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Appendix B: Example command line exports
Using the IceTagAnalyser 2008 command line options can be a quick way of exporting a
whole directory of session files to CSV or MDP format, without having to manually open each
file individually. This appendix contains some simple examples.
B.1 Exporting a single file to CSV
Open a command line window by clicking the windows Start button and selection Run… from
the menu. Type cmd.exe into the edit-box and click OK. This should open a command line
window.
Change to the directory that contains the session file using the cd command. For example:
cd \Program Files\IceRobotics\IceTagAnalyser\Sessions
The following example shows how to export a file called test.ses to csv format, where
<path> would be replaced with the full path to IceTagAnalyser (typically \Program
Files\IceRobotics\IceTagAnalyser):
“C:\<path>\IceTagAnalyser.exe” /exp /format:csv test.ses
The above example will prompt for an output name. To force the file to be exported as
test.csv or test.mdb, simply add in the /force option:
“C:\<path>\IceTagAnalyser.exe” /exp /format:csv /force test.ses
B.2 Exporting all files in a directory to CSV
The following example can be used to export all files in the current directory to CSV, where
again <path> should be replaced with the actual path of IceTagAnalyser.exe:
for %f in (*.ses) do “C:\<path>\IceTagAnalyser.exe” /exp /format:csv /force %f
NB: If this line is used in a batch file, the two % characters need to be doubled; change %f to
%%f.