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by jb-hca
23 Mar 2018 10:03
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file
Replies: 4
Views: 6356

Re: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file

there really isn't much need for JREPL.BAT for such a simple task. You can use FINDSTR
So much to learn... Thank you for your help @dbenham ! I will work through your suggestions and report back if I run into more trouble :)
by jb-hca
21 Mar 2018 14:41
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file
Replies: 4
Views: 6356

Re: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file

Got it :)

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call jrepl "^.*$[\s\S]*DO.NOT.REMOVE" "" /m /f "acad - Copy (2).txt" /o -
by jb-hca
21 Mar 2018 14:31
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file
Replies: 4
Views: 6356

Re: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file

Woo hoo! Progress. I think I have found it except that I can't kill the first ; at the beginning of the file.

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call jrepl "$[\s\S]*DO.NOT.REMOVE" "" /m /f "acad - Copy (2).txt" /o -
by jb-hca
21 Mar 2018 12:45
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file
Replies: 4
Views: 6356

Help with find and replace with wildcards in text file

Hi, All! I've been trying to do a find and replace from some text files but I'm having trouble. I am using jrepl but I'm new to regular expressions and can't figure out how to get there. I've been reading the jrepl.bat file as well as the msdn page for two days and I think my head is going to pop. C...