Batch file to comment specific lines into a text file
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Please, i need to do a batch file like that :
MyBatchFile.bat file.txt FileWithLineToComment.txt
Where :
FileWithLineToComment.txt
it's a text file, this one containall the lines text (not numbers of line) that we need to comment.
MyFile.txt:
Containe all the lines
MyBatchFile.bat
Is the program that i need to write. This batch file will :
1- open FileWithLineToComment.txt,
2- for each line we read, we will search it into the "MyFile.txt"
3- one time we find it we will add " // " in the first of the find line, and like that it will be
comment.
Exemple :
MyFile.txt Containe :
if i do this command line :
MyFile.txt will be like that:
Hope you can help me
Thanks
Happy cristmas for all, and hope we find all the happiness, health and money (lotof money $$$) :D
Please, i need to do a batch file like that :
MyBatchFile.bat file.txt FileWithLineToComment.txt
Where :
FileWithLineToComment.txt
it's a text file, this one containall the lines text (not numbers of line) that we need to comment.
MyFile.txt:
Containe all the lines
MyBatchFile.bat
Is the program that i need to write. This batch file will :
1- open FileWithLineToComment.txt,
2- for each line we read, we will search it into the "MyFile.txt"
3- one time we find it we will add " // " in the first of the find line, and like that it will be
comment.
Exemple :
MyFile.txt Containe :
123
34
12
153
123
757
12
757
if i do this command line :
MyBatchFile.bat file.txt FileWithLineToComment.txt
MyFile.txt will be like that:
123
34
//12
153
123
//757
Hope you can help me
Thanks
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Are these real world examples, or are they going to be text files with any amount of data, words, spaces, commas, other characters potentially on the line. Same for the list of lines to check?
Are there any blank lines etc. in the file that are important?
And just to check it seems you are checking the whole line to comment, i.e. if your string was found part way across the line.
If all of those end up being just like your answer it is a relatively simple for loop but no point writing that if not.
thanks
Steve
Are there any blank lines etc. in the file that are important?
And just to check it seems you are checking the whole line to comment, i.e. if your string was found part way across the line.
If all of those end up being just like your answer it is a relatively simple for loop but no point writing that if not.
thanks
Steve
This should give you a pretty good place to start, let me know what questions you have.
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
REM Make sure required parms were supplied
if "%~1" EQU "" (
echo No data file specified to process
exit /b
)
if "%~2" EQU "" (
echo No comment file specified to process
exit /b
)
REM Get input file and comment file from command line parms
set Filename=%~1
set Comments=%~2
REM Define name for temporary file
set Outfile=%Temp%\%~nx1
REM Send changed file to tem file for now
(
REM Read each line of file
for /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%L in ("%Filename%") do (
REM Read each line from comment file
set MakeComment=N
for /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%C in ("%Comments%") do (
REM If this line is to be commented flag it
if /I "%%L" EQU "%%C" set MakeComment=Y
)
if "!MakeComment!" EQU "Y" (
echo.//%%L
) else (
echo.%%L
)
)
)>"%Outfile%"
if exist "%Outfile%" (
copy /Y "%Outfile%" "%Filename%" >NUL
del "%Outfile%" >NUL
)
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