Need script to replace TEXT in selected files

Question

Environment Windows 10,
C:\Folder_With_VMXfiles, installed sed for windows

Tools: Batch script, sed for Windows

Requirements:

In folder C:\Folder_With_VMXfiles Need to replace some text inside the vmx files with another. But the replacing text is specific to every .vmx file.

Example:

VMX file 1 has string "COM2" inside and want to replace it with "COM33"
VMX file 2 has string "COM3" inside and want to replace with "COM34"

I tried to do with nested for loops but i could get the desired results. Basically i need to loop through the directory , select the ".vmx" files and use sed to replace text.

Tried:

@echo off

for /f %%i in ("Folder_With_VMXfiles") do ( 
    echo %%i
    for /l %%j in (1,1,9) do (
         sed -i "s/COM/COM%%j/" %%i )

 )

LotPings · Answer 1 · 2016-12-17T16:10:23.937

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You don't tell anything about the naming of the vmx files?
1.vmx, 2.vmx?
And why do you need a for when you know the names?

@Echo off
Pushd "X:\Folder\with\vmxfiles"
sed -i "s/COM2/COM33/" 1.vmx
sed -i "s/COM3/COM34/" 2.vmx
Popd

A dynamic approach assigning a COM port of two greater than the Clone number

@echo off
Pushd "Folder_With_VMXfiles"

for /l %%j in (2,1,9) do Call :sub %%j
Goto :Eof

:Sub
Echo Prcessing Clone%1.vmx
Set /A NewCom=%1 +2
Echo sed -i "s/COM\d+/COM%NewCom/" Clone%1.vmx

I don't know the maximal assignable com port number. To have sed actually change values remove the echo in the last line.

edited Dec 17 '16 at 16:10

answered Dec 17 '16 at 13:09

LotPings

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>>> You don't tell anything about the naming of the vmx files? Name is Clone1.vmx to Clone9000.vmx >>> And why do you need a for when you know the names? There are a lot of files, 9000. Hoped to use for with sed and catch all of them . – Adrian Constantin Oprea Dec 17 '16 at 14:10
@AdrianConstantinOprea How do you relate the ports to the files ? – LotPings Dec 17 '16 at 14:15
COM33, COM34 were just examples. – Adrian Constantin Oprea Dec 17 '16 at 14:23
@AdrianConstantinOprea Okay, but what in the for loop should be changed to what? You may even calculate with `set /A` – LotPings Dec 17 '16 at 14:25
Numbering starts from COM3 . – Adrian Constantin Oprea Dec 17 '16 at 14:27
all original vmx files have COM2 . need to change this starting from COM3 and ++ File 9 will have COM11 – Adrian Constantin Oprea Dec 17 '16 at 14:31
@AdrianConstantinOprea Edited my answer with another batch. – LotPings Dec 17 '16 at 15:27

Need script to replace TEXT in selected files

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