This is probably a very very noob question 
But is is possible to change / insert TEXT in a TXT file through a bat file?

This is then picked up by another program for processing.

I looked at the EDIT function but this opens up a notepad like window in the command screen.

danielplease give example of what you would like to do
I would like to have a file wich is re-written every time the BAT is started.

For example:
File --> C:\info.txt
inside is a line like --> 14-02-2008

Now when I run the BAT tomorrow it must be rewritten to 15-02-2008

( this is purely an example, my textline will be different.....)I understand. You will need the > symbol and the >> symbol.

This symbol > creates a file new each time, any old file with same name is deleted

echo %date% > c:\info.txt



These 2 symbols >> create a file only if it does not yet exist. If it already exists a new line is added at the end.

echo %date% >> c:\info.txt
How would you get the time too?For Time

Echo %time% >C:\info.txtThe "TYPE > my_text.txt" will pipe or redirect the output to my_text.txt, overwriting the original.
The "TYPE >> my_text.txt" will pipe or redirect the output to my_text.txt, appending the original. The original test will still be there, plus the new.

I don't think that either is what you want.

In order to modify the text file, it would be necessary to rewrite the whole file each time.
I've been working on a possible solution, but can't get it to work yet.It would be possible to do some kind of word-processing / text-editing type things to a file fairly simply, such as search & replace, change case, DELETION, insertion, etc.

Linux / Unix has had utilities such as grep and sed for a long time, and they are available for the Windows command line too.


Quote from: Dias de verano on February 16, 2008, 10:43:52 AM

It would be possible to do some kind of word-processing / text-editing type things to a file fairly simply, such as search & replace, change case, deletion, insertion, etc.

Here's what I got so far...and it's not working...Not sure what I'm doin wrong:

For /F "skip=1" %%x in ("i:\shared_retention\ccbatch\ccbatch.txt") do copy %%x "i:\shared_retention\ccbatch\ccbatch2.txt"

am I way off?