Windows batch file tips

Sometimes its difficult to debug the batch files to trace the errors.
One simple way is to just add:

@echo on

This will print all the statements executed in the batch file and you can know the error line.

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Following command will disable displaying your commands / statements from the batch files.
So the execution looks clean.

@echo off

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format-date-and-time-in-a-windows-batch-script
Provides a way to format the time stamp in nice way in batch command.

set "ts=%dt:~0,4%%dt:~4,2%%dt:~6,2%_%dt:~8,2%%dt:~10,2%%dt:~12,2%"

You may use it in script to log data.
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