Merge file list in batch

[skarab]

Hello,

It's the my first try in batch on CC and I'm asking if it's possible to merge some files wich path is store in a .txt file.

I try the command

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for /f "delims=" %%i in (Files_list.txt) do cloudcompare.exe -o %%i -merge_clouds

But it seem that it doesn't work. Files are well opened but not merged.

Do you have an idea ?

[daniel]

Indeed, this is clearly not supported by the command line mode. You would need to be able to expand the list of filenames as a string first and then insert it in the command line (I just don't know if it's possible ;).

You need something that generates the command like this:
CloudCompare -o file1 -o file2 -o file3 -merge_clouds

[DimitriDimitri]

Hi,

Using the below command line:

CloudCompare -C_EXPORT_FMT PCD -O C:\Users\user\Desktop\ToMerge\frame_0002.pts -O C:\Users\user\Desktop\ToMerge\frame_0079.pts -MERGE_CLOUDS

Both files open correctly, but they do not merge.

Am I doing anything wrong?

Thanks!

[daniel]

Do you have a screen capture of the console output? The merge cloud should be automatically saved by default.

[skarab]

You need something that generates the command like this:
CloudCompare -o file1 -o file2 -o file3 -merge_clouds

You're right. I finally found with something like that. I set the -o file1 -o file2 -o file3 in a variable and i call him into the command. It work fine and it avoid me to overload my memory

[framed]

Hi skarab, can you please share how you set the file name list as a variable for use in the CloudCompare command?

[skarab]

It's probably not the cleanest way but I create a .txt file with a dir and then i did this :

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for /f "delims=" %%i in (%fdir%\Files_list.txt) do call :concat %%i
cloudcompare.exe %file_list% -merge_clouds -SS spatial 0.005
del %fdir%\Files_list.txt
goto :eof

:concat
set file_list=%file_list% -o %1
rem echo %file_list%

[swiss_knight]

In *Nix systems, one can first append files names in a variable, let call it 'files':

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$ for f in folder_name/*.ply; do files+="-O ${f} "; done

Then pass this variable to CloudCompare:

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$ CloudCompare -SILENT -NO_TIMESTAMP -C_EXPORT_FMT PLY ${files} -MERGE_CLOUDS

That's it.