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sorry about that.. I just uploaded a sample fiile.
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A bit of PowerShell and a Regular Expression should do it:<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43063398-1"><span>(Get-Content -Path &quot;C:\Temp\ordfilex.txt&quot;) -replace &quot;^(15.{244})d&quot;, '$1 ' | Set-Content -Path &quot;C:\Temp\ordfilex_out.txt&quot;</span>
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What's the use case, that is, how <i>exactly</i> are you planning to use this script?<br />
Do you want to call it manually, scheduled, for a file with always the same name, for multiple files, ...?
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Albert Widjaja

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I will run it with a specific unc file path and would prefer it save it as the same filename that it is input.
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I have software that will launch the ps1 file...
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So the file path should be passed as argument?<br />
This will leave with ExitCode 1 if something went wrong:<br />

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-43063409-1"><span>[CmdletBinding()]</span>
<span>Param(</span>
<span>	[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)]</span>
<span>	[String]$Path</span>
<span>)</span>
<span>Write-Verbose &quot;Processing '$($Path)'&quot;</span>
<span>Try {</span>
<span>	@(Get-Content -LiteralPath $Path -ErrorAction Stop) -replace &quot;^(15.{244})d&quot;, '$1 ' | Set-Content -LiteralPath $Path -ErrorAction Stop</span>
<span>} Catch {</span>
<span>	$_ | Write-Error</span>
<span>	Exit 1</span>
<span>}</span>
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Run as<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43063409-2"><span>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File &quot;P:\ath\To\Script.ps1&quot; -Path &quot;\\Server\Share\ORDFILEX.txt&quot;</span>
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You can add -Verbose at the end to see which file it's processing.
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Bill Prew

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should the 244 be changed to 247 for the position where the &quot;d&quot; is at ?
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ibgadmin

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I receive daily order files where I would like to change the character &quot;d&quot; in position 247 to a space &quot;&nbsp;&quot;. &nbsp;Tricky part is the line where it is found should be defined by the record type found in position 1-2. &nbsp;In this case &quot;15&quot;. &nbsp;So any line beginning with &quot;15&quot; and there is a &quot;d&quot; in pos. 247, change that to a &quot;&nbsp;&quot;. &nbsp;What would be the best way to do something like this? &nbsp;I've heard Powershell would be the best solution, but I am not that familiar with it. &nbsp;I have attached a sample file.<br />
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ORDFILEX.txt

I receive daily order files where I would like to change the character "d" in position 247 to a space " ".  Tricky part is the line where it is found should be defined by the record type found in position 1-2.  In this case "15".  So any line beginning with "15" and there is a "d" in pos. 247, change that to a " ".  What would be the best way to do something like this?  I've heard Powershell would be the best solution, but I am not that familiar with it.  I have attached a sample file.

Replace string at given position

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