Run AutoIT with command line parameter

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

Hi

I'm trying to run my script "ADCleanup.exe" with a command line parameter "-user". I am able to run my script with a parameter but how would I go about "labeling" my parameter and checking if the script is being run with that parameter?

Exp: ADCleanup.exe -user <users name>

If Not $CmdLine[1] = "" Then
    _Revert()
EndIf

FrancescoDiMuro · July 23, 2018

@antmar904

Since in the $CmdLine array, the first element in the array is the number of elements in the array ( the parameters you pass to the executable ), you could do somethingle like:

If $CmdLine[0] <> 0 Then
    If $CmdLine[1] = "-user" Then
        Select 
            Case $CmdLine[2] = "John" Then
                ; Execute the code for yhe user John
            Case $CmdLine[2] = "Ron"
                ; Execute the code for user Ron
            
            Case Else
                ; ...
        EndSelect
    Else
        MsgBox($MB_ICONWARNING, "", "Wrong parameter entered.)
    EndIf
Else
    MsgBox($MB_ICONERROR, "", "No command line parameters passed to the script.)
EndIf

EDIT:

You could use a Select...Case...EndSelect as well for the "labelled" parameters

Edited July 23, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

@FrancescoDiMuro I won't know what comes after -user. How would I check what that is ? $CmdLine[3] ?

FrancescoDiMuro · July 23, 2018

You are the programmer... You should know

How do you intend to program your script?

What are the parameters you would like to pass to the script?

Making example it's a good point from start to

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

I used this and looks like it's working:

If $CmdLine[0] <> 0 Then
    If $CmdLine[1] = "-revert" Then
       _Revert()
    Else
        MsgBox($MB_ICONWARNING, "", "Wrong parameter entered.")
    EndIf
EndIf

FrancescoDiMuro · July 23, 2018

It only depends from what you'd like to do

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

Yes this works as needed.

I'm also trying to find a way to read a txt file from the end to the beginning.

FrancescoDiMuro · July 23, 2018

What about a combination of FileSetPos() and FileRead() or directly _FileReadToArray() ?

Edited July 23, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

_FileReadToArray() would probably be the best way to go. Was not sure if there was something easier as I'm not the best when working with arrays.

antmar904 · July 23, 2018

I'm still trying to find out how I can check if the script .exe is ran with the correct parameters.

ADCleanup.exe -user <users name>

How would I go about checking to make sure something is followed after -user like a user name?

Exp: ADCleanup.exe -user usaaab1

FrancescoDiMuro · July 23, 2018

The thing you have to be sure, is that in the first parameter you are passing to the script, there will always be an username.

According to this, when you run the script with

ScriptName.exe -user "John"

You can easily make an If...Else...EndIf statement, or, in my honest opinion, you can do it clearly with Select...Case...EndSelect statement.

Is it clear?

antmar904 · July 24, 2018

16 hours ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

What about a combination of FileSetPos() and FileRead() or directly _FileReadToArray() ?

I have txt file that I would like to read from the bottom to the top while looking for a specific string in each line (username). The txt file is formatted in a way that each data is delimited by a semicolon ":"

Here is a sample of the txt file content.

07232018_161504(usera): usaaxftest:OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE
07232018_161504(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): asfdgadfh:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): adfhsfgn bsdfgbs:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): asdgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): asfgdadfghad:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): fhasdfnbfsbfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): sf:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): gbsdgfbsdbgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): sdfgb:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_161504(usera): sdfgsdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): usaaxftest2:OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE
07232018_162815(usera): asdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): usaaxftest:OU=General Users,OU=Users,OU=USA,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE
07232018_162815(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): asfdgadfh:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): adfhsfgn bsdfgbs:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): asdgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): asfgdadfghad:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): fhasdfnbfsbfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): sf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): gbsdgfbsdbgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): sdfgb:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_162815(usera): sdfgsdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): usaaxftest2:OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE
07232018_163528(usera): asdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): usaaxftest:OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE
07232018_163528(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): asdfasdf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): asfdgadfh:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): adfhsfgn bsdfgbs:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): asdgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): asfgdadfghad:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): fhasdfnbfsbfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): sf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): gbsdgfbsdbgf:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): sdfgb:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): sdfg:NOT FOUND
07232018_163528(usera): sdfgsdfg:NOT FOUND

I would like to look for user "usaaxftest" starting from the bottom of the file to the top BUT if user usaaxftest is located in this "OU OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com" then skip that line and go to the next line above until it find user "usaaxftest" in a different OU.

FrancescoDiMuro · July 24, 2018

What about this?

#include <File.au3>

Global $strFileName = @ScriptDir & "\File.txt", _
       $arrFileContent, _
       $strSearchString = "usaaxftest:OU=General Users,OU=Users,OU=USA,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE"


; Read the content of the file in the array
_FileReadToArray($strFileName, $arrFileContent)
If @error Then
    ConsoleWrite("Error while reading the file into the array. Error: " & @error & @CRLF)
Else
    ; From the last element of the array, to the second ( because in the first element there is the count of lines returned by the function _FileReadToArray() ), with the Step of -1 ( because it is going from bottom to top ), seacrh the specified string
    For $i = UBound($arrFileContent) - 1 To 1 Step -1
        ; If it has been found, write this message
        If StringInStr($arrFileContent[$i], $strSearchString) Then
            ConsoleWrite("I've found '" & $strSearchString & "' at the Index " & $i & @CRLF)
        Else
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

Edited July 24, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

antmar904 · July 24, 2018

I tried this but this starts at the beginning of the file and reads to the end. However if the string contains ":OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com" AT ALL it fill fail.

#include <File.au3>
#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>

Local $aArray
_FileReadToArray(@ScriptDir & "\ADCleanupLog.txt", $aArray)
_ArrayDisplay($aArray)
Local $iRow = UBound($aArray, 1)
MsgBox(0, "", "Number of rows are: " & $iRow)

For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray, 1) - 1
    If StringInStr($aArray[$i], "OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=praxair,DC=com", 2) Then
        ContinueLoop
    Else
        MsgBox(0, "", $aArray[$i])
    EndIf
Next

Exit

FrancescoDiMuro · July 24, 2018

Did you read this?

antmar904 · July 24, 2018

12 minutes ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

What about this?

#include <File.au3>

Global $strFileName = @ScriptDir & "\File.txt", _
       $arrFileContent, _
       $strSearchString = "usaaxftest:OU=General Users,OU=Users,OU=USA,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:UNABLE TO MOVE"


; Read the content of the file in the array
_FileReadToArray($strFileName, $arrFileContent)
If @error Then
    ConsoleWrite("Error while reading the file into the array. Error: " & @error & @CRLF)
Else
    ; From the last element of the array, to the second ( because in the first element there is the count of lines returned by the function _FileReadToArray() ), with the Step of -1 ( because it is going from bottom to top ), seacrh the specified string
    For $i = UBound($arrFileContent) - 1 To 1 Step -1
        ; If it has been found, write this message
        If StringInStr($arrFileContent[$i], $strSearchString) Then
            ConsoleWrite("I've found '" & $strSearchString & "' at the Index " & $i & @CRLF)
        Else
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

I want to find out what OU the user was in before they were moved to the "OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=praxair,DC=com" OU so I want to SKIP that line and move on to the next.

FrancescoDiMuro · July 24, 2018

So, you are looking for the user that HAS NOT OU=Disabled?

antmar904 · July 24, 2018

Correct.

My script will run like this.

ADCleanup.exe -revert usaaxftest OR some other user name.

The script will then read the txt file from bottom to top until it finds the user name "usaaxftest" AND NOT in OU "OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com" however "OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com" might be in the string because the way the log file is formatted. Here is the format of the log file.

Line:

07232018_145925(usera): usaaxftest:OU=General Users,OU=Users,OU=USA,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com:OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com

07232018_145925 = Date script was ran

(usera) = User who ran the script

usaaxftest = User that was moved <-- could be any user name

OU=General Users,OU=Users,OU=USA,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com = The users current OU <-- Can be anything depending on were the user is currently located in AD

OU=Disabled,OU=Antiquated,DC=na,DC=domain,DC=com = The OU the user is moved to when being disabled. <-- Depending on how many times the script is ran, this can show up for the users current and new OU location.

All information is delimited by a ":"

Does this make sense?

Edited July 24, 2018 by antmar904

Earthshine · July 24, 2018

starting with that example code, you could code up a function to do the checking, then other functions to do your execution bidding

Edited July 24, 2018 by Earthshine

antmar904 · July 24, 2018

how can I skip Row 0 in a array?

Edited July 24, 2018 by antmar904

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