How do I increment a DOS variable in a FOR /F loop?

Question

I\'m trying to read text lines from a file, and increment a counter so I can eventually simulate an array in DOS.

I\'d like to be able to store the lines of text in

Answer 1

What about this simple code, works for me and on Windows 7

set cntr=1
:begin
echo %cntr%
set /a cntr=%cntr%+1
if %cntr% EQU 1000 goto end
goto begin

:end