Hello everyone, I was wondering if it's possible to add command code to be run on the same line as an echo. IE: ECHO Current number of lines: TYPE C:\files.txt so I want to display "6 Downloaded" 6 being the value in files.txt. I've tried this: SET numfiles=0 DIR /a-d | FIND /c /i ".PRN" > NUMfiles.cnt SET /P numfiles=<NUMfiles.cnt ECHO %numfiles% Downloaded.>> C:\LOG\LOG_%curdate%.log But It WILL NOT display the value pulled from the file.. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY! The method works, and there is a value in the file - but for some reason when I try to write the output to the log file there's no number. All I get is: Downloaded. If anyone can tell my WHY it's not writing the value to the variable - and maybe another work around. Thanks in advance.

@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion set num= for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b/a-d *.prn') do ( set /a num+=1 ) echo number of prn files !num! ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks, I'll try it. What does the & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion do?

Thanks M2, that worked great! I just don't understand why you used the "!" instead of the "%" for variables, and I know it didn't work until I added & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion to the @echo off... Thanks again!

!VAR! within setlocal clears the VAR when the bat quits. So you don't need to clean up. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

I'd just like to add, when I tested Credo's original batch file, it worked. I don't know why it didn't work for you. Perhaps you have misspelt a variable in your batch file but spelt it correctly in your post.