I'm using a batch file to collect file names inside a folder:
dir /a /b /-p /o:gen >names.txt
The result is a txt file with file names but has paragraph breaks:
file1.psd
file2.psd
file3.psd
I need to replace the paragraph breaks with a comma so it should be:
file1.psd,file2.psd,file3.psd
Tried \n and ^p but it doesn't work. It works on Word and Notepad++ but if possible, I prefer it be done in notepad (if there's a way). Is there?
It is not possible using Notepad.exe, because that editor does not support finding end of line.
But, when you create a batchfile like this:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET s=
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%f IN (names.txt) DO SET s=!s!,%%f
ECHO %s:~1%
The output should look like:
file1.psd,file2.psd,file3.psd
The "tokens=*" will take care of filenames containing a space.