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Delete certain lines in a txt file via a batch file
I have a generated txt file. This file has certain lines that are superfluous, and need to be removed. Each line that requires removal has one of two string in the line; "ERROR" or "REFERENCE". ...
16
votes
5answers
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How do you get the string length in a batch file?
There doesn't appear to be an easy way to get the length of a string in a batch file. E.g.,
SET MY_STRING=abcdefg
SET /A MY_STRING_LEN=???
How would I find the string length of MY_STRING?
Bonus ...
7
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2answers
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2 batch string questions
1) Is there any built-in which can tell me if a variable's contents contain only uppercase letters?
2) is there any way to see if a variable contains a string? For example, I'd like to see if the ...
4
votes
4answers
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How do I perform string operations on variables in a for loop?
This sounds dumb, but I can't get it to work. I think i just dont' understand the difference between %%v, %v% and %v
Here's what I'm trying to do:
for %%v in (*.flv) do ffmpeg.exe -i "%%v" -y -f ...
3
votes
2answers
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Get filename from string-path?
How do I get the filename from this string?
"C:\Documents and Settings\Usuario\Escritorio\hello\test.txt"
output:
"test.txt"
I really tried to find this one before posting, but all the results ...
3
votes
3answers
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DOS batch script to parse CSV file and output a text file
I've seen a response on another page (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6470570/help-in-writing-a-batch-script-to-parse-csv-file-and-output-a-text-file) - brilliant code BTW - :
@ECHO OFF
IF ...
3
votes
2answers
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Parse PATH using FOR /F in BAT script
I need to parse the %PATH% list in a .BAT script, but I'm not having much luck with paths that contain spaces.
for %%a in (%PATH%) do @echo %%a
The above parses on spaces (default), but I need to ...
3
votes
2answers
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Combine multiple lines from one text file into one line
So I have a file with multiple lines of letters and numbers as shown:
a
1
h
7
G
k
3
l
END
I need a type of code that combines them together and preferably outputs it into a variable as shown:
...
3
votes
1answer
368 views
How can I perform concatenation on numbers in batch?
For example, I have the numbers 5, 3, 8, 2, 7, 4 and 9 which I got from operations such as 2+2, 7-2 and 3*3, etc... They are all stored in variables. I want to know if there is a way I can dynamically ...
2
votes
5answers
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How to split string in a variable without loosing spaces?
how can i split the string
" This is a text with spaces "
that is in the variable "string"
into text parts without loosing the spaces ?
set string="# This is a text with spaces ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to find if a string is in a list of strings in a DOS batch file
I'd like to check if an argument to a batch file is valid based on a list of strings.
For example:
IF %1 IN validArgument1, validArgument2, validArgument3 SET ARG=%1
This would set ARG to one of ...
2
votes
4answers
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bat file to replace string in text file
This question has been asked a lot on stackoverflow, but I can't seem to be able to make it work. Any hints appreciated. Here is a text file (extension .mpl) containing offending text that needs to be ...
2
votes
1answer
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In a batch file, Combining two strings to create a combined path string
I need to take two strings and combine them into a single path string inside a batch file similar to the Path.Combine method in .Net. For example, whether the strings are "C:\trunk" and ...
2
votes
3answers
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cmd string replacement of special character
I am trying to replace ~ with %HOME% in a batch script. This is what I have so far:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set str=%*
set replacement=%HOME%
set str=%str:~=!replacement!%
echo ...
2
votes
2answers
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Batch file string manipulation
This is a very specific question, however;
Say I have a batch file running from\located in the directory c:\data\src\branch_1
How do I set my environment variable %buildpath% to ...
