Extract Data Between Time Range Using Cmd Top 4 Favorites

To extract data between a time range using CMD on a Windows computer, you can use the findstr command along with some regular expressions to search for lines that match a specific time range. Here’s an example:

Let’s say you have a log file called log.txt that contains lines with timestamps in the format HH:MM:SS. You want to extract all lines that have timestamps between 10:00:00 and 12:00:00.

To do this, you can use the following command:

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findstr /r "^10:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9].*|^11:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9].*|^12:00:00:00.*" log.txt > output.txt

Here’s what this command does:

• findstr searches for lines in log.txt that match the specified regular expression.
• /r specifies that the search string is a regular expression.
• ^10:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9].* matches lines that start with the time stamp 10:00:00 followed by any characters.
• ^11:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9].* matches lines that start with the time stamp 11:00:00 followed by any characters.
• ^12:00:00:00.* matches lines that start with the time stamp 12:00:00 followed by any characters.
• log.txt is the name of the input file.
• > redirects the output to a file called output.txt.

After running this command, the lines that match the specified time range will be saved to output.txt. You can then open this file in a text editor to view the extracted data.