Plese tell me what is the problem with code below, it is not giving any output, I need a number which is written next to the string "PORT" in myfile.txt file. For /F "eol=* tokens=2,3* delims= " %%a in (myfile.txt) Do ( IF "%%a"=="PORT" ( @echo %%b ) ELSE ( @echo %%a )

Post a few lines of myfile. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

A few lines from myfiles.txt EVERY HOST host_name EVERY KEEP_DATA Y EVERY PORT 3252

::== fPORT.bat :: spit out PORT number @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (myfile.txt) do ( echo %%a | find "PORT" > nul if not errorlevel 1 set str=%%a && call :sub1 ) goto :eof :sub1 for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%n in ('echo !str!') do ( echo %%n ) goto :eof ::== ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Great! Thanks a lot.