DOS batching 1

[johnaregan]

Hi
I'm looking to change all passwords in one go using the
net user command and a delimited text file containing all username and new passwords eg.

usr1wd1
usr2wd2
etc.

i know how to loop through the file:
for %%i in (list.txt) do ...

but i need to be able to pasre out the username and passwordsinto separte variables for the net user command.

any hints would be greatly appreciated

 

[mcconmw]

The example below will parse each line as it reads it. The tokens refer to value of the variables. Delims set the delimiter to ":". You can add multiple delimiters if you wish. %%i is explicitly assigned the value from token 1 which would be usrX in this scenario. %%j is implicitly assigned the value from token two which in this case is pwdX. You can set multiple tokens also and they will continue in alphabetical order. I hope this helps.

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%i in (runtime.txt) do