How to get particular code as output from a text file using batch?

Question

I have a text file with a youtube link,

text file = url.txt , which consist,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Videocode

my need is, by running a batch file how to get only that Videocode as output in another text file.

For example, if am running url.bat which need to convert "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Videocode" into "Videocode"

I hope you understand my need. Please gave me some solutions. Thanks in advance.

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I think you need something like this : [Regular expression for youtube links](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3717115/regular-expression-for-youtube-links) to extract your "Videocode" and you should write it with a vbscript or a powershell and not with a batch script — Hackoo, Jan 20 '18 at 11:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '18 at 11:48

Taking the question as asked literally, a text file named url.txt containing a link in the format https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Videocode, url.bat could just contain this:

@For /F "UseBackQ Tokens=2 Delims==&" %%A In ("C:\Users\niranja\Desktop\url.txt") Do @(Echo %%A)>"output.txt"

Change the path to your url.txt, C:\Users\niranja\Desktop\, to suit; or if it is in the same location as url.bat remove that path completely. The video ID you were looking for should be written to a file named output.txt in the same directory as url.bat.

Note: If question as written does not match your real intent, take a look at the link provided by Hackoo and start putting something together yourself!

Hackoo · Answer 2 · 2018-01-20T13:30:17.473

Here is an idea with a vbscript using a Regex to extract the "Videocode"

Data = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Videocode" & vbCrlf &_
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGFalTRHDA" & vbCrlf &_
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGFalTRHDA&feature=related" & vbCrlf &_
"http://youtu.be/iwGFalTRHDA" & vbCrlf &_
"http://youtu.be/n17B_uFF4cA" & vbCrlf &_
"http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r5nB9u4jjy4" & vbCrlf &_
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZRX8984sc" & vbCrlf &_
"http://youtu.be/t-ZRX8984sc"
Data_Extracted = Extract(Data,"http(?:s?):\/\/(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com\/watch\?v=|\.be\/)([\w\-\_]*)(&(amp;)?‌[\w\?‌=]*)?")
WScript.echo Data_Extracted
'************************************************
Function Extract(Data,Pattern)
   Dim oRE,oMatches,Match,Line
   set oRE = New RegExp
   oRE.IgnoreCase = True
   oRE.Global = True
   oRE.Pattern = Pattern
   set oMatches = oRE.Execute(Data)
   If not isEmpty(oMatches) then
       For Each Match in oMatches  
           Line = Line & Match.SubMatches(0) & vbcrlf
       Next
       Extract = Line
   End if
End Function
'************************************************

EDIT : Using an hybrid code batch with a vbscript

@echo off
Title Extract Videocode from Youtube links
Set "Tmpvbs=%temp%\Tmpvbs.vbs"
Set "InputFile=URL.txt"
Set "OutPutFile=OutPutCode.txt"
Call :Extract "%InputFile%" "%OutPutFile%"
Start "" "%OutPutFile%" & exit
::****************************************************
:Extract <InputData> <OutPutData>
(
echo Data = WScript.StdIn.ReadAll
echo Data = Extract(Data,"http(?:s?):\/\/(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com\/watch\?v=|\.be\/^)([\w\-\_]*)(&(amp;)?‌[\w\?‌=]*)?"^)
echo WScript.StdOut.WriteLine Data
echo '************************************************
echo Function Extract(Data,Pattern^)
echo    Dim oRE,oMatches,Match,Line
echo    set oRE = New RegExp
echo    oRE.IgnoreCase = True
echo    oRE.Global = True
echo    oRE.Pattern = Pattern
echo    set oMatches = oRE.Execute(Data^)
echo    If not isEmpty(oMatches^) then
echo        For Each Match in oMatches  
echo            Line = Line ^& Match.SubMatches(0^) ^& vbcrlf
echo        Next
echo        Extract = Line
echo    End if
echo End Function
echo '************************************************
)>"%Tmpvbs%"
cscript /nologo "%Tmpvbs%" < "%~1" > "%~2"
If Exist "%Tmpvbs%" Del "%Tmpvbs%"
exit /b
::**********************************************************************************

How to get particular code as output from a text file using batch?

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