Hi, Is it possible to have 2 or more commands in the "do something" portion of the if statement? The if statement goes if (condition) command Is it possible to have it like if (condition) (execute command1 follow by command2) e.g. if not exist "input.txt" (echo "File don't exists" goto :EOF) Because I want to inform the user first and then exit the batch. If I put the code as if not exist "input.txt" (echo "File don't exists") goto :EOF The goto :EOF gets executed even the input file exists. Please advise.Thank you

if not exist zzzz ( dir *. dir *.bat ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi Mech, Thanks for your quick response and solution. The placement of the bracket is important. Lesson learned. Thanks again. suitto :)