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Batch file for replacing text on a file

Hey i need help to change a large file, in this file i have this: Title word1: text text text text text text text word2: text ...
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batch file programming multiple varriables into one varriable

is it possible to do something like this? @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set 1=one set 3=three set onetwothree=output echo !%1%two%3%! pause where the variable %1% will become one and ...
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USB Flash drive batch file letter assignment

I was wondering if somebody could help. I have written a java program that loads a .cvs on a usb flash drive. This program is likely to be used on several different windows laptops but the program ...
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batch file variable problems

I am having problems with variables transferring throughout my batch file. This is a rough example of what I have: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion :one set variableone=outputone set ...
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calling a label wtih an output of a varriable

I am trying to do something like this: @echo off :beginning choice /c:123 if %errorlevel%== 1 set test= aaa if %errorlevel%== 2 set test= bbb if %errorlevel%== 3 set test= ccc call :%test%one pause ...
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Files not waiting for each other

I have two batch files as follows in which file2.bat is dependent on file1.bat's output: file1.bat @ECHO OFF setlocal enabledelayedexpansion SET "keystring1=" ( FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN ( Source.txt ...
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Text output placement

I have two text files using which i want to get output.txt as follows: file1.txt: Windows 1.36 Linux 2.78 MacOS 3.45 Ubuntu ...
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Sequential Files execution

I have a master.bat file, which contains: call file1.bat call file2.bat I want file2.bat should not start run until file1.bat completes its execution and generates the output, but in my case ...
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Batch File: Prevent literal interpretation in a for /f loop

Currently I have a loop that runs through a list of items and copies them to a directory (archive). However, one of the items in the list (which has a global variable in the path-name) is being ...
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How to recursively search all the ocx, dll and exes in a folder and subfolder then sign them all barring thie third party ones, using a batch file?

I am using signtool to sign my msi. How to recursively search all the ocx, dll and exes in a folder and subfolder then sign them all using a batch file? I want to sign only the ones developed by me ...
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Batch file: Variable within a variable

I have a complex string I'm trying to parse. I have a short subroutine to fine the index of two specific characters, and I need the string in between. So the question is: How do I use variables inside ...
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How to write standard error in text file using batch command

For one file it's showing standard error on console i.e. command prompt. I want to print it on text file.
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How to write mutilple information in text file using windows batch scripting

I have a text file with no. of file formats. I want to print those file names to one text file one by one. Problem here is as soon as it check second file format name and try to write in text file, it ...
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How to compare file format in windows batch script

I have list of file names which contains .xml, .css, .js, .jsp, .java etc. I want a code that will allow you execute your function only when that file have .js or .jsp or .java extension.I don't know ...
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How to remove specific pattern from string using windows batch script

I have list of files like first.js#19 edit, traval.jsp#233 edit, run.css#25 edit. I want to remove part from #, I just want file name ie first.js, traval.jsp, run.css How can do it using batch ...
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batch file - validate parameters

i have a batch file which should take inputs "-input1", "-input2" and "-input3". Here i need to validate the paramters like if user give the input parameter as "-test" or "-blah" or anyother ...
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batch process not running windows server 2008

I am trying to setup a task that will run hourly which will execute a batch file. When testing it manually it seems to run but not execute the process I expect it to. I was testing it to open ...
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Text files formatting-cum-consolidation

I have two text files using which i want to get output.txt as follows: file1.txt: Windows 1.36 Linux 2.78 MacOS 3.45 Ubuntu ...
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Parsing the output of wmic in shell script

I am trying to parse the output of WMIC and then to get the PID. My script is as following: @echo off setLocal enableExtensions enableDelayedExpansion FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=" %%A IN ('"wmic ...
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The basics of batch processing: Where should I start? [closed]

I would like to get into batch file processing for Windows, but I have zero experience in this area. If you can point me in a general direction, it would be greatly appreciated. Other potential ...
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What are key things to consider when running Windows batch files with VBA-Excel?

Would like to do some file management from Excel / VBA; possibly linked to mySQL; without PHP. I'm trying to get a good primer on dealing with batch-file processing. Any advice and simplified learning ...
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Proper file locations

We have been having some issues where people have been putting files into the folder for the wrong job number. files for 664585_custnum_qty_filetype.dat should be in folder 664585 I am looking for a ...
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Batch script, How to trim part of a line in a text file

I have this script here to list all the file in a directory and output to Index.txt echo off for /r %%a in (*) do echo %%a >> Index.txt The script output the whole path like ...
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How do i write a simple If Else query with wmic.exe

i write a simple wmic.exe query: if wmic product where "name like '%Adobe Reader%'" get version Now i want to check, if Version equals 11.0.04 If Version eq 11.0.04 goto end Thanks a lot
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Batch File display correct answer to missed answer

I am trying to figure out how to write a batch file line that gives the correct answer to a question when the player answers it incorrectly. Here is the first line of the game that we are doing. ...
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Copy Files from multiple subdirectories to root directory and keep duplicates

So I have a list of directories and sub directories with images in them. I need to get then names of all of these files in the same format and I need to edit them for duplicates or images that are ...
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In vbscript how to run the bat file

I am created the bat file using vbscript. And run that script But batch file is not run Please help me Const ForReading=1, ForWriting=2, ForAppending=8 Set objFSO = ...
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batch programming ignore date and find new

How can i do so if my variable %paaa% is not equal to %%u ( %%u is showed in my code) then it will ignore the nearest date, and find the next? for /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=-" %%A in ("%current-date%") ...
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Batch scripting programfag

the first time this is run, then the user can choose what kind of program they have in their school. Then (as you look further down in the source code) will come with the date of the first test of ...
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Change a file name in a batch script

I need to change a file name in a batch script. Below is a sample I made SET date = 20210803 SET job = 69187 cd "H:\arbortray foldher\" for %%i in (*.txt*) do REN %%i randum_%job%-text-%date%%%i ...
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i don't have winzip or other tools to compress . I want to use compress with forfiles command in batch file . How to use it and rename . I

I want to compress log files on my prod server but i do not have winzip and pther tools . only compress command is working I tried using it with forfiles but the zip file created in throwing error. ...
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How to move files with adb shell?

How can I move files with adb shell ? For example I would like to move SystemUI.apk from /system to /system/app I didn't find any command to move files inside system partition with adb shell. Do ...
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ADB - How to not display action results?

I am doing small toolkit with adb. And it is really annoying if everytime I type command ADB PUSH or ADB PULL or any other adb command, it displays results: 2952 KB/s (4989129 bytes in 1.650s) How ...
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Batch read netcdf file in R and apply a function save output for each file [duplicate]

I want to read a folder full of files which go from Geopotential_height_1948_500mm_00z.nc to Geopotential_height_2012_500mm_00z.nc and I want to extract one variable : x ...
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Read specific Word(Line 2, Word 3) from a text file by batch script

I need to read specific words from a text file through batch script. Say I want Line 2 word 3 to be read. Here is the code:: @ECHO OFF cls SET /P line=Please enter Line number: ECHO ...
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New version, want to update?

Is it possible that a batch file is checking a file on the web, ( ETG in the file its 1, and if %currentversion% is lower than that file, it ask if you want to update the batch file, and then it ...
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Converted Batch File

I was writing a batch file and I tried this command %~f0. Then notepad ++ ask me to reload the file because it was edited from another program. I reloaded it and all the batch code became this strange ...
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How to batch convert .sph files to .wav with sox

I have a directory with many folders containing hundreds of .SPH files. I need to convert all .SPH files into .wav format. I have adopted the following code: cd %~dp0 mkdir converted FOR %%A IN (%*) ...
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BAT - How would I detect the number of days from a date?

So today I wanted to make a simple bat file, that sorts builds of my app into folders in a specific hierarchy: App name Day 0 Build 1 D0_B1_G1.html Build 2 D0_B1_G2.html Day 1 Build 1 ...
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copy folder to multiple servers with different %userprofile%

I do not have access to GPO or AD/OU, so what I found to do the easiest was to create a batch file for users. Here is what I want to achieve : I have over 50 servers, and 10 users that will be ...
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PowerBuilder and batch processing

I'm using PowerBuilder 10.5 and as a newbie I'm a bit stuck and since Google isn't giving me a satisfying answer I'm asking some advice from the Stack Overflow group. I have a Rich Text Edit field in ...
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Is it possible to create a batch file that will call another batch file at some point and also supply it with a sequence of inputs

I have a batch file (lets say "test.bat"). Now when we run this test.bat it asks for user inputs during it's execution, For ex. user credentials and then shows a menu. The user can choose an option ...
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How to concatenate files with a new line between files in dos command line

I know I can concatenate files in a directory like: copy /b *.txt all.txt But I got one more question. How should I put new line between each files? I found that it's a problem for copy /b command. ...
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How to use keyboard shortcut keys throug batche file

I want to write a batch file that should open a file.txt and should do ALT + S and ALT + F and exit the file automatically . Thanks in advance for your quick response :)
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Traversing subdirectories & create simillar directory structure to process each file in sub directories

I want to create a batch script to process the directory and files in that directory, Basically i am using one tool to convert files in directory to some format and it can take each file separately ...
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start/affinity does not seem to work

I have been trying to use start/affinity command in my bat file like: start /affinity 4 my_job.bat Where I would like to run my bat job on cpu number 4. I have 4 core machine. I noted that ...
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Batch file to rename folders with wildcard or create a new folder and move contents?

I'm trying to tidy up a data folder and have written a batch file to take care of a lot of preliminary work (delete empty folders, delete junk files, etc), but I'm falling over when trying to deal ...
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Any batch processing system in the cloud?

I have a PHP-based website that executes a binary (C++ standalone compiled code). Right now I have this system in an Amazon EC2 machine, so that I am able to freely execute this binary. What I need ...
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How to open a URL in batch file that require Username and Password?

In the Command Prompt, I can open a url by START Http://www.foobar.com What if the website require to type in a Username and Password? as shown in btw the Username is a domain account like ...
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how to write a batch file which can identify value from a text file and store that value in some other text file

i have a text file which have some number content and string content,I want to write a batch which can identify number content and store the number content from each line in some other text file.

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