Batch file for each line in text file

Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I am trying to loop through each line in text file and use the contents of the line as a variable. I must be missing something simple. But there is no reason to assign an environment variable if all you want to do is strip off the extension. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow.

Learn more. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. The Official Scripting Guys Forum! If your answer is "yes," you know what to do. Dive in and help somebody! If your answer is "no," welcome to our fun little world! We'd recommend that you first head over to the Script Center, get your feet wet, and then come back to either ask or answer questions. It's worth pointing out that the index parameter in your loop must be a single character.

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There's no need to prefix the filename as the batch file will look in the current folder by default. Although care should be taken. For example if a directory was changed it would look in that directory rather than the one the batch file is in.

This would make sure you are referencing a file in the directory the batch file is in. Thanks for the observation — Marvin Thobejane. I can't get the type work around working, I've had to quote my filename because it's in a different directory that contains spaces Damn you Program Files.

On my keyboard it's on the same key as — FrinkTheBrave. Show 3 more comments. It drops empty lines and lines beginning with ; To read lines of any content, you need the delayed expansion toggling technic.

Win 10 doesn't allow setlocal on commandline. How to fix? Then recombined to one file. Zimba:- I think you want to create a batch file and paste the entire code snippet.

I am sure you figure this out already. Yet, it might help the next person. Jeb:- The echo line currently reads:- echo! I think it should read:- echo! I am not sure why we will need to emit the extra Nice One. Thanks for placing in the public domain duds like me. In the first example, we substitute text: the text string "old" is replaced by the text string "new" if, but only if, the text "old" is present in the file's name.

In the second example, we add text: the text "Prefix " is added to the start of the file name. This is not a substitution.