Replace a string with empty string inside a file using Batch Script

Question

I need to replace a string in a file A, with empty string. And I need to do it using Batch script.

Input: A.txt A.txt contains "xyz", which I need to replace with empty string in same file A.txt.

I need to replace only "xyz" from the file A.txt, not the entire file. The file A.txt contains contains several other strings.

Please let me know if possible.

http://winitpro.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/batchscript/ you should take a look — Poomrokc The 3years, Apr 05 '14 at 10:49
Have a look at this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5273937/how-to-replace-substrings-in-windows-batch-file — Avdhey, Apr 05 '14 at 10:53
My favorite solution is [REPL.BAT](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16735079/1012053) — dbenham, Apr 05 '14 at 18:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '14 at 02:43

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This will replace the xyz with nothing, which is effectively an empty string.

echo.>a.txt

answered Apr 06 '14 at 02:43

foxidrive

I believe the OP wants to replace only "xyz" with an empty string, not the entire file content. But the question is a bit unclear. – dbenham Apr 06 '14 at 15:27
@dbenham The OP hasn't replied so anything could be the case. :) I took the question at face value and he didn't mention anything else in the file. – foxidrive Apr 06 '14 at 15:29

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