Batch script to edit a file

Question

I have a file having following contents -

SF:D:\Saurabh\Work\WS\devicehowto.war\scripts\.\Greeter.js
DA:1,2
DA:4,2
DA:5,2
end_of_record
SF:D:\Saurabh\Work\WS\devicehowto.war\scripts\.\GreeterTest.js
DA:1,2
DA:3,2
DA:4,2
end_of_record

I need a batch script to replace all occurrence of "D:\Saurabh\Work\WS\devicehowto.war\scripts.\" with space character. So, after running the batch script the content should look like -

SF:Greeter.js
    DA:1,2
    DA:4,2
    DA:5,2
    end_of_record
    SF:GreeterTest.js
    DA:1,2
    DA:3,2
    DA:4,2
    end_of_record

Please help. Thanks.

These answers might be helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60034/how-can-you-find-and-replace-text-in-a-file-using-the-windows-command-line-envir — Anders Lindahl, Jun 07 '13 at 07:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '13 at 07:54

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@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
(
FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN (saurabh.txt) DO (
 SET "line=%%i"
 SET "line=!line:D:\Saurabh\Work\WS\devicehowto.war\scripts\.\=!"
 ECHO(!line!
)
)>new.txt
TYPE new.txt
GOTO :eof

producing new.txt.

Not sure why the second and successive lines are indented. If this is deliberate, please specify criteria.

answered Jun 07 '13 at 07:54

Magoo

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Thanks a lot Peter. This is working fine. Just one thing. Can we update same file instead of writing output in new.txt? – Saurabh Jun 07 '13 at 08:46
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Not in-place. simply `move /y new.txt saurabh.txt` where the `type` is. – Magoo Jun 07 '13 at 08:51
Perfect. Thanks a lot Peter. This is exactly what I was looking for. – Saurabh Jun 07 '13 at 08:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 09:43

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good job for sed

sed "/SF/s/:.*\\/:/" saurabh.txt

answered Jun 07 '13 at 09:43

Endoro

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Batch script to edit a file

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