@echo off setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion (set lf=^ %=this line is empty=% ) set underscore=----------------- set hr=-- set hostsFileName=%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts set domain=agentui.ual.com echo Ping test: echo %underscore% ping -n 1 -w 1 %domain% echo !LF!%hr%!LF! echo NSLookup test: echo %underscore% nslookup %domain% echo !LF!%hr%!LF! echo Hosts file: echo %underscore% type %hostsFileName%