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I have a shell script (.sh) where I use the sed command to replace the last matching character in a file(I have placed the command below).

How should I replace the command to get the same functionality in a batch file (.bat) without adding any packages/plugins (To be compatible in windows 7 and later)?

sed -i '$ s/,/;/g' abc.java
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Windows batch scripting does not have any native tools that can conveniently do anything similar to sed.

You could probably use PowerShell with a simple script, or CSCRIPT with a small custom VBS or JScript script.

I would use JREPL.BAT - a regular expression text processing utility. It is pure script (hybrid batch/JScript) that runs natively on any Windows machine from XP onward. It does not require any non-native exe or com files.

Full documentation is available from the command line using jrepl /?, or jrepl /?? for paged help.

Your simple task could be performed by JREPL using:

call jrepl "," ";" /inc -1 /f abc.java /o -
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    Should I install anything to my machine to use jrepl? My machine has windows 7 – Prakadeessh Arunachalam Sep 30 '16 at 11:48
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    @PrakadeesshArunachalam - You just need to copy the code found at the link and paste it into a file named JREPL.BAT. The file must be saved as ASCII (not Unicode). It is most convenient if you put JREPL.BAT in a folder that is listed within your PATH. – dbenham Sep 30 '16 at 13:32
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There is no sed in Windows, not without any plugin or add-on. If you need to use sed, you can install SED for Windows.

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