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Try this: @echo off setlocal disabledelayedexpansion echo disabled delayedexpansion set test=hello! set test set "test=hello!" set test endlocal setlocal enabledelayedexpansion echo enabled delayedexpansion set test=hello! set test set "test=hello!" set test set "test=hello^...

No need to use external tools. @echo off set "SegNr=" for /f tokens^=4^ delims^=^" %%A in ('more +34 text.txt') do if not defined SegNr set "SegNr=%%A" echo SegmentNumber=%SegNr% pause or @echo off (more +34 "text.txt")>"text_tmp.txt" set /p Line=<"t...

If you do not use delayed expansion and you are within a code block use ' call set ' to use the updated value of a variable changed within the code block. @echo off set x=2 set test=Hello if %x% equ 1 ( set test=Hi call set test=%%test%% There ) echo %test% set x=1 set test=Hello if %x% equ 1 ( set ...

The closing parenthesis ')' before '-azid( )' ends the for-parenthesized command block, then the next command becomes -azid and this is not a valid command. You need to escape the () inside the for command block to avoid this. Change '(' to '^(' and ')' to '^)' except for the parenthesis of the for-...