how to copy a text from one file into another file

Question

How can I copy the line of a textfile if the text meghana is in it from C:\dos\crusoe\src.txt and paste it in C:\dos\crusoe\trgt.txt

Answer 1

I believe on Windows you'd be looking for findstr - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx

For example:

findstr /x /c:<string> <source-file-name> > <target-file-name>

Answer 2

I could write a .bat file that would do what you asked. However, what is it that you really want to do? A routine to copy the third word (space-delimited string of characters)? A routine to copy that particular word? Something more complex and/or flexible?

Also, I find doing this kind of processing in batch files to be awkward and inconvenient. I would strongly recommend looking into using a programming language (even just VB Script) to do this kind of work.

Answer 3

You might want to have look at awk. A GnuAwk version is available for DOS or Windows.

If you just want to copy every third word in each line of a file you can use a simple script:

{ print $3; }

You would then execute the script as follows:

awk "{print $3}" < C:\dos\crusoe\src.txt > C:\dos\crusoe\trgt.txt

Answer 4

Get mingw32 and use sed. Or, use the windows alternative: copy it out on a piece of paper and write it back...

Answer 5

Write a program to read your textfile data.txxt and copy the content within data1.txt