hi evryone- i need to wirte a batch script that read the first line from a txt file (try.txt) and than take the first word from this line'and finelly cope the try.txt to another directory with the new name file (the first word from the first line )! thanks!!!

Change the destination path to suit. @echo off cls for /f %%1 in (try.txt) do ( copy try.txt path\%%1.txt > nul )

Hi Val, uh... ========================== @echo off > newfile & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f %%1 in (try.txt) do ( echo copy try.txt path\%%1.txt goto :eof ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi M2G. But why? > newfile & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion Only the first word in the first line of the text file is being extracted, delayed expansion is not required (?) and no file is being written until Copy is executed. No local or global var being Set. Also why goto :eof? I take the liberty of reposting the OPs requirement with correction to typos. i need to write a batch script that reads the first line from a txt file (try.txt) and then take the first word from this line and finally copy the try.txt to another directory with the new name file (the first word from the first line )! I take the italicised to mean that the entire first line of the text file need not be read, only the first word of the first line of the text file need be extracted in order to produce the destination file-name. I also find that as you've added Echo to the Copy command line that's exactly what is done. After the path is added the displayed output from your script is: ←C:\>trial1 copy try.txt d:\temp\carpatia.txt ←C:\> (carpatia being the first word of the first line of the junk Try.txt file I created). so Try.txt doesn't get copied to it's new location with its new file-name. Have I had a blonde-out?

Hi Val, My first line is boiler plate and not needed here. Without goto :eof I get: copy try.txt path\line.txt copy try.txt path\second.txt copy try.txt path\3rd.txt ===================== when try.txt contains: line one second line 3rd line ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

@OP, if you can afford to use other tools like Python thefile="file.txt" firstline=open(thefile).readline() firstword = firstline.split()[0] os.rename(thefile,firstword) save as myscript.py and on command line c:\test> python myscript.py

M2G - profuse apologies. I must admit to having been beaten by a one-liner. I hope that the OP MySelf picked up on the correction you posted before creating multitudes of unwanted files. Val.