# \[command\] Batch save files contained in a folder
**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092 "2018-10-10T13:05:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/1 "2018-10-10T13:05:17Z")
Hi all,
I’m executing this command in a bat file :
@set ASEPRITE=“C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Aseprite\aseprite.exe”
%ASEPRITE% -b D:\PATH\_LOAD\sprite.ase --save-as D:\PATH\_SAVE{tag}\_01.png
But I’d like to execute it for all the \*.ase files located in my PATH\_LOAD folder (including subfloder).
I don’t know much about CMD features, I gave some FOR logic a go without any success.
Could someone give me a hand on that one ?
Cheers
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/2 "2018-10-10T14:08:01Z")
You can try some of [these solutions](https://stackoverflow.com/a/180749), anyway I would recommend you to use a Bash script which are easier to program (generally all [Git distributions for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/) include some kind of Bash interpreter), where you can do something like:
```
aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”
for file in D:/PATH_LOAD/*.ase ; do
$aseprite -b $file --save-as D:/PATH_SAVE/{title}_{tag}_01.png
done
```
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/3 "2018-10-10T14:38:25Z")
Thanks, I’ve seen the solutions you sent me. That’s what I failed to use.
Do the Bash script is usable in a bat file ?
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/4 "2018-10-10T14:41:43Z")
> [@J-A\_C](#):
>
> Do the Bash script is usable in a bat file ?
You will need an extra .sh script and call it with a bash interpreter from the .bat file:
```
"C:\some place where bash is located\bash.exe" other_script.sh
```
Generally I make all scripts directly on bash language and then call them from the command line using `bash script name` (without a .bat, but you can use a .bat to double-click it from the Windows Explorer)
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/5 "2018-10-10T15:20:05Z")
Thanks, you’re fast 🙂
That’s a good idea. I’m trying to do as in your example but I don’t know why it doesn’t work.
I made a script.sh file with that inside :
aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”
for file in D:/PATH\_LOAD/\*.ase ; do
$aseprite -b $file --save-as D:/PATH\_SAVE/{title}\_{tag}\_01.png
end
But nothing seems to happen. I don’t get what I’m doing wrong.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/6 "2018-10-10T15:38:52Z")
How are you executing the script? What is the output in the console/terminal?
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/7 "2018-10-10T15:44:39Z")
I tried to run it through the Git Bash command prompt. Here’s what happened. (I’m pasting the whole thing)
A@DESKTOP-EM60RBJ MINGW64 ~
$ aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”
A@DESKTOP-EM60RBJ MINGW64 ~
$ for file in D:/PATH\_LOAD/\*.ase ; do
> $aseprite -b $file --save-as D:/PATH\_LOAD/{title}\_{tag}\_01.png
> end
Then, it just stayed there doing nothing else.
And I also tried to put it in a sh file and launch it by double clicking on it (I’m improvising here…).
I’m very new to this.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/8 "2018-10-10T16:29:33Z")
> [@J-A\_C](#):
>
> Then, it just stayed there doing nothing else.
My mistake, the final word is not `end`, is `done` (editing my original reply right now).
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/9 "2018-10-10T16:42:21Z")
Thanks,
it went a little bit further this time.
but it ended with this :
bash: C:/Program: No such file or directory
And it did nothing.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/10 "2018-10-10T16:45:45Z")
Try using `"$aseprite"` to call Aseprite.
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/11 "2018-10-10T16:55:49Z")
Thank you for taking the time. That’s nice to take care of newbie 🙂
I tried using $aseprite instead of the whole path, I tried to add it in front of the path… I tried several other thing, but this is what I got most of the time :
bash: -batch: command not found
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/12 "2018-10-10T16:58:40Z")
Let me copy a new version of the script:
```bash
aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”
for file in D:/PATH_LOAD/*.ase ; do
"$aseprite" -b $file --save-as D:/PATH_SAVE/{title}_{tag}_01.png
done
```
(Sorry for the back and forth about this but I’m not on Windows right now to give a try 😭)
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/13 "2018-10-10T17:14:58Z")
Don’t be sorry, you’ve been very helpful (even in the past).
It works great now. Thanks a lot.
Now I’m trying to “include” it inside of my bat file but I’m kinda stuck.
I tried to add what you suggested earlier :
“C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe” script.sh
and added what we’ve been muddling through in the script.sh.
But nothing happened.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/14 "2018-10-10T18:29:47Z")
Maybe
```
“C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe” -c script.sh
```
could work, but I’m not sure, or
```
“C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe” -c "bash script.sh"
```
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/15 "2018-10-10T21:04:02Z")
I ended up doing the script with bash only. It seems indeed easier to work with.
Right now I’m trying to make an if statement inside a for loop to batch all the \*.ase of a folder except for one that I want to save in a different manner.
Does it look remotely like something that could work at some point ?
for file in D:/00\_TAKROG/SPRITES/CHARACTERS/\*.ase ; do
if [${file: -4} == “items.ase”]; then
“$aseprite” -b --split-layers D:/00\_TAKROG/ATLAS\_UNIT\_AND\_DOODADS/items.ase --save-as D:/00\_TAKROG/ATLAS\_UNIT\_AND\_DOODADS/{tag}\_01.png
fi
done
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/16 "2018-10-11T09:35:06Z")
We found the solution for the if statement. But something odd happens If I execute this code :
```
aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”
## "Characters" avec exception "Items"
for file in D:/00_TAKROG/SPRITES/CHARACTERS/*.ase ; do
if [["$(basename -- "$file")" == "items.ase"]]; then
"$aseprite" -b --split-layers $file --save-as D:/00_TAKROG/ATLAS_UNIT_AND_DOODADS/{tag}_01.png
else
"$aseprite" -b $file --save-as D:/00_TAKROG/ATLAS_UNIT_AND_DOODADS/{tag}_01.png
fi
done
```
The `--split-layers` function is ignored.
But I know this command works in that context because I used it in CMD, when I was using a bat file.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/17 "2018-10-11T12:58:46Z")
> [@J-A\_C](#):
>
> The `--split-layers` function is ignored.
Hi @J-A_C, I think the issue here is that the filename (`D:/00_TAKROG/ATLAS_UNIT_AND_DOODADS/{tag}_01.png`) is missing a `{layer}` part (so each layer goes to a different filename). For example:
```
"$aseprite" -b $file --save-as D:/.../{layer}{tag}_01.png
```
(The `--split-layers` is automatically done when the filename specified in `--save-as` contains `{layer}`)
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/18 "2018-10-11T13:53:00Z")
YES ! That works 😃
Thank you so much !
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/19 "2018-10-11T13:53:55Z")
You’re welcome! 😊
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### Author:  [@J-A\_C](https://community.aseprite.org/u/J-A_C)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/command-batch-save-files-contained-in-a-folder/2092/20 "2018-10-27T11:41:28Z")
My bash script works like a charm. But there one thing I’d like to do is make my script.sh clickable, and for some reason, every command works except the one using aseprite.
Every command before
`aseprite=“C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/aseprite.exe”`
works, but the rest just doesn’t do anything.
Is it even possible to do it ?
Cheers
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