From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <2phso0a9g0b5$.grxq9icjs04q$.dlg@40tude.net>,   
   JJ   wrote:   
   ...   
   >Try this.   
   >   
   >@echo off   
   >setlocal   
   >rem.>"%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
   >for /f "delims=" %%A in ('more') do (   
   >  >>"%temp%\$rhubarb.bat" echo %%A   
   >)   
   >call "%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
   >del "%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
      
   OP's whole point was to *avoid* using a temporary file.   
      
   --   
   Treating the stock market indexes as general measures of the well-being of a   
   society is like treating your blood pressure as an indicator of health.  The   
   higher, the better, right?  In fact, a high stock market is good for the   
   investor   
   class, but it means the rest of us are getting screwed better than ever.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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