Hello! I have a lot of machine inactives in the Domain, i have a list of computer (Inactive) and i want a batch to do: ping a computer from a list (example: ping WASDGuido) ping -a the WASDGuido'ip I wanna do this because we'r having a little trouble with DNS Server. Example: Ping WASDGuido = IP: 100.100.100.100 ping -a 100.100.100.100 = GuidoDSAW I have this but is incomplete i dont know how i can extract the ip from the txt and do the "ping -a" @echo off for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a, in (scan.txt) do ping.exe -n 1 -l 32 %%a >> pingcheck.txt Thanks in advance! PD: Sorry for my english! Guido. Always @ W0rK

Post a few lines of scan.txt ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Here is it... A08640B7 ACPC000001 ADAOP_ADM_W2W ALLES2-TTT-WXP ALMAN-SIS-WXP AMOEL-SIS-W2W ANROP_SIS_W2W ATEN-BE85BE29 HP2200-SI bane159 This a one column, without any space in the computer's names Thanks Mechanix. Regards. Always @ W0rK

The script below should give you lines like this one: Pinging ABC [192.168.1.2] with 32 bytes of data: ======================================= @echo off for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in (scan.txt) do ( ping.exe %%a | find "Pinging" >> pingcheck.txt ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

@echo off for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in (scan.txt) do ( ping.exe %%a | find "Haciendo ping a" >> pingcheck.txt ) ========================================== I changed the "Pinging" to "Haciendo ping a" This is Win XP in Spanish. Anyway, it's working...Now i have to ping -a the IP that i have in that TXT. "Haciendo ping a TTTT-TTT-TTT.XXXX.XXX.XX [100.100.100.100] con 32 bytes de datos:" The IP is "tokens=5 delims= " ?? Thanks! Regards Always @ W0rK

I think you're right that you need tokens=5 You also ned to get rid of the brackets, so try this: for /f "tokens=5 delims=[] " %%a in (pingcheck.txt) do ( ping %%a ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

@echo off for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in (scan.txt) do (ping.exe -n 1 -l 32 %%a | find "Haciendo ping a" >> pingcheck.doc ) for /f "tokens=5 delims=[] " %%a in (pingcheck.doc) do (ping.exe -a -n 1 -l 32 %%a | find "Haciendo ping a" >> pingediptohost.doc ) ============================================ ITS WORKING!!! The only thing that i have to do is compare the two files.doc and see what computers are inactive, pretty simple, the hard work is done! Maybe another day ill try to do a bat that compare the files or put the results in two colums in an excel file :D THANK YOU Mechanix!! PD: Ill send u an "Asado" (tipic food from Argentina)and two beers for this great help! :P Regards! Guido. Always @ W0rK