I created a simple batch file to lookup physical addresses on our network and store them to a file. You have to manually enter the IP, but I'd like to have the batch file do the searches from a file, so I do not have to enter each one. Here is my current batch file. @ECHO OFF CLS :LOOP SET IP= SET /P IP=Type the IP and press Enter: IF NOT '%IP%'=='' SET IP=%IP:~0,15% ping -n 1 %IP% |find "Packets:" arp -a |find "%IP%" >> Out.txt GOTO Loop :End Thanks for the help ahead of time.

================================================== I'm not sure about the batch file actually reading a file but an alternative is to pipe an already typed file as input to the batch program. Type in the keys and ip-address numbers and periods that you would normally have to do (this must be in the exact order that the file is expecting the input for). Once you have the input worked out call the first batch file with another batch file that contains only the following line: batch1.bat < input_filename.inp This will automatically provide the predetermined input from input_filename.inp (what every name you choose for the piped input file). This can be a bit tricky at first but once it's ironed out it works well. borelli35