for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims=," %%i in (myfile.txt) do ( command1,
command2...)
could i?

"thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims=," %%i in (myfile.txt) do ( command1,
> command2...)
> could i?

You probably could but you need to spend a little more of your
time in explaining precisely what you're trying to achieve.

thanks for you quick relay

here is what i want to do.
//myfile.txt
"project1"=vc2005 //projectname=projecttype
"project2"=vc6
"project3"=csharp

i want to write a batch file to read this file and automatically build
these projects.
for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims==" %%i in (myfile.txt) do (set
projectname=%%i set projecttype =%%j)
but seems i can't write in the above style. can you tell me how to
write compound command in for loop?

Pegasus (MVP) $B<LF;!'(B
> "thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:f6a8cd45-a611-46e6-9a49-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims=," %%i in (myfile.txt) do ( command1,
> > command2...)
> > could i?
>
> You probably could but you need to spend a little more of your
> time in explaining precisely what you're trying to achieve.

Here is one way of doing it:
1. @echo off
2. setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
3. set Source=d:\temp\test.txt
4.
5. for /F "tokens=2,4 delims==" %%a in ('type "%Source%"') do (
6. set projectname=%%a & set projecttype=%%b
7. echo Project name=!projectname! Project type=!projecttype!
8. )

"thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> thanks for you quick relay
>
> here is what i want to do.
> //myfile.txt
> "project1"=vc2005 //projectname=projecttype
> "project2"=vc6
> "project3"=csharp
>
> i want to write a batch file to read this file and automatically build
> these projects.
> for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims==" %%i in (myfile.txt) do (set
> projectname=%%i set projecttype =%%j)
> but seems i can't write in the above style. can you tell me how to
> write compound command in for loop?
>
> Pegasus (MVP) $B<LF;!'(B
>> "thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:f6a8cd45-a611-46e6-9a49-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims=," %%i in (myfile.txt) do ( command1,
>> > command2...)
>> > could i?
>>
>> You probably could but you need to spend a little more of your
>> time in explaining precisely what you're trying to achieve.

Besides the parenthesis someone else posted, you can also call one batch
file from another even passing parameters to it as required.

"thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:fecfaf60-2df8-4c7f-a5a5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> thanks for you quick relay
>
> here is what i want to do.
> //myfile.txt
> "project1"=vc2005 //projectname=projecttype
> "project2"=vc6
> "project3"=csharp
>
> i want to write a batch file to read this file and automatically build
> these projects.
> for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims==" %%i in (myfile.txt) do (set
> projectname=%%i set projecttype =%%j)
> but seems i can't write in the above style. can you tell me how to
> write compound command in for loop?
>
> Pegasus (MVP) $B<LF;!'(B
> > "thinktwice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >
news:f6a8cd45-a611-46e6-9a49-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > for /F "tokens=1,2,3* delims=," %%i in (myfile.txt) do ( command1,
> > > command2...)
> > > could i?
> >
> > You probably could but you need to spend a little more of your
> > time in explaining precisely what you're trying to achieve.