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Batch File copying text but cuts off text at the first spaceHelpful Member! 

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bmacbmac (IS/IT--Management)
19 Jul 12 16:24
Hi. I have a batch file to remove the last line of my .txt file. In this case it copies all rows (except the last one) from d177920101id.txt
and into docinfo.txt

It copies the lines great, but each line is cut off at the first space.

So in d177920101id.txt I have the lines
BIG|CONSTRUCTION|INC
HANSEN|TOWING AND REPAIR|INC
EOF 2

In docinfo.txt I end up with
BIG|CONSTRUCTION|INC
HANSEN|TOWING

Any idea how I can change my batch file to copy the entire lines including the spaces?

CODE

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

rem Count the lines in file
set /a count=-1
for /F %%a in (d177920101id.txt) DO set /a count=!count!+1

rem Create empty temp file
copy /y NUL tempfile.txt >NUL

rem Copy all but last line
for /F %%a in (d177920101id.txt) DO (
IF /I !count! GTR 0 (
echo %%a >> tempfile.txt
set /a count=!count!-1
)
)

rem overwrite original file, delete temp file
copy /y tempfile.txt docinfo.txt >NUL
del tempfile.txt
Helpful Member!  tootiredtocare (TechnicalUser)
19 Jul 12 18:01
In your for statement, you have nothing to identify what the delimiter is, so when it hits the space, it assumes it's the end of the line

I think the following adjustment will help. Replace this line

CODE

for /F %%a in (d177920101id.txt) DO (

with this

CODE

for /F "delims=" %%a in (d177920101id.txt) DO (

bmacbmac (IS/IT--Management)
21 Jul 12 16:22
That was it! Thanks!
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