Question

I have one Input file that I am going to use as a reference file (OR as a template).

Template.txt

blah blah blah - line 1
blah blah blah - line 2
blah blah blah - line n
# Begin Source Files
FILE = <Enter The path of all the source files mentioned in TEMP.txt file>
# End Source Files

Again many more lines

Temp.txt

// This file only contains path of src files
D:\Myproject\src\a.cpp
D:\Myproject\src\b.cpp
D:\Myproject\src\c.cpp
D:\Myproject\src\d.cpp

Now, I need to use this template.txt file and need to produce my output file something like this (output.txt):

blah blah blah - line 1
blah blah blah - line 2
blah blah blah - line n
# Begin Source Files
FILE = D:\Myproject\src\a.cpp
FILE = D:\Myproject\src\b.cpp
FILE = D:\Myproject\src\c.cpp
FILE = D:\Myproject\src\d.cpp
# End Source Files

Again many more lines

I don’t know how to insert the source file paths(which are present in temp.txt into the middle of output.txt)

Answer 1

You can use FOR command to do this …

FOR /F %%i IN (Temp.txt) ECHO FILE  = %i > dest

You may have to work on the syntax … I am typing this on a Mac machine purely fro my memory

FOR /F loops through individual lines in a text file