Shell Programming and Scripting

@echo off
cd\
cd "Virtual Machines\VMs\"
rmdir England /S /Q
mkdir England
c:
cd\
cd "Virtual Machines\VMs\"
cls
echo.
echo Creating VMs ....
echo.
echo Start time:
echo.
time /T
time /T > timenow.txt
rem ##### PC 1
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun.exe" clone "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\XPVM\Windows XP Pro.vmx" "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc1\pc1.vmx" linked
rem the next line looks in the vmx file for clone.... value and replaces with pc1
cscript replace.vbs "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc1\pc1.vmx" "Clone of Windows XP Pro" "pc1" 
echo.
echo PC done.
echo.
time /T
echo.
rem ##### pc2
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun.exe" clone "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\XPVM\Windows XP Pro.vmx" "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc2\pc2.vmx" linked
cscript replace.vbs "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc2\pc2.vmx" "Clone of Windows XP Pro" "pc2" 
cscript replace.vbs "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc2\pc2.vmx" "VMnet2" "VMnet3" 
cscript replace.vbs "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc2\pc2.vmx" "512" "256" 
echo.
echo pc2 done.
echo.
time /T
echo.
7z e "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\pc3.7z" -o"C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc3\" 
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -c -s 10240MB -a lsilogic -t 2 "C:\Virtual Machines\VMs\England\pc3\pc3-000001.vmdk" 
echo.
echo pc3 done.
echo.
time /T
echo.
sleep 5
cls
echo.
echo.
rem sleep 10
cls
echo.
echo  The time now is:
time /T
echo     Launching VMware Workstation Console now ....
echo.
echo.
echo Start time was:
type timenow.txt
echo.
time /T
echo.
echo.
echo.
rem cls
echo.
echo All done !
echo.
echo Job complete
echo.
echo.
sleep 30

 
#!/bin/bash
rmdir -p "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England"
mkdir "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England"
REM THESE FIRST 3 LINES SEEM TO WORK
echo Creating VMs ....
echo ##### PC 1
/usr/bin/vmrun -T ws clone "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/XPVM/Windows XP Pro.vmx" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc1/pc1.vmx" linked
rpl "Clone of Windows XP Pro" "pc1" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc1/pc1.vmx"
echo 
echo PC 1 done.
REM THESE LINES DONT WORK IN THE SCRIPT BUT DO IN THE COMMAND LINE
read -p "Press any key to continue"
rem ##### PC 2
/usr/bin/vmrun -T ws clone "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/XPVM/Windows XP Pro.vmx" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc2/pc2.vmx" linked
rpl "Clone of Windows XP Pro" "pc2" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc2/pc2.vmx"
rpl "VMnet2" "VMnet3" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc2/pc2.vmx"
rpl "512" "256" "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc2/pc2.vmx"
echo 
REM THIS ONE IS UNZIPPING A VM AND THEN CREATING THE BLANK HARD DRIVE (PRE_ALLOCATED 10GB SPACE).
echo PC 2 done.
rem ##### PC 3
7z e "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/pc3.7z" -o"/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc3/"
/usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 10240MB -a lsilogic -t 2 "/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England/pc3/pc3-000001.vmdk"
echo

vmEngland="/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/England"
rmdir -p "$vmEngland"
mkdir "$vmEngland"
vmxorig="/home/administrator/vmware/Virtual Machines/VMs/XPVM/Windows XP Pro.vmx"
vmxclone="$vmEngland/pc1/pc1.vmx"
if [ ! -e "$vmxorig" ]; then
  echo "Error: can't find \"$vmxorig\" "
  exit 1
fi
# Should we test that the clone exists before overwriting? 
# Probably not because the directory was removed and recreated.
if [ -e "$vmxclone" ]; then
  echo "Warning: clone exists \"$vmxclone\" "
  read -p "Continue to overwrite? [n] or y> " ans
  if [ "${ans:0:1}" != "y" ]; then
    exit 2
  fi
  rm "$vmxclone"
fi
# This should FAIL unless the clone command can create 'pc1' path for 'pc1/pc1.vmx'.
# Lets make the pc1 directory..
mkdir -p "$vmEngland/pc1/"
/usr/bin/vmrun -T ws clone "$vmxorig" "$vmxclone" linked
if [ ! -e "$vmxclone" ]; then
  echo "Error: can't find \"$vmxclone\" "
  exit 3
fi
rpl "Clone of Windows XP Pro" "pc1" "$vmxclone"
if [ ! -e "$vmxclone" ]; then
  echo "Error: can't find \"$vmxclone\" "
  exit 4
fi
# You'll probably need to create pc2/ and pc3/ directories also.
vmxclone="$vmEngland/pc2/pc2.vmx"
mkdir -p "$vmEngland/pc2/"
# Repeat above script. This could be a lot better as a loop.
# Check a single section to see if I found the problem and 
# then let me know if you want a loop.