error on for /f in the block

[einstein1969]

Hello,

I need help with a for /f

if I run this code, the for /f gives me an error

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@echo off & setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

>"%TMP%\env.txt" set

set /a nl=10
(
for /f "skip=!nl! eol== delims==" %%V in (%TMP%\env.txt) do set "%%~V="
)

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!nl! eol== delims==" non atteso.

the for is inside a block, can someone explain to me how to solve it and why it don't works?

[miskox]

If I replace

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!nl!

with

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%nl%

it works.

Why? Maybe % should not be replaced by ! (%%a is not replaced by !!a for example) in the command itself.

Saso

[aGerman]

If you really need the delayed expansion of n1 then your best bet might be to run the loop in a subroutine. Another approach could be processing the output of MORE +!n1! "filename".

Steffen

[einstein1969]

thanks

i use "more +!nl!" is more efficient