How can I remove // remove absolute path string from fullPath string
set abs_p=C:\abspath\ set rel_p=C:\abspath\foo\boo\bar How can I remove the abs_p from the rel_p? I'm not getting the syntax working
set rel_p=%rel_p:abs_p=% 
- Take a look at this: stackoverflow.com/questions/3216475/…undefined– undefined2012-08-12 18:32:31 +00:00Commented Aug 12, 2012 at 18:32
- thanks but my problem is the string to replace is a variable and I'm not seeing how to specify a variable inside this command, it escapes the commanduser391986– user3919862012-08-12 18:37:14 +00:00Commented Aug 12, 2012 at 18:37
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A quick and dirty solution that works as long as abs_p does not contain = or !
@echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion set "abs_p=C:\abspath\" set "rel_p=C:\abspath\foo\boo\bar" set "rel_p=!rel_p:*%abs_p%=!" echo relative path = !rel_p! A quick solution that should work always.
@echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion set "abs_p=C:\abspath\" set "rel_p=C:\abspath\foo\boo\bar" >temp.txt echo !abs_p! for %%N in (temp.txt) do set /a len=%%~zN-2 set "rel_p=!rel_p:~%len%!" del temp.txt echo relative path = !rel_p! The above uses a crude but effective method to get the string length of the absolute path. There is a more complex but screaming fast strLen function that can be used instead.
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For your sample input this script produces
foo\boo\bar
set abs_p=C:\abspath\ set rel_p=C:\abspath\foo\boo\bar set newp= set rec_a= set rec_r= call :strip %rel_p%\ %abs_p% goto :END :strip set rec_a_part= set rec_a= set rec_r_part= set rec_r= for /F "tokens=1,* delims=\" %%t in ("%2") do ( set rec_a_part=%%t set rec_a=%%u ) for /F "tokens=1,* delims=\" %%t in ("%1") do ( set rec_r_part=%%t set rec_r=%%u ) if not !%newp%!==!! set newp=%newp%\ if not !%rec_a_part%!==!%rec_r_part%! set newp=%newp%%rec_r_part% if not !%rec_r%!==!! call :strip %rec_r% %rec_a% goto :EOF :END echo %newp% 2 Comments
user391986
exactly what I needed but dam! any way to make it simpler?
rene
Simpler? Yes, use vbscript, or wscipt or powershell, in other words: a decent programming language. If it fits your need don't forget to mark my answer as correct as well for the answers for on other questions you have asked.