Hi I need some help i have a file called myfile.txt and I want to create a batch file to insert a character in the beginning of every line in my file. ex. myfile.txt 0123456 newfile.txt X0123456

:: INCHR.BAT Usage: inchr Your_Character @echo off > MyFile.new for /F "delims=" %%j in (MyFile.txt) do echo.%1%%j>> MyFile.new :: End_Of_Batch I'm sure ghostdog will offer a better solution in Python.

Hi IVO, "I'm sure ghostdog will offer a better solution in Python." Sure, but how many have python installed? One in 30,000? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

>>Sure, but how many have python installed? One in 30,000? that's the reason why there are converters to convert Python ( or Perl) code into exe for distribution. Python (or other prog lang) can be downloaded and installed to 1 machine for development purposes. after testing and acceptance, convert to exe and distribute. This way, there is not much difference doing it in batch and distribute to every PC.

@OP, here's an alternative solution in Python import sys,fileinput position = int(sys.argv[1]) - 1 toinsert = sys.argv[2] filename = sys.argv[3] for line in fileinput.FileInput(filename,inplace=1): line=list(line.strip()) line.insert(position,toinsert) print ''.join(line) usage: c:\test> python <position:integer> <word to insert> <filename> here's an executableyou can use in your batch C:\test>more file.txt 123456 C:\test>test.exe 1 "insert_here" file.txt C:\test>more file.txt insert_here123456 C:\test>test.exe 5 "insert_here" file.txt #insert at position 5 C:\test>more file.txt 1234insert_here56