Hi, I am using an .ini file that adds information to another file, but the problem is that i need to add the same values to about 1000 files. At this stage i add it to every file individually, because i have to change 4 of the values to have the same value as the name of the file i import it into. I am doing this manually, so you can understand how long this is taking me. Is there a way to make the .ini file change these values to the mane of the file i import it into automatically? As you can see i am a bit wet behind the ears with this and any help will be much appreciated. The code is: [add] 40000=4 40003=5066(This is the value that should take on the name of the file i import it into )A1 40008=-3.8932 40009=2.8182 40010=0.2343 40013=6 40014=0 40015=0 40023=5066(This is the value that should take on the name of the file i import it into )A2 40028=-1.5558 40029=0.1573 40030=-0.4006 40033=6 40034=0 40035=0 40043=5066(This is the value that should take on the name of the file i import it into )A3 40048=0.5337 40049=2.0390 40050=-0.3812 40053=6 40054=0 40055=0 40063=5066(This is the value that should take on the name of the file i import it into )A4 40068=-1.8115 40069=4.7006 40070=0.2500 40073=6 40074=0 40075=0

Erasmus, This is what I understood from your problem statement. Let me know if I a right. You have a ini file named XYZ.ini. Which appears like this: [add] 40000=4 40003=Test1 40014=0 40015=0 40023=Test2 40028=-1.5558 40035=0 40043=Test3 40048=0.5337 40055=0 40063=Test4 40068=-1.8115 40074=0 40075=0 You have to replace Test1 by XYZA1, Test2 by XYZA2, Test3 by XYZA3, and Test4 by XYZA4. In this example, it is test1, test2, test3 & test4. Ideally you have to replace whatever is to the right of = sign against 40003, 40023, 40043 and 40063 by {filename}A1, {filenname}A2, .... Is that right? -- Holla.

Thank you for responding. I import the .ini file into a file called, for example, 6000.zfs. The .zfs file acts like a database and the information in the .ini file gets added to this database. The values in the .ini file that i am trying to change when i import the file into the .zfs file should have the same value as the name of the .zfs file i am trying to import it into. In other words I have to replace whatever is to the right of = sign against 40003, 40023, 40043 and 40063 by {filename}A1, {filenname}A2, ... Where filename is the same as the name of the .zfs file i import it into.

Erasmus, Try this: (please back up your .zfs files before trying)... and let me know the progress.. remove @echo off if you have to debug. @echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion for %%A in (*.zfs) do ( if exist %%A.tmp del %%A.tmp set flnm=%%~nA for /f "tokens=1,2* delims==" %%B in (%%A) do ( :echo bcd= %%B %%C %%D set CCC=%%C if [%%B]==[40003] (set CCC=!flnm!A1) if [%%B]==[40023] (set CCC=!flnm!A2) if [%%B]==[40043] (set CCC=!flnm!A3) if [%%B]==[40063] (set CCC=!flnm!A4) if [!CCC!]==[] ( echo %%B >> %%A.tmp ) else ( echo %%B=!CCC! >> %%A.tmp ) ) del %%A move %%A.tmp %%A ) You will lose empty lines(if any) from .zfs file though. -- Holla.

When i run this script it deletes the .zfs files from it's folder. Any idea why this is happening? It also says that the system can not find the file.

Erasmus, A dumb q, Do you have write permission on the disk? The three commands that can make the file disappear is 1. if exist %%A.tmp del %%A.tmp 2. del %%A 3. move %%A.tmp %%A prefix those statements with "echo" and insert a "pause" statement immediately after that. That way you would be able to see what it is trying to do. Hope you have understood the logic of the script. What the script does is For each *.zfs ( For each line read from the file ( parse the line: %B=token1, %C=token2&rest (delemeter is '=') If the first token is of interest to us, do the replacement. Output the new tokens to tmp file. ) replace the original file by tmp file. ) -- Holla.

Hi, it does not delete the file anymore, it does look for the temp files and then delete them. Then it can not find the file it should edit and then it runs the delete file script. because it did not find any file to edit it also didn't create a temp file, so it does not replace the other file... Hope that makes sence.