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Asked: 2021-10-29T08:42:57+00:00 In:

Copy Specific Line Using Batch File

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I wanna accomplish following using a batch
file:

Search a folder for *.txt files and in each file
search for a specific string and copy only that
specific line containing that string to another
text file (output file).
For example, if contents of the text file (say
Paul.txt) is :

Name : ABCD
Local Folder: //abcdomain/Folder1/Paul.ini
Designation : Programmer

Now I have to open this file and copy the only
line containing the string “domain” ie
Local Folder: //abcdomain/Folder1/Paul.ini
in the output file

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    3 Answers

    1. One liners:

      2>nul type *.txt | find "domain" >> "newfile"

      or

      findstr /l "domain" *.txt >> "newfile"

      Batch Variable how to

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    2. Start with mapping your share to a drive, DOS does not really like the \\servername\share syntax. You can map your share like this
      NET USE Z: \\servername\sharename

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    3. @echo off > newfile & setLocal enableDELAYedeXpansion
      for /f “tokens=* delims= ” %%a in (‘dir/b *.txt’) do (
      find “domain” > newfile
      )

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