I'm trying figure out how to do an If-Then script. This has to be done using basic commands found in XP. I can't add programs. It's been years since I've done any command line programing. I need to run a command (netsh), look for a specific string in the output and then make a decision if the string is found. netsh interface ip show config results in Configuration for Interface "Local Area Connection 2" ..... ..... .... .... Configuration for Interface " Local Area Connection" If this result contains the "Local Area Connection 2" then I run one set of command else I run a different set of commands. I've managed to get the FOR command to work. Well sort of. *******************************Command file************** set test2=netsh interface ip show config For /f "tokens=1 Delims= "%%J IN ('%test2% ^|find "Local Area Connection 2"') Do echo reult is %%J. ***************************end command file. This results in the whole line Configuration for Interface "Local Area Connection 2" being displayed. It would nice to get Just "Local Area Connection 2" to be equal to %%J. Is this done with the Delims and tokens? Idealy I would have 4 tokens witht the last being the part between the quotes. Now I need to creat the If-Then statement Making the decision based on whether "Local Area Connection 2" was found. Sorry for the long message but I figure the more I put the easier it is for people to understand what I'm looking to do. Wedge

According to what you posted with "tokens=1 delims= " you should get just Configuration an no more from your For loop. Anyway if you just need to select a sequence based on the result of netsh netsh interface ip show config | find "Local Area Connection 2" > nul if ErrorLevel 1 ( Here the commands for NOT FOUND ) else ( HERE YES FOUND ) You can insert how many commands you want, but NOT goto statements jumping to a label inside the IF. More you can't set variables and then refer to them INSIDE the IF. To do so code at the beginning of your batch @echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion and then mark variables using !, e.g. set myVar=Hello echo.!myVar!

Here is the cmd file I wrote. IP address are fake to protect info netsh interface ip show config |find "Local Area Connection 2">null IF ErrorLevel 1 (netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static x.x.x.x 225.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name=Local Area Connection" static y.y.y.y 225.255.255.0) Else(netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static y.y.y.y 255.255.255.0) This exactly as written in the cmd file. Including the Carriage Returns. I get an error Else is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Wedge

Try this =========================== netsh interface ip show config |find "Local Area Connection 2">null IF ErrorLevel 1 ( netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static x.x.x.x 225.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name=Local Area Connection" static y.y.y.y 225.255.255.0 ) Else ( netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static y.y.y.y 255.255.255.0 ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

netsh interface ip show config | find "Local Area Connection 2" > nul IF ErrorLevel 1 ( netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static x.x.x.x 225.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name=Local Area Connection" static y.y.y.y 225.255.255.0 ) ELSE ( netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 rsh x.x.x.x -l admin admin SQL Update command set command=on netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static y.y.y.y 255.255.255.0 ) You do not follow the syntax I posted that MUST be strictly replicated as software doesn't allow tolerance. By the way this is NT batch as there is no DOS in Windows XP.

Reformated and it seems to work.. Wont know till I have it all hooked up into the lab. The script puts a null file on the desktop, can I prevent this or delete when done? Will @echo off fix this? Thanks. I have a scripting book come from Amazon, maybe I'll be able to learn exactly what the heck I did someday. Wedge

What I have posted (and M2 too) works correctly. CRs are nothing to do with your mistakes. You have to code an IF (...) ELSE (...) as IF condition ( STATEMENTS ) ELSE ( STATEMENTS ) not IF condition (STATEMENTs) ELSE (STATEMENTS ) Review again my post #4.