I am trying to create a batch file to read a CSV file to find a username that will be a variable then check the next 10 cells on that line if they match another variable which will be a number. Example CSV: bsmith, 22, 14, 15, 12, 18, 19 cwright, 10, 15, 11, 2 hwrong, 2, 6, 3 csmith, 10, 16, 19, 3, 5, 19, 18, 7, 2, 4 any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks I have this to find the username but now I want to check the numbers if they match another variable: Variables are: 'username' and 'sitenum' findstr /c:"%username%" "ACL.csv" >nul 2>&1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ( echo AUTHORIZED ) else ( echo UNATHORIZED!!!! ) Answer I want to check the numbers if they match another variable Just pipe ( | ) the output from the first findstr into another findstr as follows: findstr /c:"%username%" "ACL.csv" | findstr /c:" %sitenum%," >nul 2>&1 Note: the leading (space) and trailing , (comma) are important as thi...