biterScripting - Remove text between 2 points

[b1gd4ddy]

Hello,

I am looking for some help. I am new to this, so please forgive me if i seem a bit dumb.

I am looking for a script to remove text between 2 points (e.g. <id>9999XX</id> becomes <id></id>), in multiple .nfo files, in multiple sub-folders. The text to be removed is different in each file.

I am trying to accomplish this using biterScripting.
I have got the following so far, but it replaces only specific text.

# Script nfoIDremove.txt
# .nfo files are in folder C:\nfo tester & it's sub-folders. I collect a list of them.
var str list ; lf -n -r "*.nfo" "C:\nfo tester" > $list
# Process files one by one.
while ( $list <> "")
do
# Get the next file.
var str file ; lex "1" $list > $file
# Read file contents into a string variable.
var str content ; cat $file > $content
# Keep replacing "testing" with "tested" until there are
# no more instances left of "testing".
while ( { sen -c "^testing^" $content } > 0 )
sal "^testing^" "tested" $content > null
# All instances are replaced. Write file back.
echo $content > { echo $file }
done

Now this allows me to change text in multiple .nfo files in multiple sub-folders.
However, i only allows me to replace specific text. I need it to remove any text between 2 'markers' (<id>the_text_here</id> will become <id></id>) This is where i am stuck.

Any help would be appreciated
Many Thanks
BD

[PatrickMc]

BD,

I had the same problem. I solved it by using their sample script SS_RemoveTags http://www.biterscripting.com/helppa...emoveTags.html

Updated script (portion I changed is in ORANGE).


# Script nfoIDremove.txt
# .nfo files are in folder C:\nfo tester & it's sub-folders. I collect a list of them.
var str list ; lf -n -r "*.nfo" "C:\nfo tester" > $list
# Process files one by one.
while ( $list <> "")
do
# Get the next file.
var str file ; lex "1" $list > $file
# Read file contents into a string variable.
var str content ; cat $file > $content
# Remove all text between "<id>" and "</id>".
script SS_RemoveTags.txt input($content) start_tag("<id>") end_tag("</id>") > $content
# All instances are replaced. Write file back.
echo $content > { echo $file }
done



I will admit this is not my original code. I just put 2 and 2 together. Why reinvent the wheel ?

Patrick

[b1gd4ddy]

Hi Patrick,

Thank you for your reply. I have actually already solved this issue but using PowerShell.

Here is the code (PowerShell) if you are interested:

$movies = Get-ChildItem C:\nfo tester\ -include *.nfo -recurse
foreach ($movie in $movies)
{
(Get-Content $movie) -replace '<id>.*</id>','<id></id>' | Out-File ($movie.fullname) -encoding utf8
}

Much shorter script, you have got love PowerShell for that.

I will also note that this script also keeps the utf8 encoding. If you are using Boxee, utf8 is required apparently.

Thanks again for your reply.

BD