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So I wanted my cmd to select random sentences.

set /a rnd=%random%%%5
for /f "tokens=1,2" %%a in (list.txt) do if %rnd%==%%a  echo %%b

Im using this but inside the list.txt file I have sentences with spaces. For some reason cmd only shows the first word and it doesnt with the rest.

For example a sentence in the file.

Hello how are you?

This would show as

Hello and that's all.

But if I type it like this

Hello_how_are_you?

then it does show all the words but it does include all the _'s

Any idea how to make the spaces show without replacing them with signs?

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  • If you use "tokens=1*" then a will hold the first field, and b will hold the rest of the line. Commented Jun 26, 2016 at 11:44

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You can instruct the for loop to grab all remaining tokens using the wildcard token '*' like this: 

set /a rnd=%random% %% 5 
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%a in (list.txt) do if %rnd%==%%a echo %%b

Here, the first token is assigned to %%a and all of the remaining tokens to %%b. Note that any whitespace between tokens is replaced by exactly one blank.

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