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simpli_gRV
simpli_gRV

Reputation: 19

batch script for loop teminates the batch

I'm trying to use for loop and read contents of a file line by line the file is an xml and contains urls and paths delimited by <>

I am using the following code

set @LOGFILE=F:\nircmd\hosts.xml
:loop
for /F "tokens=2-3 delims=<>" %%a in (%LOGFILE%)do echo "it works"
timeout /t
goto :loop

the batch is terminating as soon as it encounters the for loop

i have already tried to pause or timeout the batch but nothing seems to work batch is anyway terminating

what to do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354446

That is because there is no variable LOGFILE; you named your variable @LOGFILE. Thus the for loop encounters an error because it cannot find the file to read and errors such as these terminate the batch file. So either use

for /F "tokens=2-3 delims=<>" %%a in (%@LOGFILE%)

or

set LOGFILE=F:\nircmd\hosts.xml

Upvotes: 1

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