Batch file question

From: Angela (Angela_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:17:11 -0800

1) I have a command I'm trying to run (test before putting it in a batch
file) which I basically want to run the same command but with different names
that are contained in a text file with single line entry's. The file I have
(Textfile.txt) contains:

computer1
computer2
computer3
computer4

2) The command I'm trying to run is:
FOR /F "tokens=1" %G IN (C:\Textfile.txt) DO echo %g

3) The output I'm getting is:

C:\>echo %g%g
C:\>echo %g%g
C:\>echo %g%g
C:\>echo %g%g

Eventually I'll be changing the echo command to something else, but what am
I doing wrong that the echo command is only putting out what I told it yet
it's cycling through the number of records in the file correctly?

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