);
var namespace=getParent(fullFilename);
var name=getName(fullFilename);
var objFolder=objShell.NameSpace(namespace);
var objItem=objFolder.ParseName(name);
//https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb787870(v=vs.85).aspx
WScript.Echo(fullFilename + " : ");
WScript.Echo(objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objItem,-1));
}
main();
used against cmd.exe :
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe :
File description: Windows Command Processor
Company: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 6.3.9600.16384
Date created: ?22-?Aug-?13 ??13:03
Size: 347 KB
Solution 2
The file version could be simply read without external tools by PowerShell like this:
(Get-Item myFile.exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion
and if you want to read it from an Batch file use:
powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command (Get-Item myFile.exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion
and to save the file version to a variable use:
FOR /F "USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ^(Get-Item "myFile.exe"^).VersionInfo.FileVersion`) DO (SET fileVersion=%%F)
echo File version: %fileVersion%
I've taken a realtive path here, you could also define it absolutely, like: C:\myFile.dll
More information about the file is shown if you omit .FileVersion
Solution 3
Check out sigcheck.exe
from Sysinternals Suite. This is a command-line utility that shows file version number, timestamp information, and digital signature details.
Solution 4
Here is a solution in PowerShell using FileVersionInfo.
Solution 5
Here is my try using WMIC
to get file version of all *.exe
and *.dll
inside the directory of Skype as example :
@echo off
Mode 75,3 & color 9E
Title Get File Version of any Program from file list using WMIC by Hackoo
Set "RootFolder=%ProgramFiles%\Skype"
@for %%a in (%RootFolder%) do set "FolderName=%%~na"
Set "File_Version_List=%~dp0%FolderName%_File_Version_List.txt"
Set "ErrorFile=%~dp0%FolderName%_Error.txt
Set Extensions="*.exe" "*.dll"
If exist "%ErrorFile%" Del "%ErrorFile%"
If exist "%File_Version_List%" Del "%File_Version_List%"
echo(
echo Please wait a while ... Process to get file version ...
set "BuildLineWith=call :BuildLine "
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
CD /D "%RootFolder%"
@for /f "delims=" %%F in ('Dir /b /s %Extensions%') do (
set "Version="
Call :Get_AppName "%%F" AppName
Call :Add_backSlash "%%F"
Call :GetVersion !Application! Version
Call :Remove_backSlash !Application!
If defined Version (
(
echo !Application!
echo !AppName! ==^> !Version!
%BuildLineWith%*
)>> "%File_Version_List%"
) else (
(
echo Version is not defined in !Application!
%BuildLineWith%#
)>> "%ErrorFile%"
)
)
If Exist "%ErrorFile%" Start "" "%ErrorFile%"
If Exist "%File_Version_List%" Start "" /MAX "%File_Version_List%" & Exit
::*******************************************************************
:GetVersion <ApplicationPath> <Version>
Rem The argument %~1 represente the full path of the application
Rem without the double quotes
Rem The argument %2 represente the variable to be set (in our case %2=Version)
FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%I IN (
'wmic datafile where "name='%~1'" get version /format:Textvaluelist 2^>^nul'
) DO FOR /F "delims=" %%A IN ("%%I") DO SET "%2=%%A"
Exit /b
::*******************************************************************
:Add_backSlash <String>
Rem Subroutine to replace the simple "\" by a double "\\" into a String
Set "Application=%1"
Set "String=\"
Set "NewString=\\"
Call Set "Application=%%Application:%String%=%NewString%%%"
Exit /b
::*******************************************************************
:Remove_backSlash <String>
Rem Subroutine to replace the double "\\" by a simple "\" into a String
Set "Application=%1"
Set "String=\\"
Set "NewString=\"
Call Set "Application=%%Application:%String%=%NewString%%%"
Exit /b
::*******************************************************************
:Get_AppName <FullPath> <AppName>
Rem %1 = FullPath
Rem %2 = AppName
for %%i in (%1) do set "%2=%%~nxi"
exit /b
::*******************************************************************
:BuildLine
set "LineChar=%1"
if "%LineChar%"=="" set "LineChar=_"
for /f "tokens=2 skip=4" %%A in ('mode con: /status') do set "WindowColumns=%%A" & goto :GotColumnCount
:GotColumnCount
set "CharLine="
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /L %%A in (1,1,%WindowColumns%) do set "CharLine=!CharLine!!LineChar:~0,1!"
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
endlocal
echo %CharLine%
goto :eof
::*******************************************************************
Cheeso
I'm a longtime hacker and software practitioner. Creator of IIRF, DotNetZip, ReloadIt, CleanModQueue and a bunch of other Apigee-related tools and scripts. Maintainer of csharp-mode and a few other emacs-y things . I'm a Polyglot: Java, JavaScript, golang, a little PHP, C#, some VB.NET, C, XSLT, Powershell, elisp of course. Currently most of the work I do is JavaScript and NodeJS. I work for Google. We're hiring API geeks around the world. see: https://careers.google.com/jobs#t=sq&q=j&li=20&l=false&jlo=en-US&j=apigee See my blog ...or my Github profile ...or my LinkedIn profile
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Cheeso almost 2 years
Binary files have a version embedded in them - easy to display in Windows Explorer.
How can I retrieve that file version, from a batch file?