Howdy,
New member here and recently started working with some batch scripting (needs to be used on old XP machines sometimes). So far I've gotten a pretty good handle but I've run into a situation that I'm having a hard time understanding. I've read some other threads here and around the internet but am still stuck.
Basically, I'm trying to use tokens to merge the information from two files with tab delimited info into one. Any help on how to get to where I need to go would be greatly appreciated. An example of my situation below:
FileA.txt (SQL query output)
HOSTNAME MacAddress Device Type LastUpdateDate
--------- ---------- ---- ---- --------------
VR702386 00CE39CA6B7C Example Unit 1 active 2019-11-22 17:12:34.600
SJ180047 B8AEED7269F9 Example Unit 2 not active 2020-02-05 08:18:47.917
UJ560066 003018CD200E Example Unit 3 not active 2020-02-05 04:33:51.457
FileB.txt (IP address ping output)
VR702386 10.10.2.204
Desired Output
HOSTNAME IP Address MacAddress Device Type
VR702386 10.10.2.204 00CE39CA6B7C Example Unit 1 active
SJ180047 Off Network B8AEED7269F9 Example Unit 2 not active
UJ560066 Off Network 003018CD200E Example Unit 3 not active
Really, the most important thing here is that I can include the IP address where applicable and that everything remains tab delimited. Header formatting isn't necessarily a big concern to me but is a bonus.
If a unit cannot be pinged by hostname, it currently does not output anything to FileB.txt. Because of this, I would like to be able to indicate that any hostnames from FileA.txt without a corresponding IP address in FileB.txt cannot be reached ("Off Network" in my example output). Again, any help here would be awesome if this is even possible with a batch script. I'm stumped. Thanks!
