I have an automated process produces many *.txt files in a specific folder.
It is continuos text which runs to 20 to 30 pages without page break. I want
a utility that I can run throgh batch process to insert a page break before
the word "Hello". So that every page is started fresh wherever it has "Hello"
word.
Any ideas to accomplish this task?

"Galop" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have an automated process produces many *.txt files in a specific
folder.
> It is continuos text which runs to 20 to 30 pages without page break. I
want
> a utility that I can run throgh batch process to insert a page break
before
> the word "Hello". So that every page is started fresh wherever it has
"Hello"
> word.
> Any ideas to accomplish this task?

You could use this batch file:
@echo off
for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('type test.txt') do (
echo %%* | find /i "Hello" > nul && echo.>>test1.txt
echo %%* >> test1.txt
)

It has some restrictions:
- I expect it to take some time to run through 30 pages.
- It will trip over so-called "poison characters" such as
>, <, &, ^, |.
A better way might be to use Google to look for a Command
Line text editor.

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:19:00 +1000 "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
said:

>
>You could use this batch file:
>@echo off
>for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('type test.txt') do (
> echo %%* | find /i "Hello" > nul && echo.>>test1.txt
> echo %%* >> test1.txt
>)

Hi

I was wondering: in %%* , is * used as a normal variable or does it
have a particular "wildcard" meaning, related to "tokens=*" ?

I noticed the first part of the script

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('type test.txt') do echo %%*

seems to work the same way when using %%i as variable

e.g.

for /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('type test.txt') do echo %%i

Thank you

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Marco Pesce - e-mail: marcopesce#tin.it

"Marco Pesce" <marcopesce@tin..it> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:19:00 +1000 "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> said:
>
> >
> >You could use this batch file:
> >@echo off
> >for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('type test.txt') do (
> > echo %%* | find /i "Hello" > nul && echo.>>test1.txt
> > echo %%* >> test1.txt
> >)
>
> Hi
>
> I was wondering: in %%* , is * used as a normal variable or does it
> have a particular "wildcard" meaning, related to "tokens=*" ?
>
> I noticed the first part of the script
>
> for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('type test.txt') do echo %%*
>
> seems to work the same way when using %%i as variable
>
> e.g.
>
> for /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('type test.txt') do echo %%i
>
> Thank you

%%i will grab only the first token on the line (usually the first word).
%%* will grab the whole lot.