Hi all, In short, I have an XML file that needs to have some information deleted from it when a batch file runs. The file's data changes constently, so I cannot select only certain line #s to delete or only lines containing a predefined text string. Is there a way to delete all text from "x" to "y" in a text file using a batch file? A sample of the XML is listed below. In this sample I'd like to find the text starting with <connections> and ending with </connections> and then delete it: </POLICE-REPORTS> <QUEUE-MANAGER> <CONNECTIONS> <MASI_QMAFR_REPORTS>B360DEC2129B <AMS_QMDATA>449A10725EDB51F53 <AMS_DEFAULT>449A1 </CONNECTIONS> <DATAOBJECTS> <MAXLOGSIZE>D98E38 I'm very new to this, and could only find posts with examples to delete specific lines or matched text, not a range. Any help is greatly appreciated. THANKS!