I wanna loop a few commands for like 500 times, how do I do this? Do I use IF or FOR? .

Much depends on the version of DOS. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

I don't know if this will help you... but still. @echo off set _number=0 :start if %_number%==500 goto end echo %_number% set /a _number +=1 goto start :end echo it works~! pause>nul it adds +1 to '_number' and when it reaches 500 it jumps to the :end P.S. it will display numbers only till the 499 count, cuz after it reaches 500 it will jump to the end and skip the echo %_number% part... But you knew that right ;D ?

Sure, but not in DOS. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

I know this is a really old thread but...... for %a in (1,2,3,4,5) do for %b in (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) do for %c in (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) do command [edit] I just realised you can't nest for statements in most true dos os's(it's close to 127 characters anyway). Sorry for misleading you, maybe spreading it out to multiple lines would help.