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Posted: **19 Jun 2014 08:34**

Hello,

FirSt raw of my file named E:\DATA.TXT Is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

but when I run this script to manipulate string

FOR /F "delims=" %%a in (%1) do set "name=%%a" &call :procName %1
goto:eof 

:procName
set name1=%name:~0,9%

I got this error:
E:\>set "name1"=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" & call :procName E:\DATA.TXT

E:\>set name1= ver 0<?xml
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I suppose the problem is quote, how can I solve this issue?

Thanks you and Regards

Posted: **19 Jun 2014 09:07**

The first 9 characters of that line is: <?xml ver
Why are you trying to capture just that?

Posted: **19 Jun 2014 09:13**

yes because I must split big Xml file in a little one, and I have a header "fix" long 9 byte to create a new xml, but I must read each line

Posted: **19 Jun 2014 10:18**

You are missing quotes in your SET statement for the name1 variable.
In order to echo the variable correctly you need a ^ to escape the <.

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FOR /F "delims=" %%a in (data.txt) do set "name=%%a" &call :procName
pause
goto :EOF

:procName
set "name1=%name:~0,9%"
echo ^%name1%
GOTO :EOF

Posted: **19 Jun 2014 12:09**

Give this a go:

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FOR /F "delims=" %%a in (%1) do set "name=%%a" &call :procName %1
goto:eof

:procName
set "name1=%name:~0,9%"
echo "%name1%"
pause

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