Replace a date in a .txt file

Mechanix2Go February 8, 2011 at 04:11:18

If your file looks like this: one two date=04-FB-2011 four five six :: ========================================== :: :: newdate.bat Tue 08-02-2011 18:38:01.42 @echo off > newfile & setLocal enableDELAYedeXpansion for /f "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%a in ('find /n "date=" ^< my.txt') do ( set A=%%a ) set /p D=new date ? : set N= for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (my.txt) do ( set /a N+=1 if !A! equ !N! ( echo.date=!D! ) else ( echo.%%a ) ) >> newfile ===================================== Life is too important to be taken seriously. M2

Great script just what i needed! One thing I can't modify the scipt so that it would delete the old date row from the file. In the newfile there will be two rows containing date=04-FB-2011 date=09-FEB-2011 /Jari

subhash chandra February 8, 2011 at 12:48:57

Mu Really great script. i would love to know the idea behind it..I mean how did you replaced just one line from the text file Subhash Chandra. www.s-chandra.co.cc

Mechanix2Go February 9, 2011 at 03:53:58

#2, Is that a question? #3, First loop finds the line number to be changed. ===================================== Life is too important to be taken seriously. M2

Hi, I had in my.txt file some remarks in the beginning like: # text # text # text date=04-MAR-2001 # text and this resulted in a newfile # text # text # text date=04-MAR-2001 date=22-mar-2011 I just removed the empty row between the hash marks from my.txt and it works now ok. I just didn’t realise immediately that the empty row would have such an effect on this script Jari

Mechanix2Go February 9, 2011 at 05:09:02

oops, I didn't account for blank lines. Glad you made it go. ===================================== Life is too important to be taken seriously. M2