[screamoon]

Hi,

I am trying to make a batch script that would open a text file and then read it's contents. Is there a direct command to do that in batch ?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanking you
scream

[StumpedTechy]

You mean read as in audio out of the speakers? Or read as in parsing out the information for futher use in the batch file?

[screamoon]

What I mean is suppose I have a text file with some file names.......I want to read the contents of the text file ( which would be some file names) and then compare those names with the files stored in some folder. I would be comparing by names......


Please help

Thank you

[screamoon]

@echo off
for /f %%a in (Files.txt) do attrib +h Output\%%a
del Output\*.*
for /f %%a in (Files.txt) do attrib -h Output\%%a


This is the script I am using but I am not getting the desired output. Please help me in debugging this issue.

For more information on my issue check my post called " Deleting Files Through Batch"

THank you..

[StumpedTechy]

Do the file names in the text file have long names? or are they 8.3 compliant? Also do you have the .3 portion of the filename in ther e or is it going against just partial file names?

[Squashman]

Whtat about using the good ole Type command.

[squidboy]

Originally Posted by screamoon

@echo off
for /f %%a in (Files.txt) do attrib +h Output\%%a
del Output\*.*
for /f %%a in (Files.txt) do attrib -h Output\%%a


This is the script I am using but I am not getting the desired output. Please help me in debugging this issue.

For more information on my issue check my post called " Deleting Files Through Batch"

THank you..

If I read this correctly, you want to hide every file name that matches, then delete all the rest, then unhide them. Is that correct?