windows script to copy text from one file into a new file

Question

I am noob at coding! I am trying to create a windows script that I can copy text from one file into another. My main goal is to find lines in the text with "started processing" and "file". I am hoping I can make this a batch file! If someone can help I would be very grateful.

Thanks

P.S. I am using Windows 7 Server edition

Solution

I suggest using PowerShell instead of Batch. It is much more powerful and easier.

The only commands you need are Get-Content and Where-Object:

Get-Content in.txt | Where-Object { $_ -match "started processing" -or $_ -match "file" } >> out.txt

This will copy all lines containing either "started processing" or "match" to a file called "out.txt".

Comments

[user1343503]

Have you tried to use FINDSTR and redirect the output to a file?