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Batch file to do a token replacement on a text file, in Windows.
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@echo off | |
rem sourced from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5273937/how-to-replace-substrings-in-windows-batch-file | |
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion | |
set INTEXTFILE=test.txt | |
set OUTTEXTFILE=test_out.txt | |
set SEARCHTEXT=bath | |
set REPLACETEXT=hello | |
set OUTPUTLINE= | |
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=¶" %%A in ( '"type %INTEXTFILE%"') do ( | |
SET string=%%A | |
SET modified=!string:%SEARCHTEXT%=%REPLACETEXT%! | |
echo !modified! >> %OUTTEXTFILE% | |
) | |
del %INTEXTFILE% | |
rename %OUTTEXTFILE% %INTEXTFILE% |
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