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by geraldjr30
11 Feb 2013 20:55
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: findstr in variable
Replies: 18
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Re: findstr in variable

hi squashman. i tried your suggestion but its not working.
by geraldjr30
11 Feb 2013 20:40
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: findstr in variable
Replies: 18
Views: 31114

Re: findstr in variable

hi. that tip helped me get the number of lines into a file called a.txt. but i need to know how to get it into a variable on the screen and output it like:

"there are n lines"
by geraldjr30
11 Feb 2013 16:02
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: findstr in variable
Replies: 18
Views: 31114

findstr in variable

Hi. I have the following which counts the number of lines in the file:

Findstr /R /N "^" "C:\test\test.csv" | find /c ":"

I am trying to figure out how to get the resulting number into a variable so i can output:

there are VARIABLE lines.

Please help. Thanks