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Author Topic: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively  (Read 5705 times)

nkormanik

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Wondering if anyone knows of a present way, or perhaps it can be made.

I have a folder of text files, each in their own subfolders, and I want to place the following at the very bottom of each of the text files:

endsas;

Not necessary, but nice to put a blank line above, separating from rest of text.

Thanks much, folks.

Nicholas Kormanik


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Re: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2013, 03:40 AM »
Most likely you can fix that using (DC-member) stahlworks Swiss File Knife

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Re: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2013, 06:11 AM »
Put this in a DOS batch file and then at a prompt type: RecAppTxt.cmd <path>

Where <path> is the top level directory you want, eg. RecAppTxt.cmd D:\TXT_Files_Below_Here\Demo

Don't forget to put <path> in quotes if it has spaces.

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  1. REM RecAppTxt.cmd
  2. for /r %1 %%f in (*.txt) do (echo. >>%%f && echo "endsas;" >>%%f)

Try it on a test directory first, it worked here but who knows

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Re: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2013, 05:50 PM »
Thanks 4wd.  Excellent approach.

Ath, while Swiss File Knife does a lot, I don't think it can do what's being asked.  But thanks for your suggestion.


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Re: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2013, 05:59 PM »
You can also split it into a two line batch/command file, just in case the resultant echo command results in a really long command line, (long path/file names).

eg.

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  1. for /r %1 %%f in (*.txt) do (echo. >>%%f)
  2. for /r %1 %%f in (*.txt) do (echo "endsas;" >>%%f)

It'll add the blank line on the first and the the "endsas;" on the second.

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Re: DONE: Paste Something To Bottom Of All Text Files, Recursively
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2013, 06:06 PM »
Terrific, 4wd.

Hope this helps others as well.

Skwire, unless someone has more to add, another DONE.