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Win32 Batch Script, Search a String Data and Determine the Group Name

I have a data text file in which data is divided into groups as follow:

[Group 1]

string-1

string-2

string-3


[Group 2]

string-4

string-5

string-6

string-7

string-8

[Group 3]

string-9

string-10

When the batch script runs, it will ask for an input which will be one of the strings; it then will search for the input string in the file and report the group the string is found. (The strings have no spaces.)

Solution

  • Like this :

    @echo off

set /p "$UserInput=Enter the string : "

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a $c=0
for /f "delims=" %%a in (data.txt) do (
 set $line=%%a
 if "!$line:~0,1!"=="[" set /a $c+=1
 if /i !$line!==%$UserInput% goto:next
)
exit /b

:next
echo User is group is : [Group!$c!]