Change position of environment variables output!

[PAB]

Good morning,

I would like to adjust the position of two of the outputs of environment variables, if possible that is!

[1] The first is fsutil fsinfo drives, which outputs on a seperate line Drives: C:\ D:\ F:\ for example.
I would like it to output on the same line as the text below . . .

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echo The drives available are: Drives: C:\ D:\ F:\

[2] The second is wmic logicaldisk get caption, volumename, which outputs on a seperate lines . . .

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Caption  VolumeName
C:
D:
F:       Image

I would like it to output the same but with a space on the left of each . . .

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 Caption  VolumeName
 C:
 D:
 F:       Image

Is this possible please?

I have tried using ! instead of %, setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion, and the pipe command, all to no avail.

Thanks in advance!

[T3RRY]

The typical method to achieve output like this is to use a for /F loop executing on the command to capture the output of the command into a variable, with the necessary definition of tokens and delims required for the desired output - which varies depending on the structure of the commands output and the specific elements of the output you need to capture. The result of each command can be appended to the variable.

An example of using this methodology to build a string:

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Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set "AvDrives=Available Drives are: "
For /F "Tokens=2 Delims==" %%a in ('wmic logicaldisk get deviceid /value') do Set "AvDrives=!AvDrives! %%a"

The simpler FSutil version:

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For /F "Delims=" %a in ('FsUtil FSInfo drives') do Set "AvDrives=Available %a"

[PAB]

Thanks for the reply T3RRY, it is appreciated!

The FsUtil FSInfo drives works brilliantly.

As far as the wmic logicaldisk get caption, volumename is concerned, I waant the output as it is but with a space in front of each line of the output . . .

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 Caption  VolumeName
 C:
 D:
 F:       Image

Thanks in advance.

[T3RRY]

wmic output takes a little more work, refer to the remarks for more.

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@Echo off & Setlocal ENABLEdelayedexpansion
rem // Line feed variable used to define multi line variable
	(Set LF=^


	%= NewLine variable =%)
rem // space string that can be used to format concatenated variables in table form using substring modification.
Set "SPACING=                                                                             "
rem // Usebackq used to maintain complete for set with presence of `,` delimiter
For /F "UsebackQ Delims=" %%a in (`"wmic logicaldisk get caption, volumename"`) Do (
rem // secondary for loop required to strip extra CR returned by wmic
	For /f "delims=" %%b in ("%%a") Do (
rem // delayed expansion used to concatenate variable within code block
		If not "%%b" == "" Set "wmicOut=!wmicOut!!SPACING:~0,1!%%b!LF!"
	)
)
rem // Delayed expansion required to prevent command parsing stopping when LF variable encountered during expansion of the variable.
Echo/!wmicOut!

An example to elaborate on the output that can be constucted using substring modification with spacing and string concatenation.

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"C:\Users\tcdou\Desktop\Matrix_Components\"

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[PAB]

wmic output takes a little more work, refer to the remarks for more.

Well, thanks to your code and explanations I was able to achieve what I needed, thank you.
In fact I have extended it to provide two more outputs as below.
The first one [ CODE 1 ] is your one and works perfectly.
My question is please, is there a way to condense the FOR loops or is the way I have done it correct?

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:: ------------ SETUP LF & SPACING

(set LF=^


%= newline variable =%)
set "SPACING=                                                                             "

:: ------------ CODE 1

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in (`"wmic logicaldisk get caption, volumename"`) do (
  for /f "delims=" %%b in ("%%a") do (
    if not "%%b"=="" set "Volume_Name=!Volume_Name!!SPACING:~0,1!%%b!LF!"
  )
)

:: ------------ CODE 2

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in (`"wmic diskdrive get Model, MediaType, SIze, Partitions, Index, InterfaceType"`) do (
  for /f "delims=" %%b in ("%%a") do (
    if not "%%b"=="" set "Disk=!Disk!!SPACING:~0,1!%%b!LF!"
  )
)

:: ------------ CODE 1

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in (`"wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi path MSStorageDriver_FailurePredictStatus"`) do (
  for /f "delims=" %%b in ("%%a") do (
    if not "%%b"=="" set "Fail_Predict=!Fail_Predict!!SPACING:~0,1!%%b!LF!"
  )
)

Then I use these variables . . .

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!Volume_Name!
!Disk!
!Fail_Predict!

They all work but I wondered if there was a way to nest the FOR loops so there is not so much code in case I want to add one or two at a later date?

Thanks in advance.