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This works great for the example file however it doesn't work when entry to be deleted is located somewhere else. Do you think we can get rid of (NAME = YourFolder) entry when this is located anywhere on the file? Try this: @echo off for /f "delims=[]" %%a in ('find /n /v "" ^<f...

You're code looks great but I should have done something wrong since I'm receiving ">> was unexpected at this time." I have checked and it's in "if %%a LSS %top% >>"file2.txt" echo.%%b" line. I have tried over and over and I cannot find the solution. Did you copy and p...

This works with the sample text - it can be used with head and tail also, and sed, as it extracts the numbers of the lines to remove. Input file is file.txt Output is written to file2.txt Cons: it will corrupt the output if the line starts with a [ or ] character. @echo off for /f "skip=2 deli...

you want all the content of the file except this part (DESCRIPTION = (NAME = YourFolder) (PATH = C:\bach\path\home_2) (folder_name = MyFolder) ) is that right? and is it always had these lines in that order like: 0 line --> ( 1st Line --> (DESCRIPTION = 2nd Line --> (NAME = 3rd Line --> (PATH = 4th...

Hey all, I have a protocol-kind-of file which contains some entries like these: WORLD = (DESCRIPTION = (DESC = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)) ) ) SERVER_LIST = (LIST = (DESCRIPTION = (NAME = MyFolder) (PATH = C:\bach\path\home_1) (folder_name = MyFolder) (Other line) ) (DE...

Hello experts,
I'm using a database backup utility that creates files with 1GB of information each. I want to move those files while utility is still running but I need to check if the file I'm about to move is not being written. Is there a way I can check so?
Thanks any hint will be appreciated!