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hi I'm trying to learn how to use the for loop so I can develop the suggested solution I have this in my batch file @echo off FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1,2,3* delims==" %%i in (qt.conf) do @echo %%i %%j %%k Now I want to store the tokens in local variables but don't seem to be able to figure t...

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I can make it work as well
Could you please explain the syntax of


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when i run this script I get
\Common was unexpected at this time?

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Hi I'm an experienced software engineer and have been backed into a corner where I need to write a batch script! The brief is to read a configuration file that has the following contents [Paths] prefix = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CompanyName\\Ex" What I need to do is read this file and ext...

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What does /f "delims" mean?

Thanks for that
would you mind explaining what the script is doing?
I am very new to dos programming!

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There are 2 lines in the file
One contains a value that I want to use to set an environment variable

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Could someone please tell me the best way to read a text file in a DOS script.
I need to store each line in a variable that I can use in my script

Thanks in advance

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I'll give it a try

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I have never done any dos programming before, but need a script that will append (permanently) a value to the path variable; in addition the script should only add the value if it is not already in the path variable.
Any help, pointers etc would be apprecitaed