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# 8  
Old 01-11-2010
Perl or SED for windows could really be great, i didnt know SED was available for windows.
You can also use an editor too, I could substitute doubles quotes with space in Notepad++ after opening .csv file with this editor.
# 9  
Old 01-11-2010
I cannot download anything as it is a server and I dont have the permission.
Also I have to use a batch file only to do this task and not anything else.

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Anybody has an idea what is the windows equivalent command of SED?
# 10  
Old 01-11-2010
Hi.

There is no equivalent.

The closest I could find was using findstr, but couldn't get this to work with quotes.

DOS Batch - Find and Replace

If you have no other way, use notepad.
# 11  
Old 01-11-2010
You could use VBA if you have Office installed, here is some example code: - VB ::
# 12  
Old 01-11-2010
Hi again,
there is really no good way of doing what You want (search/replace in text files) in simple cmd.exe. You may want to have a look at other scripting methods (ie vbs or some power tools) or just download a good program that does it for You.

Best regards,
Lakris
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