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slavger
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Read and change last symbols in text file

#1 Post by slavger » 10 Feb 2017 10:00

Hi guys, I'm trying to change some characters in txt file, but It's too difficult for my mind :(

I have a text file with some data and I need to replace last hex numbers in each string - result should be = 0x5b - 0x02 (for first string respectively)

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10.36.215.1  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 9f 5b
10.36.215.2  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a2 4d
10.36.215.3  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a5 99
10.36.215.4  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a6 13
10.36.215.5  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 9c cd
10.36.215.6  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a5 ff
10.36.215.7  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a4 7f
10.36.215.8  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a2 17
10.36.215.9  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a3 7f
10.36.215.10  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a2 61
10.36.215.11  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a2 83
10.36.215.12  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a4 a3
10.36.215.13  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a1 e7
10.36.215.14  01 01 02 e0 36 76 d6 a3 fd



so I try to do like this

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FOR /F "tokens=1,5-10" %%a IN (tmp1.txt) do (
 @echo  %%a wrong WWN: 1000%%b%%c%%d%%e%%f%%g
 @echo  %WRITE2SW1%>>runme.txt
 set hex=0x%%g
 set /a varh=hex - 0x2
 call :dec2hex %varh% results

 @echo  %%a correct WWN: 1000%%b%%c%%d%%e%%f%results%
)

but it doesn't work - set hex=0x%%g, where %%g last nubers in string. :?
Pls help me to fix my mistake.

Thank you.

Squashman
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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#2 Post by Squashman » 10 Feb 2017 10:10

You are inside a code block so environmental variables need to be referenced with delayed expansion.

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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#3 Post by slavger » 11 Feb 2017 08:57

Squashman wrote:You are inside a code block so environmental variables need to be referenced with delayed expansion.

Thanks, a lot. Can you share a simple explanation, of course if you have some free times? :oops:
Anyway thanks!

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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#4 Post by aGerman » 11 Feb 2017 11:02

Variables in a command line or in a block of command lines enclosed into parentheses (such as the body of your FOR loop) will be expanded to their values only once. That is, before the command line or block is executed. In order to bypass this early expansion you have to enable the delayed variable expansion in a sub environment using

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setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

Surrounding percent signs of variables have to be replaced with surrounding exclamation marks.

not working:

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@echo off

set "x=12345"
echo before: %x%

for /l %%i in (1 1 3) do (
  set "x=%%i"
  echo %x%
)

echo after: %x%

pause


working:

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@echo off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "x=12345"
echo before: %x%

for /l %%i in (1 1 3) do (
  set "x=%%i"
  echo !x!
)

echo after: %x%

pause


Steffen

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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#5 Post by Aacini » 11 Feb 2017 11:21

I like this example:

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@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

set "var=Old"
set "var=New" & echo Normal: "%var%"  Delayed: "!var!"


rem To exchange the values of two variables:
set "var1=%var2%" & set "var2=%var1%"

Antonio

slavger
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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#6 Post by slavger » 13 Feb 2017 03:06

Thanks guys. :!:

It works, but I find another issue - can't call a function from FOR loop.

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set a=5B
set /a xx=0x%a% -0x2
call :dec2hex %xx% result
echo DEC result %xx%
echo HEX result %result%

for /l %%i in ( 1 1 3) do (
set "var1=0x5%%i"
set /a var2=var1 - 0x02
echo result in DEC: !var2!
call :dec2hex %var2% results
echo result in HEX: !results!
)


in results I can't make DEC 2 HEX conversion.

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DEC result 89 
HEX result 59
result in DEC: 79
result in HEX:
result in DEC: 80
result in HEX:
result in DEC: 81
result in HEX:


I'm sorry guys, maybe I need some help againe.
Thanks.

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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#7 Post by Squashman » 13 Feb 2017 07:40

slavger wrote:Thanks guys. :!:

It works, but I find another issue - can't call a function from FOR loop.

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set a=5B
set /a xx=0x%a% -0x2
call :dec2hex %xx% result
echo DEC result %xx%
echo HEX result %result%

for /l %%i in ( 1 1 3) do (
set "var1=0x5%%i"
set /a var2=var1 - 0x02
echo result in DEC: !var2!
call :dec2hex %var2% results
echo result in HEX: !results!
)


in results I can't make DEC 2 HEX conversion.

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DEC result 89 
HEX result 59
result in DEC: 79
result in HEX:
result in DEC: 80
result in HEX:
result in DEC: 81
result in HEX:


I'm sorry guys, maybe I need some help againe.
Thanks.

So you still do not understand delayed expansion inside a code block which is what we tried to explain to you already.

slavger
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Re: Read and change last symbols in text file

#8 Post by slavger » 14 Feb 2017 03:48

Squashman wrote:So you still do not understand delayed expansion inside a code block which is what we tried to explain to you already.


Already finished my script. :roll:

Thank you for your patience.

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