Hi there! Scripting a program for work but I am new to batch files and cannot get this segment to work. @echo off set N= for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in (computers.txt) do ( ping /n 1 %%a | find "Reply" >nul if %errorlevel% == 0 goto reply @echo %%a | Cannot ping goto end :reply @echo %%a | Can ping :end ) pause Intention: To get the list of computer names from 'computer.txt' and ping them replying, yes or no. Problem: When I pull out the middle part in the loop and run it alone, it works fine. When I pull out the loop and run it alone, it works fine. When I combine it for some reason it just does not let me use %%a as a variable for a computer name. Thanks!

A goto in a for loop is usually problematic. Try this: =========================== @echo off > newfile & setLocal enableDELAYedexpansion for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in (computers.txt) do ( ping /n 1 %%a | find "Reply" > nul if errorlevel 1 ( echo %%a NG ) else ( echo %%a OK ) ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Interesting way of doing it. Are your, 'can ping' and 'cannot ping' labels reversed?

I don't think so. I get this: 127.0.0.1 OK 0.0.0.0 NG ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

My mistake, works perfectly, but I dont know why it creates a new file called 'newfile' whenever I run it.

Chamge the first line to: @echo off & setLocal enableDELAYedexpansion ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2