{"id":6566,"date":"2022-09-04T01:09:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-in-window-batch-how-do-i-remove-leading-spaces-from-a-file\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T01:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T19:39:59","slug":"solved-in-window-batch-how-do-i-remove-leading-spaces-from-a-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-in-window-batch-how-do-i-remove-leading-spaces-from-a-file\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] In Window Batch &#8211; how do I remove leading spaces from a file?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-33262953\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"33262953\" data-parentid=\"33262660\" data-score=\"2\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>When processing text files, the <code>FOR<\/code> processing will automatically remove leading spaces. So the only thing you really have to do is simply check if the line value is equal to an underscore and, if so, ignore it.<\/p>\n<pre><code>@ECHO OFF\nSETLOCAL\n\nFOR \/F \"tokens=*\" %%A IN (ttt.txt) DO (\n    IF NOT \"%%A\"==\"_\" ECHO %%A&gt;&gt;myFinal.txt\n)\n\nENDLOCAL\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p>Edit:  Per your changed requirements, the following would verify the length is 3 or longer as well.<\/p>\n<pre><code>@ECHO OFF\nSETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion\n\nFOR \/F \"tokens=*\" %%A IN (ttt.txt) DO (\n    SET Line=%%A\n\n    REM Verify it is not an underscore.\n    IF NOT \"!Line!\"==\"_\" (\n\n        REM Check that the length is 3 chars or longer.\n        SET Char=!Line:~2,1!\n        IF NOT \"!Char!\"==\"\" (\n\n            REM All conditions satisfied.\n            ECHO %%A&gt;&gt;myFinal.txt\n        )\n    )\n)\n\nENDLOCAL\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">9<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved In Window Batch &#8211; how do I remove leading spaces from a file? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] When processing text files, the FOR processing will automatically remove leading spaces. 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