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Batch file parsing a text file
Name: GEAK Date: February 18, 2009 at 16:23:19 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
I currently have a batch file with the following lines at or near the beginning:
SET TargetIP=www.somesite.com SET PingCount=10
Rather than have the user modify my batch file, I'd like to have the values "www.somesite.com" and "10" in a text file (call it "variables.txt") which the batch file would read. Is this possible?
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi) Date: February 18, 2009 at 23:58:53 Pacific
Reply:
Because it's just a 2-line text file here's a real lazy way...
:: Code begins....
@echo off
cls
for /f "delims==" %%A in (variables.txt) do (
set TargetIP=%%A & goto next
)
:next
for /f "delims==" %%A in (variables.txt) do (
set PingCount=%%A
)
echo TargetIP=%TargetIP% PingCount=%PingCount%
:: Code ends....
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