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Loop and append different string to each file?
Posted: 25 Aug 2020 05:47
by Shohreh
Hello,
I'd like your input on how to solve this problem.
I need to write a loop to 1) read all TXT files in a directory, and 2) insert a different string in each file.
Pseudo-code:
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for %%f in (*.TXT) DO (
ECHO Handling %%f
SELECT CASE
CASE 1.TXT:
echo "some text" >> %%f
CASE 2.TXT:
echo "some other text" >> %%f
CASE 3.TXT:
echo "yet some other text" >> %%f
)
Can cmd do this, ideally for Windows 7/8/10?
Thank you.
Re: Loop and append different string to each file?
Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:48
by Squashman
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for %%G in (*.TXT) DO (
ECHO Handling %%G
IF "%%G"=="1.TXT" echo "some text" >> %%G
IF "%%G"=="2.TXT" echo "some other text" >> %%G
IF "%%G"=="3.TXT" echo "some more text" >> %%G
)
Re: Loop and append different string to each file?
Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:55
by Shohreh
Simple enough
Still, would it be possible to use a second loop, since I won't know the names of the input files? I only used 1.txt 2.txt as examples.
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@echo off
if "%~1"=="" GOTO PARAM
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
set items[0]="Some text"
set items[1]="Some other text"
set items[2]="Yet some other text"
set COUNTER=0
for %%f in ("%1") DO (
echo Handling file %%f
REM OK echo !COUNTER!
REM BAD echo !items[!COUNTER!]!
REM BAD echo !items[%%COUNTER]!
REM COUNTER not incremented → always shows first item
echo !items[%COUNTER%]!
set /a COUNTER +=1
)
GOTO END
:PARAM
echo Usage : %0 *.txt OR %0 file1.txt file2.txt
:END
echo Done