Doubt in cmd comands.

[roohi]

Hello every one

I have facing a problem while echo a list on command promt , and need the help .

I have a list:   LIST=abc:::123:::xyz
Now i want to print this list in a file as follows:
abc
123
xyz

Now i dont know how to do it , plz help me to slove this.

Thanks in advance.

[devcom]

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REM SET LIST
set LIST=abc:::123:::xyz
REM CHANGE ::: TO "SPACE"
set LIST=%LIST::::= %

REM GET ALL TOKENS ON LIST
for %%a in (%LIST%) do echo %%a

pause

[billrich]

C:\>type finalstr.bat

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@echo off
set str=abc:::123:::xyz
echo."%str%"
set str=%str::= %
echo %str%

for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4 delims= " %%a in ("%str%") do ( set x=%%a & set y=%%b & s
et z=%%c)

echo.x:  %x%
echo.y:  %y%
echo.z:  %z%



echo  %x%  > savestr.txt
echo  %y%  >> savestr.txt
echo  %z%  >> savestr.txt

echo. The file with each string on separate line

Type savestr.txt
Output of finalstr.bat

C:\>finalstr.bat

"abc:::123:::xyz"
abc   123   xyz
x:  abc
y:  123
z:  xyz
 The file with each string on separate line
abc
123
xyz
C:\>

[roohi]

thanks, it helps me

[gh0std0g74]

if you have gawk for windows(see my sig )

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C:\test>set str=abc:::123:::xyz

C:\test>echo %str%|gawk -F":::" "$1=$1" OFS="\n"
abc
123
xyz

redirect to new file as needed.