I have a text file which has more then 10000 lines in it. I want to add a < in the begining of each line and > at the end of each line through a batch run. Can anyone provide me with a batch file that could could automaticallyperform this task Ram Ethindra

@Echo Off For /F "tokens=* delims=" %%J in (myfile_in.txt) Do ( Echo.^<%%J^>>>myfile_out.txt)

Hello IVO, Thanks for the reply I created a batch file with this content: @Echo Off For /F "tokens=* delims=" %%J in (C:\Documents and Settings\admin\My Documents\email test.txt) Do ( Echo.^<%%J^>>>C:\Documents and Settings\admin\My Documents\email test1.txt) It did not do anything Ram Ethindra

Did you tried quotation around the path? ("C:\Documents and Settings\admin\My Documents\email test.txt") If that doesnt help, remove "echo off", and then run the batch from the command shell so you can see what errors that occur.

If a batch file doesn't do it, any halfway decent text processor with search and replace should be able to do all but the first and last lines which you can fix manually.

@Echo Off For /F "tokens=* delims=" %%J in ('Type "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\My Documents\email test.txt"') Do ( Echo.^<%%J^>>>"C:\Documents and Settings\admin\My Documents\email test1.txt") If a batch file doesn't do it, that almost always is due to the poor knowledge of the basic principles of scripting and NT/DOS statements as "" to mark pathnames with embedded blanks and more advanced rules as those that force here to use a command ('Type...') clause for the For /F statement.