Hi,

I have a text file, which contains some text, including "192.168.168.44" in it.
This is the IP address of a VPN connection I establish to a server, and the last number (44 for example here) changes every time I connet.

I want to have a batch file, which clears everything else in the text file, except this address, and adds to it "My IP is" followed by the address.

Example: My IP is 192.168.168.44

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanx a looooooooooooooooot

Please can you inform use of the version of MS-DOS/PC-DOS etcetcetc you are using ???

If the IP is on a line by itself, try the batch below. If it isn't, things will be more complex.

::== myip.bat
@echo off

find "192.168.168" < myfile.txt > ip.txt

> m.d echo e 100 'My IP is '
>> m.d echo n my.txt
>> m.d echo rcx
>> m.d echo 9
>> m.d echo w
>> m.d echo q

debug < m.d > nul

copy /b my.txt+ip.txt newfile.txt > nul
:: DONE

If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Thank you for your replies.
Unfortunately, the IP address is not in a single line by itself. It is part of a line, like this:

something
something
something
IP Address. . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.12
something
something
something

I need to get rid of all those texts (here shown as "something", whatever they are, and what remains is only a text that says: My IP is 192.168.168.12

Thank you very very much.

We need to know the EXACT content of:

IP Address. . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.12

And the EXACT OS.

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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2Go

Dear all,

Thank you for your kind help.

Unfortunately, the string "192.168.168.44" is not in a single line. It is part of a line, which also includes other stuff as well.