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In a text file many lines contain a path + filename each

How can I (from a DOS Batch script) remove all the paths (including the last \") from all lines which contain a path+filename?
Just the filename should remain.

If a line is empty or contain just other text then nothing should happen.

Ok, I can rename a filename and replace a certain pattern by another pattern with a (simplified) command like: set "search=foobar" set "replace=newpattern" set "fname=aaa bbb foobar ccc ddd" ren "!fname!" "!fname:%search%="%replace%!" which yields as new filename: aaa bbb newpattern ccc ddd It works...

When I enter the command msg Peter /TIME:0 hello on command line CmdPrompt then everything is ok. A popup info box appears with the message "hello". When I execute the same command from inside a DOS batch script then I got an error: 'msg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operabl...

Yields popup "Windows cannot find '>nul chcp 1252 & ......' Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again" Same with start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252 && D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm” or start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252" & D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm...

I am running a batch script. Part of this batch script is the call of an external cmdline-only program. I start this program from batch script with start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm It works. However the output of that program contains german Umlaute which are not...

It work. Thank you

Where can I find the syntax of the replacement command you used:

"<sourcefilename>:<frompattern>=<replacepattern>"

When I type

ren /?

this is not mentioned

Thank you, it works. One last question: I want to apply the script onto another directory and wrote for %%i in ("D:\\indata\\new\\*%search%*.*") do ( ....) resp for %%i in ("D:\indata\new\*%search%*.*") do ( ....) But none of the two methods work. How do I let the script work with other directories ...

Hello Steffen,

thank you for the code. It works for most of the cases.
However when the source file pattern contains german Umlaute (like ÄÜÖ) it doesn't work.
Example

set "search= Änderung rel3 "
set "replace= change old"
.....

Any way to handle this as well?

Peter

Occasionally I have to rename masses of files resp. a part of their filename. Only pattern REPLACEMENTS are should take place. NO inserts, NO deletions and no regular expression replacements. Just simple replacements. This should be done from inside a script. So is there an easy way to rename e.g. t...

No, you didn't understand me. You simply wrote (`Command`). But what if the Command in turn contains inside further, nested double quotes? Double quotes are sometimes required if the path to a program contains blanks (see here the blank between bbb and ccc). If I write for example: For /F "Tokens=* ...

Again: This does not help. When I code in the dos batch script: For /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%G in ('"D:\aaa\bbb cccc\ddd eee\myprog.exe" -parm1 "https://www.foobar.com/web/page/targetpage/q=$subparm" xxxx.jpg') Do Set "Var=%%G" I am getting an abort: "D:\aaa\bbb is not recognized as an internal or e...

You are partially right. I wrote down the %$set% assignment trick in the past but did not found not the working example in my archive. Anyway I am still searching for a way to assign the output of a command to a batch variable otherwise. For /F "Tokens* UsebackQ" %%G in (`"D:\aaa\bbb cccc\ddd eee\my...

Assume I have a cmdline command simplified as follows: "D:\aaa\bbb cccc\ddd eee\myprog.exe" -parm1 "https://www.foobar.com/web/page/targetpage/q=$subparm" xxxx.jpg Since the program path contains blanks it must be enclosed in double quotes. The command above works in CmdPrompt on 64bit Win7 Now I wa...

Ok, it works now, but only in the simplest scenario. My original problem is derived from a more complex script: @echo off &setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion .... set "file1=C:\somewhere\foo.bar" for %%i in ("%file1%") do set "newfile1=%%~dpni.png" echo newfile1=%newfil...

Hmm, dann bekomme ich ein Abort mit:

The following usage of the path operator in batch-parameter
substitution is invalid: %~dpni.png"