Can any one please help me to write a BATCH file for my below requirement. I've 20 different text files in a folder. I need to read each and every file for fetching certain details, and finally i need to generate a text file with the collected details. Each file contains details like this : DIRECTOR> TM_6014 Initializing session [s_UPDATE_LOAN_DELINQUENCY] at [Sun Oct 15 22:37:09 2006] DIRECTOR> TM_6252 Source Load Summary. DIRECTOR> CMN_1740 Table: [SQ_STG_LSLON] (Instance Name: [SQ_STG_LSLON]) Output Rows [2173188], Affected Rows [2173188], Applied Rows [2173188], Rejected Rows [0] DIRECTOR> TM_6253 Target Load Summary. DIRECTOR> CMN_1740 Table: [LOAN_DELINQUENCY] (Instance Name: [LOAN_DELINQUENCY_UPDATE]) Output Rows [2173080], Affected Rows [2173080], Applied Rows [2173080], Rejected Rows [0] DIRECTOR> TM_602 DIRECTOR> TM_6020 Session [s_UPDATE_LOAN_DELINQUENCY] completed at [Mon Oct 16 00:28:11 2006] I need to fetch start time, end time, no of records loaded. Here in this case, the start time is Oct 15 22:37:09 2006 End time is Oct 16 00:28:11 2006 No of records loaded are 2173080 I am waiting for some good solutions from you friends. Can any one please help me

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