Batch File 1

[RSHH]

I need to create a batch file that will open a text file, find an entry, replace it and then close the file.

Any ideas?

Cant use VB as it needs to be compatable with as many machine as possible.

Thanks in advance

 

[MOSSOP]

To be honest I haven't tried it myself but I have seen this type of editing done via batchfiles before at my previous firm with a unix cmd called SED. Now the cmd line "sed" works for windows as well.

This could possibly help or do a search for sed on the internet :

http://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cop3346/UNIX/sed.pdf

 

[justcurious]

MOSSOP, that was an excellent suggestion. I found a simple DOS version called wsed.exe at

http://packetstormsecurity.nl/programming-tutorials/sed/sedlinks.htm

Even though it's an old DOS version, it worked like a charm on my Win2K Pro machine.

I have been using a windows version of GREP in a batch file to extract data from huge text files. This little tool will allow me to expand it's use.

 

[YIandI]

Check that this works in XP Pro. I have used a number of apps like this from DOS-W2K and so far they all bomb out with a memory error in XP.