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BongBong
BongBong

Reputation: 91

For /F "skip=0" won't work as expected

set var=1
for /f "skip=%var% tokens=*" %%a in (any.txt) do (echo %%a)

works fine.

But when,

set var=0
for /f "skip=%var% tokens=*" %%a in (any.txt) do (echo %%a)

won't work. My purpose is to skip line 0 (which means don't skip).
Error: tokens=*" was unexpected at this time.

Is there any ways to make it work?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 612

Answers (1)

aschipfl
aschipfl

Reputation: 34919

set /P var="Enter number of lines to skip: "
if %var% gtr 0 (set "skip=skip=%var% ") else (set "skip=")
for /f "%skip%tokens=*" %%a in (any.txt) do (echo %%a)

Upvotes: 4

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