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I wrote a batch file myself, and right now I manually modify the variable parameters.
I want to make a config file and have the batch file assign the parameters to variables. What's the best way to handle it?
It would be best if there were an external tool, because the config file is very long, and using for would be very bloated..........
Thanks in advance

Using for wouldn't be bloated, would it?

Is every line in the config file a variable that needs to be set?

Not every line is a parameter......

If the file doesn't involve anything confidential, I suggest posting it here as an attachment and then listing your requirements clearly, otherwise people reading it will be completely confused...

call :sub
...
...
goto :eof
:sub
for /f "skip=number of lines" %%a in ('file') do (set var=%%a&goto :eof)
::this can fetch one line


set n=1
for /f "skip=number of lines" %%a in ('file') do (set /a n+=1&set var!n!=%%a&if !n!=4 goto :eof)
::this can fetch 4 consecutive lines after the specified line



Also, if there are multiple lines, such as 1 55 88 1223... that need to be processed,
you can first store the corresponding lines as variables, set /a n+=1&if !n!==55 set "_var!n!=%%a"
then for /f %%a in ('set _var') do (perform operations...)
or !_var55! !_var88! !_var1223! will be the contents of those specified lines

[ Last edited by netbenton on 2009-1-19 at 12:42 ]

gawk "$3 == 34" val | gawk "/False/ {print $1,$2}" | gawk "$1 > %GeneralLowerLimit% && $1 < %GeneralUpperLimit%" | gawk -f ArithMetic.txt >> Results.txt

This is a section of the processing program. %GeneralLowerLimit% and %GeneralUpperLimit% are parameters the user needs to configure manually. Right now I have the user modify them in the bat, but I want to make a config text file.

The config file is as follows:
#GeneralLowerLimit
11

#GeneralUpperLimit
698

Thanks to the poster in reply #5, I'll go give it a try