i would like to make a loop in a .bat file if thers a way i got one but theres to meny numbers 1- 255 ex; FOR %%1 IN (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17) do ping -n 1 192.168.1.%%1 this one works but i would have to type all 1-255 is there a why to make a counter 1-255? then loop it ? thx -gorf

gorf, please excuse my ignorance, and I don't mean to sound like an ass...but why are there so amny .bat postings? Do people really still use .bat files? I'm really curious. And as far as looping, I think that you can loop in bat files, but I really don't remember the syntax. Might be helpful to do a goolge search on DOS or batch files. Chi Happens

Yeah, actually, I think they do, Chi. Batch files are like the DOS equivelant of *nix scripting (at least in my mind). Do people still use scripts? Of course, there's far fewer who use batch files becuase fewer know an extensive amount of DOS commands. Most of the people that would know how are nix users. ;)

This will loop from 1 to 255 for /L %%N in (1,1,255) do ping -n 1 192.168.1.%%N

Here is a reference fot the batch FOR command in Windows 2000/XP: http://www.labmice.net/articles/batchcmds.htm

wow, i didn't know they still used batch files. I guess I never realized how much they are/were used. I have always written applications (DOS/Windows) to do stuff...I guess I never knew how much you could do in bat files.

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