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I have a batch file which searches for text within files and renames the files accordingly. The problem is that it doesn't look for exact matches:
@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /m "General Ledger Summary Report" c:\Temp\*.prt') do ren "%%a" OFMREP052.prt
If the exact match isn't in the folder then any file with "General Ledger" in it will be renamed.
How can I force the batch file to search for exact matches?
@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /m "General Ledger Summary Report" c:\Temp\*.prt') do ren "%%a" OFMREP052.prt
If the exact match isn't in the folder then any file with "General Ledger" in it will be renamed.
How can I force the batch file to search for exact matches?
Microsoft DOS
Last Comment
Bill Prew
Have u tried using /X parameter ?
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you could just use FIND instead of findstr too:
FIND /I "General ledger......" c:\temp\*.prt
etc.
presumably as you are renaming to one filename there is no danger 2xsource or an existing destination file exists already?
FIND /I "General ledger......" c:\temp\*.prt
etc.
presumably as you are renaming to one filename there is no danger 2xsource or an existing destination file exists already?
ASKER
Thank you to everyone who contributed. Billprew's solution matched precisely what I was after.
Glad that helped, thanks.
~bp
~bp
See below
@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /m /l "General Ledger Summary Report" c:\Temp\*.prt') do ren "%%a" OFMREP052.prt