Batch Script for loop with more than one statement

Question

Right now I need to loop through the content of a file,

This loop works fine and prints the content of the file

for /F %%x in (Test.txt) do @echo %%x

However because later on I want to do something else with the content I need to have more than one statement in this loop therefor I would like to use the following syntax:

for /F in (Test.txt) do 
some more statements
done

Unfortunately the latter does not work? How do I get a for loop to execute multiple commands?

@bishop The tagged link is actually not a possible duplicate. It's related to a goto statement inside a codeblock which then exits the loop, where this question is an attempt to run multiple commands for a single for statement. — user7818749
– user7818749, Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 8:31

user7818749 · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-17 08:20:32Z

1

To run multiple commands for a single loop, you need to enclose the commands in a parenthesised code block:

for /F %%I in (Test.txt) do (
   echo %%i
   echo "%%i"
   echo etc
)

Be careful however as setting and using variables inside of a loop may require delayedexpansion

See from cmd.exe help for:

for /?
setlocal /?
set /?

answered Oct 17, 2019 at 8:20

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