hi I'm new to batch scripting when is use address of the of inside the for loop there is no problem but when is store that address in a variable and use that variable in a for /f loop for loop read the text of the variable not the file content
set file1="c:\a.txt"
FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%x in (%file1%) DO (
echo %%x
)
Quoting a filename is a good idea to avoid problems with spaces, but for /f processes a quoted string within the parentheses as a literal string, unless you use the usebackq option.
Best practice is to quote the string where needed instead of including the quotes to the string, so instead of set file1="c:\a.txt", use set "file1=c:\a.txt" (note the position of the quotes).
set "file1=c:\a.txt"
for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%x in ("%file1%") do (
echo %%x
)
This is because of the quotes in variable value - cmd.exe takes it for a string. Try using usebackq and using quotes in set expression like in the example bellow:
set "file1=c:\a.txt"
for /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%x in ("%file1%") do (
echo %%x
)