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   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 1/17/2016 5:20 PM, AlleyCat wrote:   
   >   
   > Hello all. I think this will be simple for you batch and script gurus, but   
   > it's driving me crazy.   
   >   
   > Videofile:	House.S08E18.Body And Soul.mkv   
   >   
   > Subtitle:	House.S08E18.HDTV.XviD-LOL.srt   
   >   
   > If you please... copy text after third period (or whatever will be before   
   > the extension in other cases) of videofile and copy it to the srt file, so   
   > both files are identical other than the extension.   
   >   
   > Sample:	House.S08E18.Body And Soul.mkv   
   > 		House.S08E18.Body And Soul.srt   
   >   
   > Not all vid files are in this "format", but I'll work on it from there.   
   >   
   > Thank you so very much.   
   >   
   Substitution works for you:   
      
   SET Title="House.S08E18.Body And Soul.mkv"   
   SET Title2="%Title:~0,-3%srt   
       then   
   Echo Title2   
       gives   
   House.S08E18.Body And Soul.srt   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)