Batch File Loop - Skip file, if file name contains string - string

I am trying to do essentially the same as in this question, i.e. I want to loop through files in a directory, but exclude files that have in their name a certain string (in my case ".new.". However, the problem is that I am using
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
because I want the batch also to work with file names that contain exclamation marks. I have thus tried to make the solution work using directly the loop variable %%x instead of a new variable, but that does not appear to work:
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
For %%x in (*.mkv *.mp4) do (
If "%%x" == "%%x:.new." (
Echo Skipped "%%x"
) Else (
Echo Processing "%%x"
)
)
String matching doesn't work, i.e. I get
Processing "file.mkv"
Processing "file.new.mkv"
Any hint for how I could get this to work would be greatly appreciated; thanks!

Batch string-manipulation commands can't be applied directly to metavariables like %%x.
echo %%x|findstr /i /L ".new.">nul
if errorlevel 1 (
echo process %%x
) else (
echo skip %%x
)
should work for you, finding the string .new. /l literally, /i case-insensitive. set errorlevel to 0 if found, non-0 otherwise.

Related

Cannot set environmental variable inside a loop in a batch script

I have a batch script that works great and it does the following:
download EDI files from sftp server
generate a dynamic ftp scripts based on the filenames that were downloaded
uploads the file to an internal ftp server via FTP script
I need to modify the batch file to look at the content as some data coming in maybe missing a 0. I do have the logic on how to do this, however, I cannot add the logic to the loop I have as variables do not work.
Below is loop where I want to add the part to correct missing leading zero (that would be in position 4):
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (c:\scripts\permitsin.txt) do (
echo put %%A /qsys.lib/MAEPFTDTA.lib/PERMITIN.file/%%A >> c:\scripts\ftp-to-scoopsoft.ftp1
)
What I need to do is add an environment variable which will be the content of the file and below is the sample code:
set /p string =< %%A
echo Value for string is set to %string%
echo %string:~9,1% | find "ECHO is on." > nul
if not errorlevel 1 goto Found0
echo no space found
goto End
:Found0
echo found space
echo below is what the correct number needs to be
echo %string:~0,3%0%string:~3% > %%A
:End
I need this to work in batch file as security requirements does not allow PowerShell on the servers.
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (c:\scripts\permitsin.txt) do (
for /F "delims=" %%S in (%%A) do (
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "string=%%S"
if "!string:~9,1!"==" " echo !string:~0,3!0!string:~3!> %%A
endlocal
)
echo put %%A /qsys.lib/MAEPFTDTA.lib/PERMITIN.file/%%A >> c:\scripts\ftp-to-scoopsoft.ftp1
)
should do what you appear to need. Test on sample data first, of course.
Here's the how : Stephan's DELAYEDEXPANSION link
And it saves a lot of work if you tell us what you want to do rather than how you want to do it.

Batch Move based on filename without Delimiters, String Only

Okay, Windows 7 Enterprise x64 here with a Windows batch file question. I am a somewhat basic user with little knowledge of batch file creation. I've modified existing scripts I've found online to my use, that is about it.
I have a piece of software that dumps it's output to a folder with file names concatenated from the project title, current system date, current system time, and project settings.
It will export two files in this format every time the project is saved:
PROJECTTITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.iges
PROJECTTITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.step
The A, B, and C representing switches used in the software that are specific to the project. These may exist or may not exist as in the file name can be _R_F or _R_F_Z etc.
"PROJECTTITLE" can literally be anything. This is where my problem arises using delimiters. You could potentially have file names like all of the following (using real examples from users):
11475shacklebody_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F.iges
11475shacklebody_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F.step
test_EFMflow_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_Z.iges
test_EFMflow_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_Z.step
untitled16_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R.iges
untitled16_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R.step
#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.iges
#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.step
prooftestwithoutupperlandsimproved-4_2016_10_07__09_45_11.iges
prooftestwithoutupperlandsimproved-4_2016_10_07__09_45_11.step
What I want to do is move both the IGES and STEP files from the output folder on the C drive to a new folder on a networked drive with name based on "PROJECTTITLE," creating that folder if needed. I have already task scheduled a -delim based batch to run every night, but found delimiters to not be sufficient for my use.
While it seems like an easy job to do with delimiters, looking for the first underscore, I have had projects with underscores in their names that screws up the folder naming. Since delimiters only work for individual characters, not strings, I have been looking for examples of batch files I can adapt to my use with no luck finding any similar to what I want to do that do not use delimiters.
It seems simple, search for string "_2016," in filename, and take all characters before "_2016" and create a new directory, placing files containing those characters in that folder. I am lost as to how to do this without delimiters though.
What I have working so far, using delimiters looking for underscores, creating folders and moving to those folders on a mapped drive:
for /f "delims=_" %%V in ('dir /b /a-d C:\Output\*_*.iges') do (
mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\%%V" 2>nul
move "C:\Output\%%V_*.iges" "I:\ENG\PARTS\%%V" >NUL 2>nul
move "C:\Output\%%V_*.step" "I:\ENG\PARTS\%%V" >NUL 2>nul
)
It is a very simple batch file for what it does, but falls flat on it's face with titles containing underscores.
A few things:
Searching for _2016 would mean the batch file would need yearly maintenance. Could we either search for system %YEAR% or somehow search for "_####_##_##_" with something like a regular expression to get away from searching for system date or a specific year?
EDIT:
While not ideal as the switches are useful, I found a way in the software to not export the project specific switches at the end of the file name. So now the export would be:
PROJECTTITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11.iges
PROJECTTITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11.step
Which I know I can trim from right, what, 21 characters, use that name to make a folder and search the directory for all files containing that trimmed string.
It still would be nice to figure out how to search for the specific string though with the switches intact. I am willing to learn, so throw all explanations of your code you can at me.
Double (Late) EDIT:
First, thank you all for answering this, I deeply appreciate your help.
Double underscores in the the filename are quite rare, but do happen, probably due to typos. It becomes more of an issue with the volume of files I'm planning to move with this. The software runs on maybe 100 user machines with 20 or so being heavy users, each saving up to maybe 1000 files a day. The software will automatically save in increments, as the user runs the simulation. I'm trying to give them a way to collaborate and view each other's simulation results over the network (that we actively encourage them to use) and it figures that the software is hard coded to output to the C drive (for "performance" as the vendor tells me). I'm looking into scheduling the files to move every 15 minutes on every PC in their OU instead of nightly to give a near-real-time view on what they are working on.
Another option I explored was symbolically linking the output folder on each machine to the software's folder network drive, but found that this really doesn't solve the user's "organization" issue, putting like project runs in the same folder. This also has the issue of not allowing them to save a project out of the office without VPN, which some users do do, then move their files over when they get back in the office.
Thank you for your assistance.
Next batch script should do the job even if a file name contains cmd poisonous characters like space or % percent sign etc.
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
set "_fouts=C:\Output" your setting
set "_fouts=D:\test\39924063" my setting
for /F %%G in ('wmic OS get localdatetime ^|find "."') do set "_fyear=%%G"
pushd "%_fouts%"
set "_fyear=%_fyear:~0,4%"
call :doDir
set /A _fyear -= 1
call :doDir
popd
ENDLOCAL
goto :eof
:doDir
rem debugging output echo(%_fyear%
for /f "delims=" %%V in ('
dir /b /a-d "*_%_fyear%_*.iges" "*_%_fyear%_*.step" 2^>NUL') do (
set "_fname=%%~nV" filename without extesion
set "_fexte=%%~xV" extesion only
call :doAll
)
goto :eof
:doAll
call set "_ftail=%%_fname:*_%_fyear%_=%%"
call set "_fproj=%%_fname:_%_fyear%_%_ftail%=%%"
rem debugging output echo("%_fproj%" "%_fname%" "%_fexte%"
ECHO mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\%_fproj%" 2>nul
ECHO move "%_fname%%_fexte%" "I:\ENG\PARTS\%_fproj%\"
goto :eof
Output (note that operational mkdir and move commands are merely displayed for debugging purposes using ECHO mkdir and ECHO move, respectively):
==> dir /B /S "D:\test\39924063" /S
D:\test\39924063\#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.iges
D:\test\39924063\#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.step
D:\test\39924063\%PROJECT TITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.iges
D:\test\39924063\%PROJECT TITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.step
==> D:\bat\SO\39924063.bat
mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\#14drop_wire-edm"
move "#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.iges" "I:\ENG\PARTS\#14drop_wire-edm\"
mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\%PROJECT TITLE"
move "%PROJECT TITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.iges" "I:\ENG\PARTS\%PROJECT TITLE\"
mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\#14drop_wire-edm"
move "#14drop_wire-edm_2016_10_07__09_45_11__R_F_Z.step" "I:\ENG\PARTS\#14drop_wire-edm\"
mkdir "I:\ENG\PARTS\%PROJECT TITLE"
move "%PROJECT TITLE_2016_10_07__09_45_11__A_B_C.step" "I:\ENG\PARTS\%PROJECT TITLE\"
==>
Resources (required reading, incomplete):
(command reference) An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
(additional particularities) Windows CMD Shell Command Line Syntax
(%~nV, %~xV etc. special page) Command Line arguments (Parameters)
(set "_fyear=%_fyear:~0,4%" etc.) Extract part of a variable (substring)
(%variable:StrToFind=NewStr% etc.) Variable Edit/Replace
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
SET "destdir=U:\destdir"
REM (
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (
'dir /b /a-d "%sourcedir%\*__*" '
) DO (
IF /i "%%~xa"==".iges" CALL :process "%%a"
IF /i "%%~xa"==".step" CALL :process "%%a"
)
REM )>"%outfile%"
GOTO :EOF
:: Process filename "%1"
:process
SET "fullname=%~1"
SET "junk=%fullname:*__=%"
CALL SET "project=%%fullname:%junk%=%%"
SET "project=%project:~0,-13%
ECHO(MD "%destdir%\%project%"
ECHO(MOVE "%sourcedir%\%~1" "%destdir%\%project%\"
GOTO :eof
You would need to change the settings of sourcedir and destdir to suit your circumstances.
The required MD commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO(MD to MD to actually create the directories. Append 2>nul to suppress error messages (eg. when the directory already exists)
The required MOVE commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO(MOVE to MOVE to actually move the files. Append >nul to suppress report messages (eg. 1 file moved)
This approach simply performs a directory list without directorynames (/a-d) of each file in the source directory that contains a double-underscore. Each filename matching is assigned to %%a and if the extension part (%%~xa) is one of the targets, then process the filename.
Processing consists of removing all of the characters before the double-underscore and then removing that junk part from the full name, giving project+date. Remove the last 13 characters and you have your project name.
Will have problems with any filename containing certain symbols like % or = but should be fine with underscores.
This version assumes there will not be an instance of _YYYY_ in the PROJECTTITLE.
#Echo Off
SetLocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
(Set OutDir=I:\ENG\PARTS)
(Set SrcDir=C:\Output)
If Not Exist "%SrcDir%\" Exit/B 1
If Not Exist "%OutDir%\" Exit/B 1
For /F "EOL=Y" %%A In ('WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Year') Do (
For /F "Delims=" %%B In ("%%A") Do Set "ThisYr=%%B")
For /F "Delims=" %%A In ('Where "%SrcDir%:*_%ThisYr%_*.iges"') Do (
If Exist "%%~dpnA.step" Call :Sub %%~nA)
Exit/B
:Sub
Set "BigTit=%~1"
For /F "Delims=" %%A In ('CMD /Q /C "Call Echo %%BigTit:_%ThisYr%_=&:%%"') Do (
If Not Exist "%OutDir%\%%A\" MD "%OutDir%\%%A"
Move "%SrcDir%\%~1*.*" "%OutDir%\%%A">Nul)
Edit, there is no need to export without the potentially useful project switches using the above code.
Supposing the PROJECTTITLE part of the file names does not contain two consecutive underscores, you could use the following script, which splits off the first occurrence of __ and everything after (so the time part and the optional switches are removed), using a standard for loop rather than for /F; then it splits off another 11 characters (hence the remaining date part), using sub-string expansion:
#echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
rem // Define constants here:
set "_SOURCE=."
set "_TARGET=."
for /F delims^=^ eol^= %%F in ('
pushd "%_SOURCE%" ^&^& ^(
dir /B /A:-D ^
"*_????_??_??__??_??_??*.iges" ^
"*_????_??_??__??_??_??*.step" ^
^& popd^)
') do (
call :PROCESS "%%F"
)
endlocal
exit /B
:PROCESS val_file
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "FILE=%~1"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for %%I in ("!FILE:__=";"!") do (
endlocal
set "ITEM=%%~I"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
goto :NEXT
)
:NEXT
if defined ITEM (
set "ITEM=!ITEM:~,-11!"
md "%_TARGET%\!ITEM!" 2> nul
if not exist "%_TARGET%\!ITEM!\!FILE!" (
move /Y "%_SOURCE%\!FILE!" "%_TARGET%\!ITEM!\" > nul
)
)
endlocal
endlocal
exit /B
Finally I come up with a script that is able to handle even files whose PROJECTTITLE part contain __ on their own. It splits off the last occurrence of __ and everything after (so the optional switches are removed, if any, or the time part is removed otherwise), using a standard for loop rather than for /F; then it splits off another 21 characters (hence the remaining date and time parts), or, if no optional switches were present, just another 11 characters (hence the remaining date part), using sub-string expansion:
#echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
rem // Define constants here:
set "_SOURCE=."
set "_TARGET=."
for /F delims^=^ eol^= %%F in ('
pushd "%_SOURCE%" ^&^& ^(
dir /B /A:-D ^
"*_????_??_??__??_??_??*.iges" ^
"*_????_??_??__??_??_??*.step" ^
^& popd^)
') do (
call :PROCESS "%%F"
)
endlocal
exit /B
:PROCESS val_file
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "FILE=%~1"
set "BASE=%~n1"
set "NAME=" & set "ITEM="
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for %%I in ("!BASE:__=";"!") do (
for /F "delims=" %%E in ("!NAME!!ITEM!__") do (
endlocal
set "NAME=%%E"
set "ITEM=%%~I"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
)
)
if defined NAME (
set "NAME=!NAME:~2,-2!"
echo("!ITEM!"| > nul findstr /R "^\"[0-9][0-9]_[0-9][0-9]_[0-9][0-9]\"$" || (
if defined NAME set "NAME=!NAME:~,-10!"
)
if defined NAME set "NAME=!NAME:~,-11!"
if defined NAME (
md "%_TARGET%\!NAME!" 2> nul
if not exist "%_TARGET%\!NAME!\!FILE!" (
move /Y "%_SOURCE%\!FILE!" "%_TARGET%\!NAME!\" > nul
)
)
)
endlocal
endlocal
exit /B

Batch file search & create with more than one word

I need your help, I am fairly new at this type of scripting, and I need your help to try and get this script to function correct.
I have a script that searches a folder for files and moves them to a folder name after the files first characters. But I have an issue when the files are seperated by more than one '.'.
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "IncomingFolder=D:\Test"
set "showsFolder=D:\Test\"
for %%F in ("%incomingFolder%\*.S*.*") do ( for /f "delims=.S" %%A in ("%%~nF") do (
if not exist "%showsFolder\%" md "%showsFolder%\%%A"
move "%%F" "%showsFolder%\%%A" ) )
For example:
If the files is Hustle.SXX.XXX Then it makes the correct folder named "Hustle".
But if it is named The.Hustle.SXXX.XXX then it makes a folder called "The" only, I need it to use the whole name until ".S".
Anybody who can help me with this?
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
set "IncomingFolder=c:\sourcedir"
set "showsFolder=D:\Test"
for %%F in ("%incomingFolder%\*.S*.*") do (for /f "delims=." %%A in ("%%~nF") do (
ECHO md "%showsFolder%\%%A"
ECHO move "%%F" "%showsFolder%\%%A\"
)
)
GOTO :EOF
I've changed the directory names to suit my system.
I could not recreate the problem you describe, but delims=.S would make the delimiters . or S, not .S. That may be what you are seeing.
The required MD commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO MD to MD to actually create the directories. Append 2>nul to suppress error messages (eg. when the directory already exists)
Also, the required MOVE commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO MOVE to MOVE to actually move the files. Append >nul to suppress report messages (eg. 1 file moved)
You can't use FOR /F to parse from the front because you don't know how many . may appear in the name. I'm assuming you are expecting names like part1.part2.Spart3.part4, but not like part1.part2.Spart3.part4.part5. In other words - you don't want two dots after the .S. If so, then you can safely remove everything after the second to last dot. That is easily done using the ~n modifier twice.
for %%F in ("%incomingFolder%\*.S*.*") do for %%A in ("%%~nF") do (
if not exist "%showsFolder%\%%~nA" md "%showsFolder%\%%~nA"
move "%%F" "%showsFolder%\%%~nA\"
)
(Tickled by Magoo - % missing on "incoming" and ~n required on move-destination)
This uses a helper batch file called repl.bat - download from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qidqwztmetbvklt/repl.bat
Place repl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or in a folder that is on the path.
Test this to see how it goes:
#echo off
set "IncomingFolder=D:\Test"
set "showsFolder=D:\Test"
for %%F in ("%incomingFolder%\*.S*.*") do (
for /f "delims=" %%A in (' echo "%%~nF"^|repl ".(.*)S\d\d.*" "$1" ') do (
md "%showsFolder%\%%A" 2>nul
move "%%F" "%showsFolder%\%%A"
)
)
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "IncomingFolder=D:\Test"
set "showsFolder=D:\Test"
for %%F in ("%incomingFolder%\*.S*.*") do (
set "file=%%~nF"
for /F "delims=" %%A in ("!file:*.S=!") do set "folder=!file:.S%%~A=!"
if not exist "%showsFolder%\!folder!" md "%showsFolder%\!folder!"
move "%%F" "%showsFolder%\!folder!"
)
set "file=%%~nF" get the file name, for example: set "file=The.Hustle.SXXX.XXX"
!file:*.S=! is the part after the first ".S", for example XXX.XXX, so
set "folder=!file:.S%%~A=!" is file name without ".SXXX.XXX", for example: "The.Hustle"

Reading multiple text files and replacing a certain type of string in each of them using a batch file

I need to read all the text files from a directory and then replace a certain type of string (that comes in a line having 'volumelabel') with another (replacewith) in each of them. Following is the code snippet:
for /r %%g in (*.txt) do (
set filename=%%~nxg
for /F "tokens=3 delims=<>" %%i in ('findstr "volumelabel" !filename!') do (
set tobereplaced=%%i
)
echo !filename! has !tobereplaced! to be replaced by %replacewith%
for /F "tokens=*" %%a in (!filename!) do (
set str=%%a
set str=!str:!tobereplaced!=%replacewith%!
echo !str!>>new!filename!
)
)
Now the problem I am facing is it prints only tobereplaced (literally) in every line of the new files when
set str=!str:!tobereplaced!=%replacewith%!
echo !str!>>new!filename!
is used and prints tobereplaced=replacewith (values) when
set str=%str:!tobereplaced!=%replacewith%%
echo !str!>>new!filename!
is used. Can someone help me?
The least convoluted solution (in my humble opinion) is to use a subroutine to set str. Going more than one level deep of delayed expansion tends to cause severe brain hurt. Oh, you could probably fix your set str line by doing something like
call call call set str=%%%%str:%%tobereplaced%%=%replacewith%%%%%
...or similar. See what I mean about brain hurt? It's hard to follow the recursion.
So here's my suggestion for a solution. I also fixed another potential problem or two while I was at it. Since you're doing a recursive search for *.txt, I made the for loops able to work with whatever text files they find within subdirectories. I haven't tested this, so let me know if you get any grotesque errors.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set replacewith=whatever
for /r %%g in (*.txt) do (
set newfile=%%~dpng.new%%~xg
for /F "tokens=3 delims=<>" %%i in ('findstr "volumelabel" "%%g"') do (
set "tobereplaced=%%i"
echo %%~nxg has !tobereplaced! to be replaced by %replacewith%
rem combining your for loops this way makes the second only fire if the first is true
rem using "findstr /n" in your for loop preserves blank lines
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /n "^" "%%g"') do (
rem ...but you have to strip off the line numbers
set "str=%%a" && set "str=!str:*:=!"
rem "call :repl" to work around the delayed expansion conundrum
call :repl "!str!" "!tobereplaced!" "%replacewith%" str
echo !str!>>!newfile!
)
)
)
goto :EOF
:repl <line> <find> <replace> <var>
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "line=%~1"
set "line=!line:%~2=%~3!"
set "%4=%line%"
goto :EOF
Caveat: If your text file contains exclamation marks, equal signs or carats, they might not make it into textfile.new.txt.
For what it's worth, if I were in your position, instead of using a batch file I would probably use sed (the binaries should be all you need). You wouldn't even need a script. You could do it as a one liner like this:
for /r %I in (*.txt) do sed -r "s/volumelabel/replacement/ig" "%I" > "%~dpnI.new%~xI"
By the way, see the last couple of pages of help for for an explanation of the %~dpnI sort of notation.

String processing using Batch Script

I'm currently creating a batch script that has to loop through the lines in a file, checking for some string, and if theres a match prefix that string with a '#' (comment it out).
I'm perfectly new to batch script, all I got this far is:
for /f %%j in (CMakeLists.txt) do (
if "%%j"=="Extensions_AntTweakBar" (
echo lol1
)
if "%%j"=="Extensions_Inspection" (
echo lol2
)
if "%%j"=="Extensions_InspectionBar" (
echo lol3
)
)
So my current issue is, I don't know how to operate on string within batch scripts. If someone could help me out that would be appreciated :)
You can just use the text you want to append followed by your variable generally.
C:\>set MY_VAR=Hello world!
C:\>echo #%MY_VAR%
#Hello world!
C:\>set MY_VAR=#%MY_VAR%
C:\>echo %MY_VAR%
#Hello world!
If you're just doing echo, that's fine. echo #%%j will do what you need.
But if you want to set the line to a variable, you have to enable delayed expansion. Add setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION to the top of your file and then surround your variables with ! instead of %. For example (and notice that I've added delims= to put the entire line in %%j instead of the first word on the line):
#echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set LINE=
for /f "delims=" %%j in (CMakeLists.txt) do (
set LINE=%%j
if "%%j"=="Extensions AntTweakBar" (
set LINE=#%%j
)
if "%%j"=="Extensions Inspection" (
set LINE=#%%j
)
if "%%j"=="Extensions InspectionBar" (
set LINE=#%%j
)
echo !LINE!
)
Given this input file:
Extensions AntTweakBar
some text
Extensions Inspection
Extensions What?
some more text
Extensions InspectionBar
Extensions InspectionBar this line doesn't match because delims= takes all text
even more text
The above script produces this output:
C:\>comment.bat
#Extensions AntTweakBar
some text
#Extensions Inspection
Extensions What?
some more text
#Extensions InspectionBar
Extensions InspectionBar this line doesn't match because delims= takes all text
even more text
And of course removing #echo off will help you debug problems.
But all that being said, you're about at the limit of what you can accomplish with batch string processing. If you still want to use batch commands, you may need to start writing lines to temporary files and using findstr with a regex.
Without a better understanding of what you want inside your loop or what your CMakeLists.txt file looks like, try this on for starters:
FINDSTR "SOMETHING" %%J && ECHO #%%J || ECHO %%J
The && makes the second command (the ECHO) conditional on the first command exiting without an error state, and the || is like a logical OR and it runs when the first one doesn't.
Really, for modifying the internals of a text file you are probably going to be much better off using either sed or awk - win32 binaries can be found in the UnxUtils project.

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