batch file to copy a file to multiple computers by iteration?

Question

I have below batch script to copy file from my computer to many computers.

@echo off

xcopy D:\some.txt \\10.124.66.72\texts

xcopy D:\some.txt \\10.294.66.46\testfolder

pause

In the script, i have mentioned all the other computer names/IPs. Now how can i keep other computer names in a separate text file and iterate them in batch file instead writing xcopy command many times? Or is it possible to mention list of computers, iterate through all and use single xcopy command?

Solution

Try this:

FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN (targets.txt) DO (
 xcopy "D:\some.txt" "%%i"
)

targets.txt should contain entries like "\\10.124.66.72\texts" in each line

Comments

[user755806]

Thanks MichaelS, do i need to give any delimiter between \10.124.66.72\texts and \10.294.66.46\testfolder ?

[MichaelS]

No, this command will read the file line by line. "Newline" is the default delimeter. If you want you can store several targets in one line and separate them using e.g. ";". In this case you would need the delimeter option. However I don't know how this could be useful unless you want to confuse yourself ;)

[foxidrive]

tab and space are the default delimiters when reading a file. If your folder names contain spaces then it will have to be modified.

[Lyth]

@foxidrive thanks for noticing that. Correct line will be: FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN (targets.txt) DO (