Windows 10: I have 100 TXT files that I would like to replace a phrase from a list

Discus and support I have 100 TXT files that I would like to replace a phrase from a list in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello everyone, I just wondered can anyone help me with this simple task. I have a 100 identical text files that I would like to replace a specific... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Human1, Nov 11, 2020.

  1. HUMAN1
    Human1 Win User

    I have 100 TXT files that I would like to replace a phrase from a list


    Hello everyone, I just wondered can anyone help me with this simple task.

    I have a 100 identical text files that I would like to replace a specific word or small phrase .

    I can add these TXT files into a CSV file in 1st column with a path to where they are on my
    windows 10 PC example c:\files\file1.txt

    In the 2nd column of CSV, I have the phrase I would like to replace all occurrences of.

    Now in the 3rd column I have the unique phrase for each text file that I want it changed to.

    Can anyone please help me create a simple bat file that can update these text files in seconds.

    Thank you very much

    :)
     
    Human1, Nov 11, 2020
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  2. DANTHEBANJOMAN
    DanTheBanjoman Win User

    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    No, that > bla.txt is the target file to write to. You could use a wildcard in the argument, ie c:\windows\*.txt which would list all dlls in c:\windows. But adding that to a simple right-click would be tricky.

    Basically you would execute fancyfile.bat c:\windows\*.txt, fancyfile.bat would then write all .txt files to bla.txt.
     
    DanTheBanjoman, Nov 11, 2020
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  3. DARK2099
    dark2099 Win User
    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    I want to be able to generate a .txt file that lists all the files and folders in a specific folder on my PC, but don't know the name of any programs that do that. Searched on google a bit and came up with this guide, but it's for XP and I can't seem to find some of the folder options to modify the .bat file. Any suggestions? Thanks

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/file_list_generator.htm

    EDIT: The .bat file will do what I want if it is in the folder I want to do it in, but the option I want to add is having the right click option that it shows.
     
    dark2099, Nov 11, 2020
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  4. ASROCK
    AsRock Win User

    I have 100 TXT files that I would like to replace a phrase from a list

    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    Could he not use a wildacard ?. So it be dir %1 /a /s /b > *.txt and then it would list all .TXT files then.
     
    AsRock, Nov 11, 2020
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