I want to do a find/replace in several textfiles. How to automatize this with a .BAT ?
(I also need regular expressions)
Example : Look for :
<ObjectList ObjectType="MyObject">
(anything here)
</ObjectList>
Then delete this text and replace by :
<ObjectList ObjectType="MyNewObject">
Blablabla
Blablabla
</ObjectList>
How to do this with a .BAT script ?
EDIT : I have lots of file to find/replace, and some of them are not XML. So I would need a general solution... What is the most simple way to do it (I don't want to install a third part software). VBS or BATCH ?
If someone has a very small example code, thanks a lot in advance!
Thanks!
Use regular expressions via the VBScript.RegExp class of VBScript.
For example:
@ECHO OFF
(
ECHO Set Regex = CreateObject^("VBScript.RegExp"^)
ECHO Regex.Pattern = "[E-G]$"
ECHO MsgBox^(Regex.Replace^("A B C D E", "X"^)^)
) > Regex.vbs
CSCRIPT //NOLOGO Regex.vbs
DEL Regex.vbs
PAUSE > NUL
The code above would show the message "A B C D X".
I hope that I have helped.
Since you're manipulating XML, I'd use something XML-specific to maintain encodings, entities etc.
Check out XMLStarlet for a command-line based XML toolset, and in particular the ed
command which allows you to edit documents.
xml ed --help
XMLStarlet Toolkit: Edit XML document(s)
Usage: xml ed <global-options> {<action>} [ <xml-file-or-uri> ... ]
where
<global-options> - global options for editing
<xml-file-or-uri> - input XML document file name/uri (stdin is used if missing)
<global-options> are:
-P (or --pf) - preserve original formatting
-S (or --ps) - preserve non-significant spaces
-O (or --omit-decl) - omit XML declaration (<?xml ...?>)
-N <name>=<value> - predefine namespaces (name without 'xmlns:')
ex: xsql=urn:oracle-xsql
Multiple -N options are allowed.
-N options must be last global options.
--help or -h - display help
where <action>
-d or --delete <xpath>
-i or --insert <xpath> -t (--type) elem|text|attr -n <name> -v (--value) <value>
-a or --append <xpath> -t (--type) elem|text|attr -n <name> -v (--value) <value>
-s or --subnode <xpath> -t (--type) elem|text|attr -n <name> -v (--value) <value>
-m or --move <xpath1> <xpath2>
-r or --rename <xpath1> -v <new-name>
-u or --update <xpath> -v (--value) <value>
-x (--expr) <xpath> (-x is not implemented yet)