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   foxidrive to ehabaziz2001@gmail.com   
   Re: setting variable inside for loop   
   13 Apr 13 03:06:16   
   
   XPost: alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 13/04/2013 2:45 AM, ehabaziz2001@gmail.com wrote:   
   > FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN (dir.lst) DO (   
   > @echo %%G   
   > @set filename2=%%G   
   > @echo %filename2%   
   > )   
   >   
   >   
   > How can I set my filename2 because I can not find it filled with %%G content   
   .   
      
   Try this, or use delayed expansion and !filename2!   
      
   FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN (dir.lst) DO (   
   @echo %%G   
   @set filename2=%%G   
   )   
   @echo %filename2%   
      
      
      
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