hi how can i create a text file using batch file with date and time in name eg testThu 02/08/2007 2300.txt and also i want to read a text file which has list of IP address and execute same command one by one with all the ip address in the file the command is a snmp query getmany -v1 < ipaddr.txt public 1.3.6.1.4.1.x.x.x.x.x.x>>test.txt Thanks sandy

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The dated file: ::==sandy.bat @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion :: get sys YMD into vars @echo off :: YYYY getter > syyyy.d echo a 100 >> syyyy.d echo mov ah,2a >> syyyy.d echo int 21 >> syyyy.d echo. >> syyyy.d echo p=100 2 >> syyyy.d echo n sizeYYYY >> syyyy.d echo w >> syyyy.d echo q debug < syyyy.d > nul :: OK :: MM getter > sMM.d echo a 100 >> sMM.d echo mov ah,2a >> sMM.d echo int 21 >> sMM.d echo mov cx,0 >> sMM.d echo mov cl,dh >> sMM.d echo. >> sMM.d echo p=100 4 >> sMM.d echo n sizeMM >> sMM.d echo w >> sMM.d echo q debug < sMM.d > nul :: OK :: DD getter > sDD.d echo a 100 >> sDD.d echo mov ah,2a >> sDD.d echo int 21 >> sDD.d echo mov cx,0 >> sDD.d echo mov cl,dl >> sDD.d echo. >> sDD.d echo p=100 4 >> sDD.d echo n sizeDD >> sDD.d echo w >> sDD.d echo q debug < sDD.d > nul :: OK del *.d for %%F in (sizeYYYY sizeMM sizeDD) do call :sub1 %%F set /p YYYY=<sizeYYYY.# set /p MM=<sizeMM.# if %MM% LSS 10 set MM=0%MM% set /p DD=<sizeDD.# if %DD% LSS 10 set DD=0%DD% del size*.* set YMD=%YYYY%%MM%%DD% echo YMD=%YMD% @echo off > test%YMD%.txt goto :eof :sub1 > %1.# echo %~z1 goto :eof :: ======================== DONE @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To process multiple IPs: ::== sandy2.bat @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%A in (iplist) do ( echo my.exe %%A ) :: ===== DONE ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2