BatchSubstitute Output Width

[JDV]

First, thanks for making this tool available. It seems as though it will solve some problems I had creating a properly formed RSS XML.

The only problem is that the output is truncated after 1028 columns. I had a similar problem with the SQLCMD which creates the XML to start with, but that was remedied with a command line parameter.
The main section of the XML is one long line (usually around 4900 columns). Is there any way to increase the width that BatchSubsitute accepts?

Also, is there any way to run two sets of variables? I need to replace A with B and C with D, and would like to avoid having two scheduled tasks if possible.

Thanks,
JDV

[jeb]

Hi JDV,

first have question.
Do you use the batch substitute from the library or the improved version from the forum?
Is your input file in ascii or unicode format?

Jeb

[JDV]

Jeb,

I am using the version from the File Examples page.
My input file is an XML created from the SQLCMD command. I honestly don't know how to tell what the encoding is. This MSDN article states that a -u parameter (which I didn't use) results in Unicode output, but I don't know what output results without the parameter.

Thanks.

[jeb]

Hi JDV,

you could try the "improved Batch Substitute" http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1516.

The problem seems to be the find command, it have problems with long lines.
findstr accept more characters.

jeb

[JDV]

That updated version did the trick.
Thanks very much!

For anyone finding this post looking for multiple instances of the .bat, I ended up creating another batch file to:
CALL BatchSubstitute.bat [stuff you want #1 to do]
CALL BatchSubstitute.bat [stuff you want #2 to do]

[ghostmachine4]

That updated version did the trick.
Thanks very much!

For anyone finding this post looking for multiple instances of the .bat, I ended up creating another batch file to:
CALL BatchSubstitute.bat [stuff you want #1 to do]
CALL BatchSubstitute.bat [stuff you want #2 to do]

you shouldn't even use batch (cmd.exe) to parse and manipulate files. Use a tool more suitable for the job. If you can download stuff, you can use
sed for windows or gawk for windows. But Ideally, since you are working with XML, you should use an XML parser/writer (note: its ideally. If you only have simple requirements, gawk/sed will do the job)