@echo off setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion set "search1=[" set "replace1=(" set "search2=]" set "replace2=)" set "textFile=test.txt" (for /f "delims=" %%i in ('type "%textFile%"') do ( set "line=%%i" setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set "line=!line:%search1%=%replace1%!" set "line=!line:%search2%=%replace2%!" echo(!line! endlocal )) > "%textFile%.tmp" move /y "%textFile%.tmp" "%textFile%" >nul