Hi! I would like to read file contents from a text file and display it using a batch loop. I had try this method but it seem like did not work. for /F "delims=" %%a in ("fileL.txt") do ( @echo %%a )

If your file name doesn't contain a space then simply drop the quotes from the file name like so: for /F "delims=" %%a in (fileL.txt) do (@echo %%a) If the file name does contain a space then you will need to use the "usebackq" option, otherwise the filename will be parsed as a text string. An example: for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("file name with spaces.txt") do (@echo %%a) File names without spaces will also work with usebackq, even if the are contained in double quotes. See: for /? for more info. [Edit] Provided it contains at least 3 characters that are not spaces you could also use short (8.3) file name aliases for file names containing space(s), like so: for /F "delims=" %%a in (filena~1.txt) do (@echo %%a)

If you do not need to parse the text from the file, why do you not just type type file.txt or type file.txt | more ? Using a For /F loop is to make complex easy jobs.

if that's the case , just more <file> will do.., no need for type command

"it seem like did not work." not helpful ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

ECHO ON FIND /n /I "hello word" in text1.txt >> text2.txt No @, enable echo, if this what you mean...

R37R0, for sake of correctness I have to point out what you post is absolutely wrong. The echo command to display messages on the screen is alway enabled and the @ prefix does just suppress the echoing of the command line NOT its result. Try to believe.