Hi all! In this batch file: :: multiIP.bat @echo on for /f "tokens=*" %%I in (c:\tmp\IPlist) do call :pinger %%I goto :eof :pinger ping -a %1 >> pingLOG :: DONE I would like to extract the result of the line containing the hostname and the IP in IPlist. These two results would be inserted in a new log file. I managed with: :: getinfo.bat @ECHO ON for /f "skip=1 tokens=2,3" %%i in (pingLOG) do @echo %%i %%j >> result.txt start notepad.exe result.txt :: Pause for 5 sec ping -n 5 localhost > NUL del result.txt :: DONE to "extract" the two actual tokens but I do not need the lines after those in result.txt Could anyone give me some idea, help? Thanks! Erik What?

for /f " tokens=2,3" %%i in ('find "Pinging" ^< pingLOG') do ( echo %%i %%j >> result.txt ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2