ozzy

I need to figure out a way of reading each line of a simlpe text file and for each of them it needs to be passed to a command as a paramter.

For example, if I create a file called MACHINES.TXT. This file contains the following:-

PDC
BDC
MAIL
WEB

I then want to read each line and pass this to an ECHO command. I've been looking at the FOR command, but can't figure out how to tell it to use the input file and read each line.

Stefan

Silent Monkey

What operating system? As long as it's not real DOS or W9x then this will work on NT, W2K and XP

FOR /F %%Z IN (MACHINES.TXT) DO @ECHO %%Z

Assumes your file has only one word per line otherwise you'll have to add options to the command to change the default delimeters from spaces.

stu200

iTrader: (1)

Damn you monkey I've been off rummaging round in some old books to find the answer and when I get back, you've gone and beaten me to it

Further info can be found here.

Silent Monkey

Don't you just hate it when that happens.

I find This site a useful reference.

It can be done using W9x or DOS but gets really messy.