REM EXPECTS newhosts to contain for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6 delims= ." %%1 in (newhosts.txt) do ( dnscmd 10.0.79.11 /RecordAdd barnesandnoble.com %%1 A %%2.%%3.%%4.%%5 dnscmd 10.0.79.11 /recordadd %%2.in-addr.arpa. %%5.%%4.%%3 PTR %%1.barnesandnoble.com. )