I have a text file stored in a location. I have to read the file and see if the file has any characters in it. If it has I had to invoke another batch file. I am struck writing this. Anyone can you help me here. For now, you can have the batch file to do a netsend. I can make necessary changes from that part.SugeshKumar SQL Server MVP http://sugeshkr.blogspot.com

You might be getting a bit too fancy for plain old ms-dos batch. I suggest using VBScript InStr. Option Explicit Dim oFSO, sFile, oFile, sText, LookingFor,CharIsInText,WshShell Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") sFile = "file.txt" LookingFor = "sometext" If oFSO.FileExists(sFile) Then Set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile, 1) Do While Not oFile.AtEndOfStream sText = oFile.ReadLine If Trim(sText) <> "" Then If instr(sText,LookingFor) then CharIsInText=True End If End If Loop oFile.Close If CharIsInText then Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run "notepad.exe" end if End if This will read "file.txt" for "sometext", if it is found, it will run notepad.exe.

Hi, You may also try the following bat file: @echo off for /f %%c in (text.txt) do if not %%c=="" call anotherbat.bat Or @echo off for %%R in (text.txt) do if not %%~zR equ 0 call anotherbat.bat Thanks. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.