Help with Batch / VBScript

[aGerman]

No, vbs accepts no wildcard (*). But you can call it with each found txt file in a FOR loop.
Try:

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@echo off &setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b *.txt') do (
  cscript //nologo "replacer.vbs" "%%~a"
)
pause

Regards
aGerman

[ghostmachine4]

No, vbs accepts no wildcard (*). But you can call it with each found txt file in a FOR loop.
Try:

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@echo off &setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b *.txt') do (
  cscript //nologo "replacer.vbs" "%%~a"
)
pause

Regards
aGerman

that would be too inefficient. You would have to invoke the cscript engine 1000 times if there are 1000 txt files in the directory. A better way to do it inside vbscript itself, and calling cscript just 1 time.

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....
Set objFolder = objFS.GetFolder(strFolder)
For Each strFile In objFolder.Files      
       If objFS.GetExtensionName(strFile.Name) = "txt" Then
          ' open the file and do the replace here.
       End If
Next
....

[rfpd]

ghost where do i put the code

[rfpd]

thx guys i used aGerman code thanks anyways ghostmachine.

[rfpd]

Sorry but i have one last question is it possible for this replace in all files of the computer (except Windows files).

[aGerman]

I would NEVER(!!!!) try to do that.
1. The script works only for files with PLAIN TEXT contents.
2. You never know what happens if you replaced something and then is something else not working. Which of the thousands of changed files coused the error?

BTW ghostmachine4 is absolutly right. If you have to work over thousands of files you should use his suggestions (but before you have to learn VBScript if you don't know how to implement it).

Regards
aGerman