Hi all Great site this, very valuable help: rem **mybatch file** set /P IPHOST=Please enter the HOSTNAME or IP address of the Computer: echo IP address is %IPHOST% WMIC /NODE: %IPHOST% COMPUTERSYSTEM GET NAME > rhost.txt rem set /p remhost= < rhost.txt ***not using*** WMIC /NODE: %IPHOST% COMPUTERSYSTEM GET USERNAME > wmic.txt rem set /p USRID= < wmic.txt ***not using*** more rhost.txt more wmic.txt echo. FOR /F "skip=1" %%A in (rhost.txt) DO set rhost=%%A FOR /F "skip=1" %%C in (wmic.txt) DO set USR=%%C echo %IPHOST% %rhost% %USR% rem **end** I am expecting it to display IPaddress Hostname Username but all I get it is IPaddress and the other two are blank Any ideas?

Post the contents of rhost.txt and wmic.txt so we can correct the For /F parsing statements.

HI IVO I worked out that it was the text files created by the WMIC command wouldn't parse. (maybe trailing spaces or LF or CR character - don't know) I worked out I only had to run the command once and get both variables. I had to then output it to another text file and parse that WMIC /NODE: %IPHOST% COMPUTERSYSTEM GET NAME, USERNAME > wmic.txt type wmic.txt >pcinfo.txt echo. FOR /F "skip=1" %%G in (pcinfo.txt) DO set rhost=%%G FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=2" %%H in (pcinfo.txt) DO set usr=%%H Output of both files looked identical Name UserName MYPCNAME MYUSERID I am modifying it a bit more, and will post it when finished (minus any company specific info of course) Thanks