batch file help

[raster]

Would anyone have a small snippet of code that I can include in a batch file that would look though all the characters of a multiline text file and anytime it comes across any of the following characters, [ + / * ? < > , . : ; " " \ = [ ] |, it would simply replace it with a space.

I've got a VB script that will do this, but it would be a lot more efficient as a batch file.

Thanks

[Diligent]

You could get someone to code You a small .exe that can be called from a batch-file, answering to/acting on parameters.

Say You have something like "replace.exe", then You could call in normal fashion:
"C:\>replace /with:ascii20" or just put that in a batch-file.

The .exe could be a bit more advanced; feed it with a textfile of characters to
look for as one parameter and then the character to replace them with as another parameter.

[raster]

That's pretty much what I'm doing right now, I'm calling the VB script from a batch file.

However, each time the VB script runs, it gets picked up as suspicious activity and I need to give it permission to run, so I can't just walk away.