Rearranging text in a file

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Sazma January 9, 2012 at 02:11:40 Pacific
Specs: Windows 7

I'm basically trying to create a batch file that will read a text document and then send each word to a new document with a new line for each word.
Every time i try to do this though, it works until it gets to the 31st word and then repeats that word continuously. Is this a limitation of the batch language or am i doing something wrong?
Thanks for any help

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Wahine January 9, 2012 at 13:09:52 Pacific

Post your script.

Please come back & tell us if your problem is resolved.

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Sazma January 9, 2012 at 21:01:47 Pacific

Okay, originally i used a for statement with an increasing tokens value but when that didn't work i moved on to this (sorry that it is very messy code):
set y=0
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:line
if !y!==0 (
for /f "delims=" %%a in (c:\users\name\desktop\input.txt) do (set line=%%a)
) ELSE (
for /f "skip=%y% delims=" %%a in (c:\users\name\desktop\input.txt) do (set line=%%a)
)
:word
for /f "tokens=1" %%w in ("!line!") do (set word=%%w)
echo !word!>>%cd%\dictionary.txt
for /f "tokens=1*" %%b in ("!line!") do (set line=%%c)
if !line!¶==¶ (
set /a y=!y!+1 && goto line
) ELSE (
goto word
)

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Wahine January 9, 2012 at 22:28:50 Pacific

it works until it gets to the 31st word ..... Is this a limitation of the batch language
Yes, the maximum number of tokens in any For loop is 31.
Does the input text file contain lines with more than 31 words?

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Sazma January 9, 2012 at 23:18:12 Pacific

yes, many more. is there a way to accomplish this task without using tokens?

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Sazma January 10, 2012 at 22:31:02 Pacific

can some please help? i need a way to do this, fairly urgently

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orangeboy February 5, 2012 at 14:05:35 Pacific

As-is, doesn't preserve exclamation points, nor double quotes:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%A IN (c:\users\name\desktop\input.txt) DO (
    SET line=%%A
    SET line=!line:"=!
    FOR %%B IN (!line!) DO (
        >>"%cd%\dictionary.txt" ECHO.%%B
    )
)
EXIT /B
When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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