Batch file to remove data from a file

Question

I am trying to remove any data from a file after the entry [TEST]

E.g.

The text file is:

Random Text 1

Random Text 2

Random Text 3

[TEST] Random Text 4

Random Text 5

Random Text 6 ....

After I run the batch file I just want it to remove any data after the string [TEST] so the new file will look like:

Random Text 1

Random Text 2

Random Text 3

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[replace text in file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60034/how-can-you-find-and-replace-text-in-a-file-using-the-windows-command-line-envir) . Just replace `[TEST]` with empty string. — npocmaka, May 03 '16 at 13:17
Wouldn't that just remove [TEST] ? Wouldn't I still be left with a file with data after that point? — Rob, May 03 '16 at 13:24
Use a `for /F` loop to read the text file; in the loop body, check the line for occurrence of `[TEST]`; if not found, echo the line; if found, put `goto :Label`; place the target `:Label` after the loop... — aschipfl, May 03 '16 at 13:33

npocmaka · Answer 1 · 2016-05-03T15:27:31.103

@echo off

set file_to_process=#

for /f "skip=2 tokens=1 delims=[]" %%# in  ('find /i /n "[test]" "%file_to_process%"') do (
    set line=%%#
    goto :break_for
)
:break_for
echo %line%

break>"%temp%\empty"&&fc "%temp%\empty" "%file_to_process%" /lb  %line% /t |more +4 | findstr /B /E /V "*****" > temp

rem move temp "%file_to_process%"

set the path to the file you want to process at the second line.If content in the temp file is ok you can uncomment the last line.

Batch file to remove data from a file

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