how can i make a batch file read from another file to do a set of commands?
i need it to fix another computer.if you use < or sometimes << it is imput , and >> is output .. example

say you want to make a new file from scratch , type 00>>newfile.txt
the 00 in red is just needed so >> can work , so it can be anything.. you can also use > to redirect output to a file, say you wanted "dir" output to go to a file you could type Dir >directory.txt .

< can be used to put input in a file , say if you TOOK the directory.txt .. from using the >
and you typed del
dir >dir.txt |del <dir.txt


REM For loop example to pull each entire line from another file
REM Note that each line is executed independantly from all others

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (file.txt) do CMD /C %%a
thanks guys.
that really helped!REM For loop example to pull each entire line from another file
REM Note that each line is executed independantly from all others

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (file.txt) do CMD /C %%a

Hello!

I have a SIMILAR dilemma with the difference of that instead of running independent commands one after the other, I need to run commands that depend on the result of the previous one. How do you do that with a FOR loop?

If I'd rephrase the original question, that would say: How can you run more than one command with a word picked from a TEXT file?

For example I have a text file computers.txt that has the LIST of all active computers like this:

cp001
cp002
cp005
cp022
etc.

Then I want the batch file to pick the first computer NAME, then do these or any multiple commands with the same computer name:

a) if not exist "\\%computer%\c$\program files\eudora\nicknames\sample.txt" copy whateverfilename.txt "\\%computer%\c$\program files\eudora\nicknames\"

b) echo %computer%>>resultlog.txt

...then go and pick the next computer name from the file computers.txt and run the same commands again until it finished reading the last name from the text file.

Geza
Hi guys,

i have tried this to copy a given list of archives in list.txt to other disk:/dir but i could not copy files with spaced names:

FILE --- backuplist.bat
@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (list.txt) do copy %%a d:\2\

FILE --- list.txt
c:\3\1.jpg
c:\3\2.jpg
c:\3\3.jpg
c:\3\4 4.jpg
c:\3\5 5.jpg

This only copies the first three files (1.jpg, 2.jpg and 3.jpg)
If i put alll the names in the file between "" ("c:\3\4 4.jpg") it works fine, but my list is pretty long!!! :-(
Could i avoid edit the whole file or do it automated???
Any idea???
TIA
create list.txt with quotes

if exist list.txt del list.txt
for /f %%F in ('dir /b c:\3\*.jpg') do (
echo "%%F" >> list.txt
)