I'm using a repl.bat to find and replace files. Here's my code
for /f "tokens=1,2" %%s in (FindNReplace.txt) do (
Type C:\user\linefeed\%%a | C:\comp\bat\repl.bat "\%%s" "%%t" X > C:\user\out\%%a
)
Now in my FindNReplace.txt, I have the sample contents:
AAAAA\d{3} AAAAA
Basically all string containing AAAAA+3 bytes will be replaced by AAAAA. Now what if I want to include 3 bytes of spaces for my string to use as a replacement? "AAAAA+3 spaces" Can I include special character in the second column of FindNReplace.txt?
If you want to include the spaces in the second column in your .txt file, you need to indicate to the for
command that these spaces should not be considered a delimiter. Simply indicate that the tokens to retrieve are the first element in the line and that the second token will be all the remaining data in the line.
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%s in (FindNReplace.txt) do (
Type C:\user\linefeed\%%a | C:\comp\bat\repl.bat "\%%s" "%%t" X > C:\user\out\%%a
)
And, of course, include the three spaces after the value in the second colum.
edited to adapt to comments
copy "C:\user\linefeed\%%a" "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.in.tmp"
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%s in (FindNReplace.txt) do (
Type "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.in.tmp" | C:\comp\bat\repl.bat "\%%s" "%%t" X > "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.out.tmp"
move /y "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.out.tmp" "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.in.tmp"
)
move "C:\user\linefeed\%%a.in.tmp" "C:\user\out\%%a"