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Raunaq Singh
Raunaq Singh

Reputation: 19

batch file to delete lines of one text file from another

i have two text files- blacklist.txt and complete.txt. I want a batch file not bash file code. I want to delete the common lines between the two files. names in blacklist file should be deleted from complete.txt file any help ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 401

Answers (2)

user6017774
user6017774

Reputation:

This does Unicode input and output. Name it something.vbs.

Set Arg = WScript.Arguments
set WshShell = createObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set BlackFile = Fso.OpenTextFile(Arg(0), 1, False, -1)
Set CompleteFile = Fso.OpenTextFile(Arg(1), 1, False, -1)
Set OutputFile = Fso.CreateTextFile(Arg(2), True, True)
Set Dict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
On Error Resume Next
Do Until BlackFile.AtEndOfStream
    Line=BlackFile.readline
    Dict.Add Line, ""
Loop
Do Until CompleteFile.AtEndOfStream
    Line=CompleteFile.readline
    If Dict.Exists(Line)
        OutputFile.Writeline Line
    End If
Loop

To use at command prompt.

C:\folder\something.vbs black.txt complete.txt newfile.txt

Upvotes: 1

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 79982

findstr /v /x /g:blacklist.txt complete.txt >outfile.txt

should remove all entries in blacklist from complete to produce outfile

Upvotes: 3

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