Call a DOS command from a FOR DO Loop

Description
If you need to repeat a DOS command multiple times then this FOR DO loop syntax will help. This example will do a ping command starting at 10.10.17.1, incrementing the counter by 1 each time, until it reaches .254

Author/Submitter
Marty Lindsay

Batch Code

FOR /L %X IN (1,1,254) DO ping -n 2 10.10.17.%X | find /i "reply"	

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