> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write a batch script that performs actions on each value
> within a text file. The text file (myfile.txt) contains a string
> similar to:
>
> aa\bb\cc\dd\ee
>
> My goal is to have a for loop that perfoms a set of actions on each of
> these values individually. So just trying to get it to echo these
> variables, I'm able to get it to echo either the first value in the
> string or just the entire line. So I'm trying something like:
>
> for /f "tokens=1 delims=\" %%i in (myfile.txt) do echo %%i
>
> Now I'm sure I could add separate tokens and echo statements for %j %k
> %l and %m, but this just won't work for me in the long run as the
> number of values in myfile.txt can be anywhere between 1 and 1000
> values. If anyone can help me figure this out, I would greatly
> appreciate it.
>
> Regards,
> John

> It's a lot easier to do this in a WSH script, but since you seem
> comfortable in batch try this hybrid script ...
>
>  @echo off
>   echo wsh.echo Replace(wsh.stdin.readall, "\", vbnewline) > %temp%
> \tmp.vbs
>   cscript //nologo  %temp%\tmp.vbs < myfile.txt > outfile.txt
>   del %temp%\tmp.vbs
>
> HTH,
>
> Tom Lavedas
> ***********http://there.is.no.more/tglbatch/- Hide quoted text -
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> It's a lot easier to do this in a WSH script, but since you seem
> comfortable in batch try this hybrid script ...
>
> @echo off
> echo wsh.echo Replace(wsh.stdin.readall, "\", vbnewline) > %temp%
> \tmp.vbs
> cscript //nologo %temp%\tmp.vbs < myfile.txt > outfile.txt
> del %temp%\tmp.vbs
>
> HTH,
>
> Tom Lavedas
> ***********http://there.is.no.more/tglbatch/- Hide quoted text -
>
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On Jan 23, 2:12 pm, "Al Dunbar" <aland***@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not opposed to using WSH...I just don't know WSH. This wsh script
> providded doesn't appear to get me what I need...this spits out my
> text in a different formatted text file, which isn't what I'm looking
> for.
>
> ===> Your only stated requirement was to "perform a set of actions on each
> of these values individually". Tom illustrated one example, leaving the
> specific details up to you to code according to the specs you had not yet
> shared.
>
> My ultimate goal is to query a registry key, which lists GUID values
> of other registry keys and then take this list of GUIDs and translate
> these into "friendly" names. I'm querying a key in the registy for the
> "Contains" value, which lists several GUIDs...Here's my script:
>
> rem HKLM\Software\Company\Group\GUID\Contains REG_MULTI_SZ GUID1 GUID2
> GUID3..
>
> for /f "tokens=3 skip=2 delims=\ " %%i in ('reg query HKLM\Software
> \Company\Group\GUID /v Contains') do set guidlist=%%i
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\
> %guidlist% /v Name') do set friendlyname=%%b
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%c in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\
> %guidlist% /v Version') do set version=%%d
> echo    %frienlyname% %version%
>
> This works fine collecting the first GUID value in this group, but I
> can't figure out how to loop this to call the other 100+ values in
> this "Contains" key. I figured I'd try writing these GUIDs out to a
> temp file and then loop thru this file, but I'm getting the same
> result...only calls the first value in the file and won't loop to the
> 2nd+ value.
>
> ===> Here is another partial solution, but I hope it will help you
> successfully get around the FOR command token limits:
>
>     @echo off
>
>     setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
>     pushd "%~DP0"
>
>     rem get the list of "/"-delimited items from a file into a variable...
>     for /f %%X in (ZZ.TXT) do (set _zz=%%X)
>
>     rem convert the "/" delimiters to blank characters
>     (set _zz=%_zz:/= %)
>
>     rem pass the list of items to an internal subroutine
>     call:process %_zz%
>     pause & goto:eof
>
>     :process
>
>     set/a _c = 0
>
>     :processloop
>     if "%1" NEQ "" (
>         set/a _c += 1
>         echo/processing item !_c!: %1
>         shift
>         goto:processloop
>     )
>     goto:eof
>
> The zz.txt file contains a single line with text strings separated by "/"
> characters. In my test this file was about 5800 bytes in size and contained
> 455 items, and each was displayed accurately.
>
> /Al

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On Jan 23, 2:12 pm, "Al Dunbar" <aland***@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not opposed to using WSH...I just don't know WSH. This wsh script
> providded doesn't appear to get me what I need...this spits out my
> text in a different formatted text file, which isn't what I'm looking
> for.
>
> ===> Your only stated requirement was to "perform a set of actions on each
> of these values individually". Tom illustrated one example, leaving the
> specific details up to you to code according to the specs you had not yet
> shared.
>
> My ultimate goal is to query a registry key, which lists GUID values
> of other registry keys and then take this list of GUIDs and translate
> these into "friendly" names. I'm querying a key in the registy for the
> "Contains" value, which lists several GUIDs...Here's my script:
>
> rem HKLM\Software\Company\Group\GUID\Contains REG_MULTI_SZ GUID1 GUID2
> GUID3..
>
> for /f "tokens=3 skip=2 delims=\ " %%i in ('reg query HKLM\Software
> \Company\Group\GUID /v Contains') do set guidlist=%%i
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\
> %guidlist% /v Name') do set friendlyname=%%b
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%c in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\
> %guidlist% /v Version') do set version=%%d
> echo %frienlyname% %version%
>
> This works fine collecting the first GUID value in this group, but I
> can't figure out how to loop this to call the other 100+ values in
> this "Contains" key. I figured I'd try writing these GUIDs out to a
> temp file and then loop thru this file, but I'm getting the same
> result...only calls the first value in the file and won't loop to the
> 2nd+ value.
>
> ===> Here is another partial solution, but I hope it will help you
> successfully get around the FOR command token limits:
>
> @echo off
>
> setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
> pushd "%~DP0"
>
> rem get the list of "/"-delimited items from a file into a variable...
> for /f %%X in (ZZ.TXT) do (set _zz=%%X)
>
> rem convert the "/" delimiters to blank characters
> (set _zz=%_zz:/= %)
>
> rem pass the list of items to an internal subroutine
> call:process %_zz%
> pause & goto:eof
>
> :process
>
> set/a _c = 0
>
> :processloop
> if "%1" NEQ "" (
> set/a _c += 1
> echo/processing item !_c!: %1
> shift
> goto:processloop
> )
> goto:eof
>
> The zz.txt file contains a single line with text strings separated by "/"
> characters. In my test this file was about 5800 bytes in size and
> contained
> 455 items, and each was displayed accurately.
>
> /Al

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> Ok, this is "almost" working...I'm just having an issue trying to find
> the last piece. I'm using your example, but the processloop isn't
> echoing the results quite right. So here's what I am doing:
>
> I've got a file named MyFile.txt which contains:
>
> aa\bb\cc\dd\ee
>
> My script contains the following:
>
> setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
> pushd "%~DP0"
>
> rem get the list of "\"-delimited items from a file into a variable...
> for /f %%X in (MyFile.txt) do set _zz=%%X
>
> rem convert the "/" delimiters to blank characters
> (set _zz=%_zz:\0= %)
>
> rem pass the list of items to an internal subroutine
> call:process %_zz%
>
> goto:eof
>
> :process
>
> set/a _c = 0
>
> :processloop
> if "%1" NEQ "" (
> set/a _c += 1
>
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\%1 /
> v Name') do set friendlyname=%%b
> for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%c in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\%1 /
> v Version') do set version=%%d
>
> echo    %frienlyname% %version%
>
> shift
> goto:processloop
> )
> goto:eof
>
>
> My results of my echo are a little bit off. Seems like the first time
> thru the loop, it isn't echoing the values of %frienlyname% %version
> %...instead, it is just giving:

On Jan 27, 5:51 pm, "Al Dunbar" <aland***@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <jnton***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7000e04b-2ed0-4473-a8e6-734875f38978@l16g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Ok, this is "almost" working...I'm just having an issue trying to find
> > the last piece. I'm using your example, but the processloop isn't
> > echoing the results quite right. So here's what I am doing:
>
> > I've got a file named MyFile.txt which contains:
>
> > aa\bb\cc\dd\ee
>
> > My script contains the following:
>
> > setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
> > pushd "%~DP0"
>
> > rem get the list of "\"-delimited items from a file into a variable...
> > for /f %%X in (MyFile.txt) do set _zz=%%X
>
> > rem convert the "/" delimiters to blank characters
> > (set _zz=%_zz:\0= %)
>
> > rem pass the list of items to an internal subroutine
> > call:process %_zz%
>
> > goto:eof
>
> > :process
>
> > set/a _c = 0
>
> > :processloop
> > if "%1" NEQ "" (
> > set/a _c += 1
>
> > for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\%1 /
> > v Name') do set friendlyname=%%b
> > for /f "tokens=2* skip=1" %%c in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Company\%1 /
> > v Version') do set version=%%d
>
> > echo    %frienlyname% %version%
>
> > shift
> > goto:processloop
> > )
> > goto:eof
>
> > My results of my echo are a little bit off. Seems like the first time
> > thru the loop, it isn't echoing the values of %frienlyname% %version
> > %...instead, it is just giving:
>
> Please review my first reply, and note that in my example, I used "!"
> instead of "%" to emit the current value of a variable. A sequence of
> commands contained within parentheses is called a compound command. Before
> the first command is executed, all instances of %variable% references are
> expanded to the values the variables have when the compound command is first
> parsed.
>
> Try this:
>
>     @echo off
>     setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
>     (set _V=000)
>     for %%F in (AA BB CC) do (
>         (set _V=%%F)
>     echo/%%F us %_V%? or is it !_V!?
>     )
>     pause
>
> > "ECHO is off."
>
> > Then it loops thru the rest of my file, skipping the last entry. Seems
> > like the "set" inside the "if" loop doesn't take effect until the next
> > run thru the loop. How do I make the "do set %frienlyname% %version%"
> > values take effect immediately and echo these values in this loop?
>
> use !frienlyname! !version! instead.
>
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