Ok, so I'm operating on 3 hours of sleep and trying to write a batch file to pingsweep our network in anticipation of shutting everything down this weekend. I have a list of all the IP and machine names. I want to ping the Ips, and leave in place the NAME of the server on that IP. BUT... I can't figure out the character to comment out the rest of the string: ping x.x.x.x1 ;servername1.peregrine.com. ping x.x.x.x2 ;servername2.peregrine.com. ping x.x.x.x3 ;servername3.peregrine.com. ping x.x.x.x4 ;servername4.peregrine.com. ping x.x.x.x5 ;servername5.peregrine.com. Any help would be greatly appreciated... I just can't figure it out, and I know it's elementary. Jen Jennifer Hooper Peregrine Systems, Inc. Sr. Network Engineer mailto:jennifer.hooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm