Insert character into String in Batch File

Question

In my batch file I have this line of code.

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=1,2,3* delims=;/" %%i in ('findstr /v "#" clientsync.cfg') do echo %%l

My current output is

y/IC/draft

Is it possible to get an output like

y:/IC/draft

I would need to insert the : at the second position. Tanks for help!

MC ND · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-21 05:52:46Z

2

Almost done

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=1-4,* delims=;/" %%i in ('
    findstr /v "#" clientsync.cfg
') do echo %%l:/%%m

Just add a new token to separate the element you need and insert the colon and the slash consumed to get the new token

answered Sep 21, 2015 at 5:52

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Stephan · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-21 05:46:39Z

1

first: put your output into a variable:

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=1,2,3* delims=;/" %%i in ('findstr /v "#" clientsync.cfg') do set output=%%l

second: use substrings to receate to your needs:

set output=%output:~0,1%:%output:~1%

%output:~0,1% takes a substring, starting from 0 (the first character) with length 1

%output:~1% takes a substring, starting from 1 (the second character) until the end of the string

reference: set /?

answered Sep 21, 2015 at 5:46

Stephan

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An additional reference from ss64.com, "How-to: Extract part of a variable (substring)". This trick is not explicitly on that page, but maybe it should be. :)