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ratouney
ratouney

Reputation: 49

Batch - Search a precise line in a file

i have a long game config and i want to make an overview as a batch screen.
What i"m trying to do, is that the batch script looks at a specified line and then picks an info.
Ex :

Tax Rate : 15
Admin Rate : 20
Mod Rate : 18

I'd want the script to look in line 2 after the 13 digits (Admin Rate :) and set the outut as a variable. Such as

for /f in delim=2;13 in ('config.yml') do set adminrate


So at the end i can output clearly all the configs.

echo Admin Rate : %adminrate%

Upvotes: 0

Views: 129

Answers (2)

foxidrive
foxidrive

Reputation: 41307

This just selects the 2nd line, if that is needed.

EDITED to return the entire line.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=]" %%a in ('find /n /v "" ^< "config.txt" ^| findstr "^\[2\]" ') do set "variable=%%b"
echo "%variable%"
pause

Note that if the selected line starts with ] characters then they will be removed from the string.

Upvotes: 1

Endoro
Endoro

Reputation: 37589

try this:

for /f "tokens=3delims=: " %%a in ('findstr /c:"Admin Rate" "config.yml"') do set "adminrate=%%a"
echo(%adminrate%

Upvotes: 2

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