Windows - findstr in for loop (file content) - windows

I have a text file which containts stuff like
M test123
S test
M abc
and so on...
I'm trying to write a batch script that will do the following:
Read this text file, search every line for "M " (with spaces!) and then save the found line in a variable, delete the "M " and store the output in a seperate output.txt
So the output.txt should containt then following:
test123
S test
abc
Here's what I have so far:
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET count=1
FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (output_whole_check.txt) DO (
SET var!count!=%%F
findstr /lic:"M " > nul && (set var!count!=var!count!:~8%) || (echo not found)
SET /a count=!count!+1
)
ENDLOCAL
Or is there some easier way to solve that without any additional stuff installed on windows?

Try this one. It echoes all lines to output.txt with "M " replaced with nothing.
#echo off & setlocal
>output.txt (
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%I IN ("output_whole_check.txt") DO (
set "line=%%I"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
echo(!line:M =!
endlocal
)
)
Result:
test123
S test
abc
Or if your output_whole_check.txt is very large, it might be faster to loop over the lines using a for /L loop. for /L is more efficient than for /F. You just have to get a count of the lines to determine how many iterations to loop.
#echo off & setlocal
rem // get number of lines in the text file
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%I in ('find /v /c "" "output_whole_check.txt"') do set /a "count=%%I"
<"output_whole_check.txt" >"output.txt" (
for /L %%I in (1,1,%count%) do (
set /P "line="
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
echo(!line:M =!
endlocal
)
)
The result is the same output.

Related

Create a numbered list based on a given list of strings

windows cmd batch
I have a text file that looks like this:
Dog
Cat
Frog
Bat
Bird
Mouse
I want to attribute a number to each string, each line.
So that it becomes
1 Dog
2 Cat
3 Frog
4 Bat
5 Bird
6 Mouse
Then I want to ask the user to input a number, and then have the corresponding string stored in the variable.
So if the user inputs 1, then the variable is set to the string Dog
So when the user inputs 1 the program stores/outputs Dog
set /p var1="number? " so var1 becomes the string, not the number.
This does the first part of the task kinda, but now I need the second part, storing the strings in avariable.
#echo off
set TEXT_T="list.txt"
set /a c=0
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
)
endlocal
pause
Here below is an updated answer, thanks to LotPings.
With a small tweak to ask for the folder by string
This provides an easier way to use Megatools from CMD
https://megatools.megous.com/man/megals.html
https://github.com/megous/megatools
#echo off
:start:
megals /Root/
set /p var1="dir? " & megals /Root/%%var1%%
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -n /Root/%%var1%% ^|findstr
/n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -n -e /Root/%%var1%% ^|findstr
/n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Link=%%Link[%choice%]%%
set "trimmedlink="
for %%h in (%Link%) do if not defined trimmedlink set "trimmedlink=%%h"
Megadl %trimmedlink% && goto :start:
pause
Edit: Had to trim %Link% to just the first word, i.e just the link
The output of Megals -e /Root/misc looks like this:
The asterisk are the unique link ids for the files
/Root/misc
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File1
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File2
https://mega.nz/#!********!********************* /Root/misc/File3
With the batch script above it looks like:
1 File1
2 File2
3 File3
Select #: <------input file number
Edit2 number listing is fixed
Edit3 Parentheses in filenames crash the program
i.e
1 File(1)
The chosen file number then gets passed to Magadl as the corresponding link
Megadl Link
The batch script allows you to download the link by just entering the corresponding file number so you don't have to type out the long link id in a standard cmd window.
To use megals output directly and avoid delayedexpansion (which removes the !)
Findstr /n will do the numbering.
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/ ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Item[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Echo Choice:%%Item[%choice%]%%
Using a (pseudo-)call with doubled percent signs is an old fashioned method of realizing delayed expansion without the problem with the !.
In programming/scripting you need to adapt techniques to fit your needs.
Without knowing the exact output of your megatools,
this could do the job :
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/ ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Folder[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Folder=%%Folder[%choice%]%%
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e %Folder% ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Link[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Set Link=%%Link[%choice%]%%
megadl %Link%
As compo advised, please edit your question to contain all necessary information - don't force others to gather it from unnecessary answer and comments.
Just use an array:
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set TEXT_T="list.txt"
set /a c=0
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
set string[!c!]=%%i
)
set /P number=Enter number:
echo !string[%number%]!
pause
For further details, see this answer.
What about making the output of a command into a list, instead of a text file into a list?
so the line with var1 here would be turned into a numbered list (the files listed in that directory), and Var2 is the number the users enters to create the returned string that gets passed to a command. i.e
https://megatools.megous.com/man/megals.html
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
(megals -e /Root/) <--------list all folders in root
(set /p var1="dir? " && megals -e /Root/!var1!) <-- select folder + list files
(set /p var2="Megalink? " && Megadl !var2!) <--- enter the file name for download
ENDLOCAL
pause
I want to be able to enter a number for the download, instead of the long file name. So this way the user can enter the number that corresponds to the link that they want to download. So if they enter 1 then the program does Megadl Dog
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
megals -e /Root/
set /p var1="dir? "
megals -e /Root/!var1! > rlist.txt
set TEXT_T="rlist.txt"
set /a c=0
FOR /F "tokens=1 usebackq" %%i in (%TEXT_T%) do (
set /a c=c+1
echo !c! %%i
set string[!c!]=%%i
)
set /P number=Enter number:
Megadl !string[%number%]!
Endlocal
pause
This kills the first part of the link because it removes everything in between and including exclamations. !dasasdasd!
all megalinks start with #!something!
This didn't work
I need output of Call Echo %%Item[%choice%]%% passed to Megadl
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ('megals -e /Root/anime ^|findstr /n "." ') do (
set Item[%%A]=%%B
Echo %%A %%B
)
set /p choice=Select #:
Call Echo %%Item[%choice%]%%
for /F "tokens=*" (`%%Item[%choice%]%%`) do (
set "var1=%%A"
Megadl !Var1!
)
pause

How to use Windows batch for bicirculation

two files 1.txt 2.txt
1.txt
a2441
b4321
p8763
2.txt
Apple
banana
peach
I want to generated content in 12.bat
ren a2441 Apple
ren b4321 banana
ren p8763 peach
I try to write like this but failed
#echo on
for /f %%a in (1.txt) do (
for /f %%b in (2.txt ) do (
ren %%a %%b>>12.bat
)
)
pause
How can I achieve my desired results? help me,thks
It is not so straightforward. You'll need to skip increasing amount of lines in the inner loop , but because of the FOR parsing you'll need additional subroutine call.And if there are empty lined they need to be stripped with findstr for more accurate skipping of the lines. Also skip argument in FOR does not accept 0 so also an if is needed.
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /a s=0
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in (1.txt) do (
call :inner !s!
echo ren %%a !second!
set /a s=s+1
)
endlocal
pause
exit /b
:inner
set "second="
if %1==0 (
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%b in ('findstr /r "[a-zA-Z]" "2.txt"') do (
if not defined second set "second=%%b"
)
) else (
for /f "skip=%1 tokens=* delims=" %%b in ('findstr /r "[a-zA-Z]" "2.txt"' ) do (
if not defined second set "second=%%b"
)
)
The problem with anidated loops is that for each line of the outer file/loop all the lines of the inner file/loop are processed.
One simple solution is to number the lines of both files and only generate the output line when both numbers match. Quick and dirty:
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
>"12.bat" (
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /n "^" 1.txt') do (
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%c in ('findstr /n "^" 2.txt') do (
if %%a==%%c (
echo ren %%b %%d
)
))
)
This code just uses findstr to generate line numbers (/n) for each of the input files, and using the delims and tokens clauses of the for /f command to separate them from the original line contents (note: if the lines could start with a colon, more code is needed). If the line number in first file matches the line number in second file the command is echoed (there is a active output redirection to the final file)
Another option is to assign each file to a input stream and to read them using set /p operations from each of the streams
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
call :processFiles 9<"1.txt" 8<"2.txt" >"12.bat"
goto :eof
:processFiles
<&9 set /p f1= || goto :eof
<&8 set /p f2= || goto :eof
echo ren %f1% %f2%
goto :processFiles
In the call to the subroutine we assign each file to a stream. Inside the subroutine each stream is read with set /p (note: set /p can not read lines longer than 1021 characters)

Batch file to output lines after string match, filename

I have a directory of thousands of text files that begin with tape* (they're output files from an old Fortran program) and I need to extract 4 lines from each file as well as the filename that they were extracted from. The 4 lines begin 4 lines down from a predictable string, but we can use "Header" for this example:
tape1:
First line
...
Header
Trash1
Trash2
Trash3
Data1
Data2
Data3
Data4
...
I don't care about anything before or after those 4 data lines, but I also want the filename (i.e. "tape1") output after each Data line, like so:
Data1 tape1
Data2 tape1
Data3 tape1
Data4 tape1
Data5 tape2
Data6 tape2
...
Any thoughts on an easy Windows batch file to do this on all tape* files in a directory?
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /N "Header" tape*') do (
(for /L %%i in (-2,1,%%b) do set /P "="
for /L %%i in (1,1,4) do set /P "line=" & echo !line! %%a
) < "%%a"
)
#echo off
cls
rem get a list of file names sorted alphabetically by name
dir /b tape* /ON>.\Files.txt
rem delete any existing output from any previous run
if exist .\FoundData.txt del .\FoundData.txt
SET DataFileName=
SET LineData=
SET FoundData=
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F %%A IN (.\Files.txt) DO (
SET DataFileName=%%A
FOR /F "tokens=1,2* " %%B IN (!DataFileName!) DO (
rem use the following line to get just the first word on the line
rem SET LineData=%%B
rem use the following line to get the entire line
SET LineData=%%B %%C %%D
rem determine if the line contains "DATA" (case insensitive) and if so capture it
if "%FoundData%"=="" ( ECHO !LineData!|FIND /I "DATA">Nul && (SET FoundData=!LineData! ) || (SET FoundData=) )
rem if the line contained the data we want output it to the output file
IF NOT "!FoundData!"=="" (
(ECHO !FoundData! !DataFileName!>>.\FoundData.txt)
)
)
SET LineData=
SET FoundData=
)
set DataFileName=
)
ENDLOCAL
if not exist .\FoundData.txt echo No data found>.\FoundData.txt
start notepad .\FoundData.txt
You could try the following:
#echo off
for %%F in (".\tape*.txt") do (
for /F "delims=:" %%N in ('findstr /N /X /C:"Header" "%%~F"') do (
call :SUB "%%~F" %%N
)
)
exit /B
:SUB
set /A "SKIP=%~2+3"
for /F "skip=%SKIP% usebackq delims=" %%L in ("%~1") do (
echo(%%L %~n1
)
exit /B
Here is an alternative approach:
#echo off
for %%F in (".\tape*.txt") do (
for /F %%C in ('^< "%%~F" find /C /V ""') do (
set /A "POS=0" & set "NAME=%%~nF"
< "%%~F" (
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /L %%I in (1,1,%%C) do (
set "LINE=" & set /P LINE=""
if "!LINE!"=="Header" (
set /A "POS=%%I+3"
)
if !POS! GTR 0 if %%I GTR !POS! (
echo(!LINE! !NAME!
)
)
endlocal
)
)
)

Batch split a text file

I have this batch file to split a txt file:
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1*delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /n "^" "PASSWORD.txt"') do for /f "delims=~" %%c in ("%%~b") do >"text%%a.txt" echo(%%c
pause
It works but it splits it line by line. How do i make it split it every 5000 lines. Thanks in advance.
Edit:
I have just tried this:
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM Edit this value to change the name of the file that needs splitting. Include the extension.
SET BFN=passwordAll.txt
REM Edit this value to change the number of lines per file.
SET LPF=50000
REM Edit this value to change the name of each short file. It will be followed by a number indicating where it is in the list.
SET SFN=SplitFile
REM Do not change beyond this line.
SET SFX=%BFN:~-3%
SET /A LineNum=0
SET /A FileNum=1
For /F "delims==" %%l in (%BFN%) Do (
SET /A LineNum+=1
echo %%l >> %SFN%!FileNum!.%SFX%
if !LineNum! EQU !LPF! (
SET /A LineNum=0
SET /A FileNum+=1
)
)
endlocal
Pause
exit
But i get an error saying: Not enough storage is available to process this command
This will give you the a basic skeleton. Adapt as needed
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "nLines=5000"
set "line=0"
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("passwords.txt") do (
set /a "file=line/%nLines%", "line+=1"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%b in (!file!) do (
endlocal
>>"passwords_%%b.txt" echo(%%a
)
)
endlocal
EDITED
As the comments indicated, a 4.3GB file is hard to manage. for /f needs to load the full file into memory, and the buffer needed is twice this size as the file is converted to unicode in memory.
This is a fully ad hoc solution. I've not tested it over a file that high, but at least in theory it should work (unless 5000 lines needs a lot of memory, it depends of the line length)
AND, with such a file it will be SLOW
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "line=0"
set "tempFile=%temp%\passwords.tmp"
findstr /n "^" passwords.txt > "%tempFile%"
for /f %%a in ('type passwords.txt ^| find /c /v "" ') do set /a "nFiles=%%a/5000"
for /l %%a in (0 1 %nFiles%) do (
set /a "e1=%%a*5", "e2=e1+1", "e3=e2+1", "e4=e3+1", "e5=e4+1"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if %%a equ 0 (
set "e=/c:"[1-9]:" /c:"[1-9][0-9]:" /c:"[1-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e2![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e3![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e4![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e5![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" "
) else (
set "e=/c:"!e1![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e2![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e3![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e4![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" /c:"!e5![0-9][0-9][0-9]:" "
)
for /f "delims=" %%e in ("!e!") do (
endlocal & (for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%b in ('findstr /r /b %%e "%tempFile%"') do #echo(%%c)>passwords_%%a.txt
)
)
del "%tempFile%" >nul 2>nul
endlocal
EDITED, again: Previous code will not correctly work for lines starting with a colon, as it has been used as a delimiter in the for command to separate line numbers from data.
For an alternative, still pure batch but still SLOW
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "nLines=5000"
set "line=0"
for /f %%a in ('type passwords.txt^|find /c /v ""') do set "fileLines=%%a"
< "passwords.txt" (for /l %%a in (1 1 %fileLines%) do (
set /p "data="
set /a "file=line/%nLines%", "line+=1"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
>>"passwords_!file!.txt" echo(!data!
endlocal
))
endlocal
Test this: the input file is "file.txt" and output files are "splitfile-5000.txt" for example.
This uses a helper batch file called findrepl.bat - download from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfdldmcb6vwi9xc/findrepl.bat
Place findrepl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or on the path.
#echo off
:: splits file.txt into 5000 line chunks.
set chunks=5000
set /a s=1-chunks
:loop
set /a s=s+chunks
set /a e=s+chunks-1
echo %s% to %e%
call findrepl /o:%s%:%e% <"file.txt" >"splitfile-%e%.txt"
for %%b in ("splitfile-%e%.txt") do (if %%~zb EQU 0 del "splitfile-%e%.txt" & goto :done)
goto :loop
:done
pause
A limitation is the number of lines in the file and the real largest number is 2^31 - 1 where batch math tops out.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
findstr /N "^" PASSWORD.txt > temp.txt
set part=0
call :splitFile < temp.txt
del temp.txt
goto :EOF
:splitFile
set /A part+=1
(for /L %%i in (1,1,5000) do (
set "line="
set /P line=
if defined line echo(!line:*:=!
)) > text%part%.txt
if defined line goto splitFile
exit /B
If the input file has not empty lines, previous method may be modified in order to run faster.

Getting a list of common strings with first occurance mark

I've got bunch of text files with some content. First I wanted to number the lines globally. Then I extracted all lines that are duplicated somewhere (occur in any of given files at least twice). But now I need to mark all of these lines with the filename and line number of the first occurrence of this line. And now the funny part - it needs to be a windows batch file, using native windows tools. That's why I've got this problem to begin with.
So, to sum it up:
I have a file A with unique strings/lines, each of them is said to occur at least twice in given set of files.
I need to search these files and mark all occurrences of given line from A file with
-file name in which the line first occured
-line number in this file
This is my code with effort to number lines and format files.
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set /a lnum=0
if not [%1]==[] pushd %1
for /r %%F in (*.txt) do call :sub "%%F"
echo Total lines in %Files% files: %Total%
popd
exit /b 0
:Sub
set /a Cnt=0
for /f %%n in ('type %1') do (
set /a Cnt+=1
set /a lnum=!lnum!+1
echo ^<!lnum!^> %%n >> %1_ln.txt && echo ^<!lnum!^> >> %1_ln.txt && echo. >> %1_ln.txt
)
set /a Total+=Cnt
set /a Files+=1
echo %1: %Cnt% lines
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set lnum=0
if not "%~1" == "" pushd %1
rem "I've got bunch of text files..." (%%F is file name)
for /r %%F in (*.txt) do call :sub "%%F"
echo Total lines in %Files% files: %lnum%
popd
exit /b 0
:Sub "filename"
set Cnt=0
rem "... with some content." (%%n is line contents)
(for /f "usebackq delims=" %%n in (%1) do (
set /a Cnt+=1
rem "First I wanted to number the lines globally."
set /a lnum+=1
echo ^<!lnum!^> %%n
rem "Then I extracted all lines that are duplicated somewhere" (that were defined before)
if defined line[%%n] (
rem "I need to mark all of these lines with the filename and line number of the first occurrence of this line."
echo ^<!line[%%n]!^>
echo/
) else (
REM (Store the first occurrence of this line with *local* line number and filename)
set line[%%n]=!Cnt!: %1
)
)) > "%~PN1_ln.txt"
set /A Files+=1
echo %1: %Cnt% lines
exit /B
The above Batch program ignore empty lines in the input files and fail if they contain special Batch characters, like ! & < > |; this limitation may be fixed if required.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
FOR /f "delims=" %%s IN (A) DO (
SET searching=Y
FOR /f "delims=" %%f IN (
'dir /s /b /a-d *.txt') DO IF DEFINED searching (
FOR /f "tokens=1delims=:" %%L IN (
'findstr /b /e /n /l /c:"%%s" ^<"%%f"') DO IF DEFINED searching (
ECHO Line %%L IN "%%f" FOUND "%%s"
SET "searching="
)
)
)
Here's the meat of a routine that should do what you appear to be looking for - and that's as clear as mud.
It looks through the "A" file for each string in turn, assigns the string to %%s and sets the flag searching
Then it looks through the file list, assigning filenames to %%f
Then it executes a findstr to find the /c:"%%s" complete string %%s (including any spaces) in /l or literal mode (ie. not using regular expressions) for a line that both /b and /e begins and ends with the target (ie exactly matches) and /n numbers those lines.
The output of findstr will be in the format linenumber:linecontents so if this line is examined by the FORwith the option "delims=:" then the partion up to the first : is assigned to to %%L
So - %%L contains the line#, %%f the filename, %%s the string
Clearing searching having detected this line by setting its value to [nothing] means it's not NOT DEFINED hence no further lines will be reported from the current file, and no further filenames will be examined.
Now if you want to get a listing of ALL of the occurrences of the target lines, all you need to do is to REM-out the SET "searching=" line. Searching will then never be reset, so each line in each file is reported.
If you want some other combination, please clarify.
I have absolutely no idea whatever what you mean by "marking" a line.
#ECHO OFF & setlocal
for /f "tokens=1*delims==" %%i in ('set "$" 2^>nul') do set "%%i="
for %%a in (*.txt) do (
for /f %%b in ('find /v /c "" ^<"%%a"') do echo(%%b lines in %%a.
set /a counter=0, files+=1
for /f "usebackqdelims=" %%b in ("%%~a") do (
set /a counter+=1, total+=1
set "line=%%b"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if not defined $!line! set "$!line!=%%a=!counter!=!line!"
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('set "$" 2^>nul') do (if "!"=="" endlocal)& set "%%i"
)
)
echo(%total% lines in %files% files.
for /f "delims=" %%a in (a) do set "#%%a=%%a"
for /f "tokens=2,3*delims==:" %%i in ('set "$" 2^>nul') do (
if defined #%%k echo("%%k" found in %%i at line %%j.
)
Script can handle !&<>|%, but not =.

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