Hi Everyone I want to append some info in a file ..say echo mem|*|* > mem.bat echo cpu|*|*>> mem.bat but the problem is that pipe is a redirector and it doesn't let me append that character in a file , anyway i can do this ?? Thanks

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Hi Is this what you want echo mem ^|* ^|* > mem.bat echo cpu ^|* ^|* >> mem.bat

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wow..exactly !! thanks a lot dtech ! one more probs dtech .. there is a code which u told me @echo off for /f %%a in (sample.txt) do ( set date=%%a echo %%a exit /b ) which runs for the first time and exits .. but my code which is below that isnt working .. becos the script exits after this ..any sol to this .. someone told me use BREAK cmd but it inst working ..any ideas .. ?

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Hi Divesh, I'm still learning. Thanks to dtech10, IVO and others. Studying dtech's code and making some mods, I found out that: exit /b and goto eof [or :eof] seem to behave about the same. So I experimented and figured out how to, in this case, put out just the first line, but not exit. Useful if we want the BAT to do something else. Take a look at this. It puts out the first line of the file and goes to a label. ::======================= @echo off for /f %%a in (sample.txt) do ( echo %%a goto :1 ) :1 echo hello ::======================== By the way, NT has a built-in variable called DATE. So if your BAT reassigns the value of DATE, it could trip up something else. Not a great big deal, but something to be aware of. Maybe use a var like MYDATE or DATE2. HTH M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Hi This is what a book I have says about the Break command. Never tryed it. Break If CMD is being run under a debugger, this command causes a breakpoint. Under MS-DOS, this command was used to enable and disable Ctrl+C checking, but it has no such effect in Windows XP.

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Hi Mechanix,dtech I tried goto cmd and it worked exactly as i wanted it to.. thanks a lot.. u guys r gr8 :-) i m very new to this so i m asking lot of question .. ni m very sorry abt buggin u so much all the time /hope u guys dont mind it ..thanks again for u r help. cheers Divesh

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Hi Divesh, No problem on my end. Glad to help. M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Hi I enjoy helping. Very happy to appreciated. DTech10

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HI U expert guys ( D tech / M2 ) i m stuck with my script again .. i want to take the ipaddress of the machine in a variable.. in linux we have cmd hostname -i but in XP we have ipconfig which gives extraneous test too.. do anyone knows any other cmd for that.. Also i want to have a machinename in a variable but in lower case , the cmd %COMPUTERNAME% returns the machine name in caps .. any idea abt this ? i know that there is a cmd hostname which returns mahcine name in lower case but then i m not able to put the cmd's output redirected to a file ?? Kindly suggest

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Hi Divesh, Last question first. HOSTNAME puts puts out upper/mixed case. Get these utils: More Power, Mr. Scott which include "lower" and: hostname |lower>hnlower which will put the lowercase version in hnlower ============================ I'll get back to you with the code to set IP into a ver. What I have is messy, so I'll clean it up. M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Thanks dude :-))

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Hi M2 , i m not able to using the cmd u told me hostname |lower > IP.txt do i have to place the COM files send by you at some specific location. Kindly suggest

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Hi Divesh, For this, you need LOWER.COM in the same directory or, better yet, somewhere in the PATH. I keep all that stuff in c:\util M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Hi Divesh, Here's the code to get IP onto var. You need change.com, available here: Change ::======= gets IP into var %IP% @echo off ipconfig | find "IP Address" >ip.tmp change.com ip.tmp " " "" > nul FOR /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%a in ('type ip.tmp') do SET IP=%%a echo IP=%IP% ::==============t98 M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Hi M2.. Thanks a ton man .. Both the cmds worked just as fine :-)) my probs solved now

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