NT For command and pipe symbol in data file problem

[Michael Liang]

Hi,

I'm working on a script to replace the fifth variable in a text file. The
problems is the | (pipe) delimiter used which the for command parse and removes
it from the file.


set f="delete"
for /F "tokens=1-5 delims=|" %%i in (client.del) do @echo %%i %%j %%k %%l
%f% >> clientowndel.txt

This line will work but not echoing the pipe symbol that I need for the data
import. Can I replicate the pipe symbol without using quotes which would
corrupt the data. Any help would be appreciated.

[nguerm]

You have to isolate the pipe whit an anti-slash "\|"
that's all

[Hansjoerg G. Henker]

"Michael Liang" <michael.liang@ny.frb.org> wrote:
>
>Hi,
Hi again,

>I'm working on a script to replace the fifth variable in a text file. The
>problems is the | (pipe) delimiter used which the for command parse and
removes
>it from the file.
I cant understand, why you dont use the semikolon - this is the standard
of list-seperators.
Anyway...

>set f="delete"
>for /F "tokens=1-5 delims=|" %%i in (client.del) do @echo %%i %%j %%k %%l
>%f% >> clientowndel.txt
Under W2k and NT4 (SP4) there is no prob with this ! Just I've checked this
on both platforms.

Input-File:
-----------
spalte1|spalte2|spalte3|spalte4|spalte5
client1|client2|client3|client4|
test1|test2|test3|test4

Output-File:
------------
spalte1 spalte2 spalte3 spalte4 "delete"
client1 client2 client3 client4 "delete"
test1 test2 test3 test4 "delete"

>This line will work but not echoing the pipe symbol that I need for the
data
>import. Can I replicate the pipe symbol without using quotes which would
>corrupt the data. Any help would be appreciated.

Please send me your error-message...

ByeBye,
BitH...