When I run following command in cmd prompt it works:
for /R %f in (*.shp) do ogr2ogr -nln merge -update -append merge.shp %f
but when I run it from .bat file it does not work. Saying -nln was unexpected.
Is there anyway I could run this from .bat file.
The % character has a special meaning for command line parameters and FOR parameters.
To treat a percent as a regular character, double it: %%
When you execute it from a batch file, you should write it like this :
@echo on
for /R %%f in (*.shp) do ogr2ogr -nln merge -update -append merge.shp %%f
pause
See this for more info : http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-esc.html