DOS SHELL for /F in file

[Fireball3]

Need help with this for loop - once more... 

This time it's a batch file in DOS console.

I want to process a file line by line but it will always cut/break after a blank in the line.

Lines without blanks work perfectly.

 

My code at the moment:

FOR /F "delims=*" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

 

I can't remember the countless possibilities of delims & tokens that I googled & tested.

I don't believe it's that complicated but obviously I can't handle it.

 

Appreciate your help!

[cassiusdrow]

I think it is not recognizing the "delims=*".  I don't think an asterisk is supported and is it defaulting to a space.  Change the asterisk to something that won't be in the data and add "tokens=*".  Something like this:

 

FOR /F "tokens=* delims=;" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

 

assuming there will not be a semicolon in the data.

 

This site is a great reference for Windows/DOS batch commands: http://ss64.com/nt/for_f.html

[S80_UK]

This site is a great reference for Windows/DOS batch commands: http://ss64.com/nt/for_f.html

 

Wow!  I use FOR loops a bit, but there's plenty there that I was not aware of.  Really useful stuff.  Thanks for sharing. 

[DaleWilliams]

This site is a great reference for Windows/DOS batch commands: http://ss64.com/nt/for_f.html

Bookmarked that!

(Still...my goal is to never need it. )

[Fireball3]

FOR /F "tokens=* delims=;" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

 

Does not work.

Cuts off after blank. 

[RobJ]

Did you try

FOR /F "delims=^*" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

[Fireball3]

Just tried:

 

FOR /F "delims=^*" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

 

and

 

FOR /F "tokens=* delims=^*" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY %%i

 

No joy. 

[bonienl]

You need to add quotes to the parameter. Do the following:

 

FOR /F "delims=*" %%i IN (%tmpfile%) DO CALL :BODY "%%i"

 

:BODY

ECHO.%~1

GOTO :EOF

Note the quotes when calling the subroutine BODY, and inside the subroutine %~1, which removes the quotes. This example assumes that the lines do NOT contain the character *

[Fireball3]

Great bonienl!

This is working!!! 

thx