Hi, i am a novice for writing batch files, i would like to know how to write .bat file so that it can run the command "nbtstat -a 192.168.0.1" (for example)and store it in to some result text file. I got the following .bat file from my friend which is used for pining many ip's from the text file and store the result in another text file. Not sure if i can apply to for nbtstat command: @echo on for /f "tokens=*" %%I in (C:\ping\works.txt) do call :pinger %%I goto :eof :pinger ---------- >> result.txt echo %time% >> result.txt ping -n 1 %1 >> result.txt Thanks a lot !

Hi, Not sure about nbtstat because I don't have a network. But the bat syntax looks OK. EXCEPT that I would add goto :eof after the ping line to "end the subroutine". AND your first line needs to be: @echo OFF Probably neither will effect the usefulness of this bat, but may seriously impact others. HTH ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go

Yep i tried it but it still running erros in the terminal... im not even sure if ntbstat -a can even be applied with this code

Try running individual nbtstat command at the prompt to get the command right. Then try to natch it. What is in your: C:\ping\works.txt ? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go

Okay it works fine for me now, just renamed nbtstat.bat file to test.bat and then apply the following command .....now it works. @echo on for /f "tokens=*" %%I in (C:\ping\nbtstat\works.txt) do call :pinger %%I goto :eof :pinger ---------- >> result.txt echo %time% >> result.txt nbtstat -a %1 >> result.txt Thanks a lot !

Yeah, If you name a BAT to the same name as an EXE COM or internal command, things can get very weird. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go