batch script - read line by line

Question

I have a log file which I need to read in, line by line and pipe the line to a next loop.

Firstly I grep the logfile for the \"main\" word (like \"error\") in a sep

Answer 1

For those with spaces in the path, you are going to want something like this: n.b. It expands out to an absolute path, rather than relative, so if your running directory path has spaces in, these count too.

set SOURCE=path\with spaces\to\my.log
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%A IN ("%SOURCE%") DO (
    ECHO %%A
)

To explain:

(path\with spaces\to\my.log)

Will not parse, because spaces. If it becomes:

("path\with spaces\to\my.log")

It will be handled as a string rather than a file path.

"usebackq delims=" 

See docs will allow the path to be used as a path (thanks to Stephan).