batch file to read a 2nd field in flatfile (dos)

[sabercats]

I have a log file \from\where\some\directory\log.txt

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54,SABERCATSWIN7x64,sabercats-pc,,,2012-06-19 15:36:42.000,,,,,,,
3,SABERCATSWIN7,sabercats-pc,,,2012-06-18 15:44:53.000,,,,,,,,

How do we write dos batch file to get the hostname of the old start time (automatically in 2nd lines) like
sabercatswin7
and then run execute script C:\script\removeit.exe -release=SABERCATSWIN7

I want the batch file to run in scheduler to remove the old hostname.
Thanks,

[aGerman]

Probably that way:

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for /f "usebackq skip=1 tokens=2 delims=," %%i in ("C:\from\where\some\directory\log.txt") do (
  C:\script\removeit.exe -release=%%i
)

Regards
aGerman

[sabercats]

Thanks, it works.