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search and replace a string in ini
Name: sonali Date: August 26, 2008 at 23:24:34 Pacific OS: windowsxp CPU/Ram: dell Product: microsoft
Comment:
Hi! i m new to batch programing. I want to make a batch file which will search for a particular string in a ini file and replace it with a another string .
Can anyone help me. Thanks in advance.
Hi! i m new to batch programing. I want to make a batch file which will search for a particular string in a ini file and replace it with a another string .
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: August 26, 2008 at 23:46:52 Pacific
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@echo off > newfile setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (my.ini) do ( set str=%%a set str=!str:oldtext=newtext! echo !str! >> newfile )
===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 2
Name: Judago Date: August 26, 2008 at 23:58:20 Pacific
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I haven't thought of any way to do this yet but dosen't the above just set a variable of the old text, then change the variable to the new text then append it to the ini, which is otherwise unchanged?
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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: August 27, 2008 at 01:25:00 Pacific
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It writes to newfile.
===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 4
Name: Judago Date: August 27, 2008 at 01:57:29 Pacific
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sorry you are very much right, that's what I get for thinking about three things at once.
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Response Number 5
Name: sonali Date: August 28, 2008 at 02:45:27 Pacific
Reply:
It works!! Thanks a lot.
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