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batch code to chnage folders name after read text files

Someone great in this site give me this code at batch change folder name by read line from text file

@echo off
pushd "your root location"  
for /f "tokens=1* delims=:" %%A in (  
'findstr /srbc:"SMTP_Email_Address  *type=SZ  *[^ ][^ ]*@[^ ][^ ]*\.[^ ][^ ]*  *SMTP_Email_Address" filel.txt^|sort /r'  
) do if exist "%%A" for %%F in ("%%A\..") do (  
  for /f "tokens=3" %%N in ("%%B") do ren "%%~fF" "%%N"  
)  
popd

the code find this code perfectly

SMTP_Email_Address type=SZ name@company.com SMTP_Email_Address

I want the code find this 

<SMTP_Email_Address type="SZ">abc@abc.com</SMTP_Email_Address>

because of this signs > < "" the code not work

and change the folder name by the email found in the text file inside

Solution

  • i think i understand the question. you need to escape the special characters with the caret sign (^) e.g. replace 

    "SMTP_Email_Address  *type=SZ  *[^ ][^ ]*@[^ ][^ ]*\.[^ ][^ ]*  *SMTP_Email_Address"

    with

    "^<SMTP_Email_Address  *type=^"SZ^"^>  *[^ ][^ ]*@[^ ][^ ]*\.[^ ][^ ]*  *^<^/SMTP_Email_Address^>"