I used the search, and everything I found didn't HELP much. So, how would you find a string in a batch file, and using the same batch file replace that string.You want a batch file to alter itself?
That is what it sound slike to me.
Wild guess. Maybe what he really wants is a replacement at run time. It will get a new string to tack onto each file in a group.Neither of you are correct, so I'll explain this again. My batch file has a lot of MSG * popups. So I want to give them the option of replacing the the msg* popups. So, I want to find and replace the msg * popups, so in a way I NEED the batch file to alter itself, but not literally. So, I need a code that will find and replace a string of code.You do know that it won't be REAL TIME...You might be able to change the string, then call itself?...I might just be dreaming...OH BOY Recursion in a batch file. Who needs java! We can now do it in a batch file. Maybe the towers of HANOI in a batch file. WAIT, I think somebody already did that!Quote from: Dias de verano on January 11, 2009, 03:27:44 PM

You want a batch file to alter itself?

Neither of you are correct ... so in a way I need the batch file to alter itself, but not literally.

Maybe the towers of Hanoi in a batch file. Roll Eyes Wait, I think somebody already did that!