Replace the string for file(s) by batch file

1 Replace the string for all files in a directory.

@ECHO OFF

set "prefix=_backup"

set "old=%~1" 

set "new=%~2"

set "dir=%~3"

Setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

for /r %dir% %%a in (*.*) do ( rem echo %%a

    set "file=%%a"

    set "outFile=%%a %prefix%"

    (for /f "usebackq delims=" %%b in ("!file!") do ( rem echo %%b

        set "line=%%b"

        set "line=!line:%old%=%new%!"

        echo !line!

        rem echo %%~da%%~pa%%~na%prefix%%%~xa

    )) > "%%~da%%~pa%%~na%prefix%%%~xa"

    del /Q "%%a"

    move /y "%%~da%%~pa%%~na%prefix%%%~xa" "%%a"

)

Run:

r.bat 2CurrCnvtSp.sp 2CurrCnvt2Sp.sp C:\vss_root

2 Replace the string for specific file.

@ECHO OFF

set "prefix=_backup"

set "old=%~1" 

set "new=%~2"

set "file=%~3"

Setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

(for /f "tokens=1* delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /n ".*" "%file%"') do (

    set "line=%%b"

    if "!line!" neq "" ( 

    set "line=!line:%old%=%new%!" 

    ) 

echo=!line!

)) > "%file%%prefix%"

endlocal

del /Q "%file%"

move /y "%file%%prefix%" "%file%"

Run:

C:\>r.bat 2CurrCnvtSp.sp 2CurrCnvt2Sp.sp "C:\vss_root\ApplicationDB\Stored Proce

dures\2CurrCnvt2Sp.sp"