Here is what I have: @ECHO OFF FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN ('PING www.google.com -n 1 ^| find "Reply from"') DO SET output=%%A echo %output% The output that I get is an IP address with the : at the end - e.g., 216.239.61.104: I need the IP address without the : at the end, e.g., 216.239.61.104 Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks. GM

use "tokens=3 delims= :" inside for loop or echo %output:~,-1%

FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN ('PING www.google.com -n 1 ^| find "Reply from"') DO SET output=%%A set output=%output:~0,-1% echo %output% ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Fantastic. Thank you very much. GM

Could you please help me with one more thing... I have a txt file with the following content: ================= Starting EC2 instance i-8xxx3e8... Started Your server is now available at hhttp://ec2-10-10-10-10.compute-1.amazonaws.com ================= I want my batch file to find the line that starts with "Your server is now available" and extract the "ec2-10-10-10-10.compute-1.amazonaws.com" (hostname without the http bit) and then use this in the above batch script (PING ec2-10-10-10-10.compute-1.amazonaws.com) in order to get the IP address. Thank you again for your help. GM

Assuming that hhttp is a typo and really should be: http ================================== @echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=7 delims= " %%a in ('find "Your server" ^< server.txt') do ( set site=%%a set site=!site:http://=! echo !site! ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2