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Name: Iggy82
Date: November 5, 2009 at 05:01:09 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Batch
Comment:

I have a large file of text, with exactly 34 characters on each line.
I want to run a batch to remove the last 2 characters of each line so that I have 32 characters on each line.

Been trying to do this for ages without success!



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Response Number 1
Name: IVO
Date: November 5, 2009 at 05:55:50 Pacific
Reply: 

@echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion > "fileOUT.txt"
for /F "delims=" %%j in ('type "FileIN.txt"') do (
  set line=%%j
  echo.!line:~0,-2!>> "fileOUT.txt
)
:: End_OF_Batch


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Response Number 2
Name: Iggy82
Date: November 5, 2009 at 06:23:10 Pacific
Reply:

Legend, thanks very much


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