Good Afternoon!
Long time reader, first time poster! I have been having a lovely time trying to modify a working batch file to account for variability. The situation is that I have a variable-size text document that normally would be able to be split into sections of 252 lines. The code below worked like a champ:
@echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set param=%*
if not defined param (
echo.
echo. Usage: batchsplit [device:][pathname]filename
goto :EOF
)
set param=%param:"=%
if not exist "%param%" (
echo.
echo. File "%param%" not found
goto :EOF
)
for %%j in ("%param%") do (
set name=%%~dpnj
set ext=%%~xj
)
for /F %%j in ('type "%param%" ^| find /V /C ""') do set Full=%%j
set /A Split=%Full%/252
for /L %%G in (1,1,%Split%) do type nul > "%name%_%%G%.new"
set X=1
set N=1
set Q=1
set limit = 252
for /F "tokens=1* delims=]" %%j in ('type "%param%" ^| find /V /N ""') do (
set /A N+=1
set /A Q+=1
echo.%%k>> "%name%_!X!%.new"
if !Q! gtr 252 (
set /A X+=1
set /A Q=1
) else if !N! gtr Full (goto theend
)
)
:theend
echo split into %split% files with 252 lines each
rem pause
However, there were some changes to the formatting of the text, and now instead of four pages of 63 lines per split file, it can be completely variable. The only constant is this final line, which precedes the remaining space for a 63 line page:
ON THIS FORM IS COMPLETE AND CORRECT AS NOTED:___________________
Note that there is a single space in front of it, as well as multiple spaces, a colon, and underscore characters. Being the meathead that I am, I thought I could insert an if-then statement into the for loop to trigger the batch to split to the next page. However, I could be further from that right now. This is the code I have been smashing my head with:
rem @echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set param=%*
if not defined param (
echo.
echo. Usage: textsplit [device:][pathname]filename
goto :EOF
)
set param=%param:"=%
if not exist "%param%" (
echo.
echo. File "%param%" not found
goto :EOF
)
for %%j in ("%param%") do (
set Name=%%~dpnj
set ext=%%~xj
)
for /F %%j in ('type "%param%" ^| find /V /C ""') do set Full=%%j
set stopvar= ON THIS FORM IS COMPLETE AND CORRECT AS NOTED:___________________
set Split=1
echo %stopvar%
set X=1
type nul > "%name%_!X!%.new"
set N=1
set Q=1
set S=0
set L=63
for /F "tokens=1* delims=]" %%j in ('type "%param%" ^| find /V /N ""') do (
set /A N+=1
echo %N%
set /A Q+=1
echo %Q%
echo.%%k>> "%name%_!X!%.new"
if ["%%k%" == "!stopvar!"] (
set /A S+=1
)
if !Q! gtr !L! (
if !S! == 1 (
set /A X+=1
set /A Q=1
type nul > "%name%_!X!%.new"
set /A Split+=1
set S=0
)
else set /A L+=63
else if !N! gtr Full goto theend
)
:theend
echo Split into %split% files!
pause
The premise is that every 63 lines, the stop variable (S) is checked. If it is off (0) then the batch will continue to write for another 63 lines (one page). If the stopvar matches the line that is being read by the for loop, S becomes 1. When the program checks again, it will create a new file and begin writing to that new file. Right now, based on turning off @echo off the hangup is at the for loop. See below:
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>rrtextsplit texttest.txt
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>rem @echo off & setlocal Enabl
eDelayedExpansion
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>setlocal EnableDelayedExpansio
n
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set param=texttest.txt
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>if not defined param (
echo.
echo. Usage: rrtextsplit [device:][pathname]filename
goto :EOF
)
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set param=texttest.txt
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>if not exist "texttest.txt" (
echo.
echo. File "texttest.txt" not found
goto :EOF
)
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>for %j in ("texttest.txt") do
(
set Name=%~dpnj
set ext=%~xj
)
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>(
set Name=C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test\texttest
set ext=.txt
)
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>for /F %j in ('type "texttest.
txt" | find /V /C ""') do set Full=%j
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set Full=567
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set stopvar= ON THIS FORM IS C
OMPLETE AND CORRECT AS NOTED:___________________
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set Split=1
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>echo ON THIS FORM IS COMPLETE
AND CORRECT AS NOTED:___________________
ON THIS FORM IS COMPLETE AND CORRECT AS NOTED:___________________
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set X=1
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>type nul 1>"C:\Users\theangry
asiancp\Desktop\RRRR_Split_Test\texttest_!X!.new"
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set N=1
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set Q=1
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set S=0
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>set L=63
C:\Users\theangryasiancp\Desktop\TEXT_Split_Test>
What are your thoughts? Where am I going wrong with the batch? I wish I could use something different, but alas I cannot, for internal company reasons. Thanks for your help!