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Name: sonali
Date: August 26, 2008 at 23:24:34 Pacific
OS: windowsxp
CPU/Ram: dell
Manufacturer/Model: microsoft
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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 .

Can anyone help me.
Thanks in advance.


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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
)


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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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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 27, 2008 at 01:25:00 Pacific
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It writes to newfile.


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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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Name: sonali
Date: August 28, 2008 at 02:45:27 Pacific
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It works!!
Thanks a lot.

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.


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