Batch Script Reading from Files

Reading from Files

Reading files in a batch script is done by using the for loop command to step through each line defined in the file to be read.

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Since there is no direct command to read text from a file into a variable, it is necessary to use the for loop for this purpose.

Example

Let's see an example:

@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%x in (new-file.txt) DO echo %%x

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The delims parameter is used to split the file text into several tokens or words. Each word or token is then stored in the x variable. For each word read from the file, an echo is executed to print the word in the console output.

If the file new-file.txt is not present in C:\, it will be created with the previous command.