Hello again,

Now I am going to perform checking of users' input about the file(test.txt)
and gives ADVISE for user inputs.

Again the test.txt consists of 3 lines:
IP username= password=
ATTACH NODE
!

Users are required to change the content and here is an example:-
IP 10.1.1.1 username=abcd password=00000
ATTACH Node "Test"
!

However, if user forgot to input the required field, that is
if the file content still consists of < character, it will display
message that advise user to input the corresponding field

such as:
- for , it will display a message to
tell user to input IP address.

- for username=, it will display a message to
tell user to input username.

- for password= it will display a message to
tell user to input password.

- for ATTACH Node , it will display a message to
tell user to input node_name

I think I have to use FOR function but which token and delimiter
do I need to used?
Also please teach me how to test for the present of character
< and >


Thanks,
ThomasAs checked out from other screens, I found
the solution as shown. Just want to share
with OTHERS for interest. Please FEEL free
to comment.

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@ECHO OFF
REM
FINDSTR ^< test.txt > nul
IF %errorlevel%==0 GOTO syntaxERR
REM
FINDSTR ^> test.txt > nul
IF %errorlevel%==0 GOTO syntaxERR
REM
:syntaxERR
ECHO ****************** syntaxERR ***********************
ECHO.
ECHO Some parameter^(s^) in test.txt cannot parse!
ECHO.
ECHO Please check the content of test.txt.
goto end
REM
REM
FOR /f "tokens=3*" %%a IN (test.txt) DO SET sysname=%%a %%b
REM
FINDSTR IP test.txt > temp_line1.txt
FOR /f "tokens=2,4,6 delims== " %%c IN (temp_line1.txt) DO (
SET ip=%%c
SET user=%%d
SET PASS=%%e )
IF EXIST "temp_line1.txt". (DEL/q "temp_line1.txt" > nul.)
REM
ECHO.
ECHO Current settings in test.txt: -
ECHO.
ECHO IP %ip%
ECHO username=%user%
ECHO password=%pass%
ECHO ATTACH Node %sysname%
ECHO.
ECHO Please verify
REM
:end
pause
exit
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