I have found answers to so many questions by random google searches on this page, so I'm hoping my own question can be answered as well. I have a directory full of a hundreds of identical text files (copied from a template), each one named for a different process. Every file has a string called 'replace1' which I would like to replace with the filename. ex: filename = dostext.txt replace1 becomes dostext.txt If thats solvable, then the next step is to replace a second variable, replace2 with a truncated version of the filename ex: filename=dostext.txt replace2 becomes dostext Is this possible to do through a batch file? If not, are there any other recommended methods?

There's probably a better way to do this (I.E. PERL), but I'm not about to care. Largely untested VBS: With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") sTmp = .GetTempName For Each i In .GetFolder(".").Files Set oTmp = .CreateTextFile(sTmp) sFName = i.Name With i.OpenAsTextStream(1) Do Until .AtEndOfStream sLine = .ReadLine sLine = Replace(sLine, "replace1", i.Name) sLine = Replace(sLine, "replace2", SGetSName(i.Name)) oTmp.WriteLine sLine Loop End With oTmp.Close i.Delete .GetFile(sTmp).Name = sFName Next End With Function SGetSName(sIn) If InStr(sIn, ".") Then SGetSName = Left(sIn, InStrRev(sIn, ".") - 1) Else SGetSName = sIn End If End Function

Thank you very much, I will try this.