Does anyone have a DOS change script?

[KenL]

Hello all, well I went and did it...I "upgraded" to Windows XP x64...and my trusty CHANGE.EXE program from Bill Guthrie (http://users.erols.com/waynesof/bruce.htm) no longer works. Says it is from a different operating system. I have sent Bruce an email, but in the mean time;

Has anyone created a similar program in a BAT file? or does anyone have anyting that I can use to create one?
I would prefer to do it in a straight BAT format for easier maintenance.

Ken

[Sidewinder]

This is probably more down and dirty than your utility, but it works ok as a generic search and replace:

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set txtfile=c:\scripts\text.txt
set newfile=c:\scripts\text.chg

if exist "%newfile%" del /f /q "%newfile%"

set /p search=Search String=
set /p replace=Replace With=

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (%txtfile%) do (
   set newline=%%a
   set newline=!newline:%search%=%replace%!
   echo !newline! >> %newfile%
)

You should have no trouble making modifications.