Read a txt line by line in a batch file

Question

Here is my problem. I have a txt file with 100 different video names (examples): ``` abc.mpg def.mpg ghi.mpg xyz.mpg ``` I want to process those videos one by one using some commands and put the results into a folder with the same name (without the extension): ``` command1 abc.mpg command2 abc.mpg move results .\abc ``` My question is how can I perform the above iteration with a for loop within a batch file.

Accepted Answer

The command is FOR with /F parameter like this

```
FOR /F %i in (yourFile.txt) DO yourcommand %i
```

this reads a line at a time from the text file and insert the value into the %i argument Then call the command specified after the DO keyword (the command could be another batch with the copy or move operations required)

Read a txt line by line in a batch file

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