I once knew a way to insert some text into a document using a batch file(i know it sounds strange..!) and im sure i used the COPY command or something like that. Could someone shed some light on this for me? Example: Say i wanted to add a line to an INI file like (eg) RUN=Welcome.exe into the win.ini file? I'm sure someone will know what im geeting at! Thanks! Al I once knew a way to insert some text into a document using a batch file(i know it sounds strange..!) and im sure i used the COPY command or something like that. Could someone shed some light on this for me? Example: Say i wanted to add a line to an INI file like (eg) RUN=Welcome.exe into the win.ini file, and I wanted it to OVERWRITE the current RUN= line? I'm sure someone will know what im getting at! Thanks! Al

PS-Sorry but i pasted the darn thing in twice(!) Ignore the top bit, the second one is the one i want you to read.. Thanks!

I think the append command along with the pipe command, been a long time; append welcome.exe | win.ini or something along those lines. Sorry to be vague(sp?) on this but it might spark some memory cells. Rediirect > might be in there too.

This sounds very familiar... copy con filename then type your text (up to 127 chr), enter for a new line. F6 or CTRL-Z to close To append output to a file: 'command' >>filename for example, if you wanted the help text for a command: xcopy /? >help.txt would create 'help.txt' with the screen output from 'xcopy /?' If there already exists 'help.txt' - it will be overwritten! xcopy /? >>help.txt would 'append' or keep adding to the 'help.txt' file. (You don't have to have a space between the redirect arrows and the target file, but you can if you want to) xcopy /? >> help.txt is ok too. Is this what you're looking for?

Well, I think he was looking for something else. Let me see if I've got it: you want the line to be automatically put into a file, overwriting the similar line that was there. Here's how to do it. I'll need EDLIN.exe. You may get it here: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/alrobin2/home/edlin/download.html (dont be scared with the page)(put it in a directorypath, such as c:\windows) It's a batch file. I will use the same example you did. The batch will also use a complementar file, also posted below. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- contents of string.bat: @echo off find /n /i "RUN=" c:\file.ini> out.bat edlin out.bat [lessthan] string.rep >nul echo SET LINE=%%1> string2.bat call out.bat echo %line%> string2.rep echo RUN=Welcome.exe>> string2.rep echo e>> string2.rep edlin c:\file.ini [lessthan] string2.rep >nul del out.bat del string2.bat del string.rep ---------------------------------------- contents of string.rep: 1,#r[^Zcall string2.bat, 1,#r]^Z, e ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- NOTE1: ^Z means CTRL+Z character. You may get it at dos edit by CTRL+P+Z NOTE2: [lessthan] means the lessthan character (the opposite of ">"). This forum has problems in posting it.... That's it. Any further questions, mailme. I have sent this to your email also. -- Secret_Doom -- email: secret_doom@hotmail.com

OOOOOOOPS! I have made a mistake. The string.bat from last post is wrong. This one is right: @echo off type file.ini |find /n /i "RUN=" > out.bat edlin out.bat [lessthan] string.rep >nul echo SET LINE=%%1> string2.bat call out.bat echo %line%> string2.rep echo RUN=Welcome.exe>> string2.rep echo e>> string2.rep edlin file.ini [lessthan] string2.rep >nul del out.bat del string2.bat del string2.rep del out.bak del file.bak Now it's ok and well tested! sorry