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Copy cmd window and write to .txt

Posted: 03 Dec 2023 11:55
by Docfxit
I would like to find out how to copy the CMD window after a cmd is run and write the output to a .txt file.

I would like to have a .bat file run the cmd:

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bootrec /rebuildbcd
And copy the output in the cmd window:

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bootrec /rebuildbcd

Scanning all disks for Windows installations.

Please wait, since this may take a while...

Successfully scanned Windows installations.

Total identified Windows installations: 0

The operation completed successfully.
Written to a .txt file called "bootrec rebuildbcd.txt"

I have tried this as a script:

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setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

set RunPath="%~dp0"
set RunDrive="%~d0"
Echo bcdedit /enum all >"%RunPath%1. FixBootBCD.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%1. FixBootBCD.txt"
bcdedit /enum all >>"%RunPath%1. FixBootBCD.txt"
Echo bcdedit | find "osdevice" >"%RunPath%2. FindOSdevice.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%2. FindOSdevice.txt"
bcdedit | find "osdevice" >>"%RunPath%2. FindOSdevice.txt"
Echo bootrec /rebuildbcd >"%RunPath%3. bootrec rebuildbcd.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%3. bootrec rebuildbcd.txt"
bootrec /rebuildbcd >>"%RunPath%3. bootrec rebuildbcd.txt"
::bootrec /fixmbr >>"%RunPath%FixBootBCD.txt"
Echo bootrec /fixboot >"%RunPath%4. FixBoot.txt"  
Echo . >>"%RunPath%4. FixBoot.txt"  
bootrec /fixboot >>"%RunPath%4. FixBoot.txt"  
Echo bootrec /scanos >"%RunPath%5. Scanos.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%5. Scanos.txt"
bootrec /scanos >>"%RunPath%5. Scanos.txt"
Echo bootsect /nt60 C: >"%RunPath%6. Bootsect nt60 C.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%6. Bootsect nt60 C.txt"
bootsect /nt60 C: >>"%RunPath%6. Bootsect nt60 C.txt"
Echo bcdboot %WindowsDrive%\Windows >"%RunPath%7. bcdboot %WindowsDrive%\Windows.txt"
Echo . >>"%RunPath%7. bcdboot %WindowsDrive%\Windows.txt"
bcdboot %WindowsDrive%\Windows >>"%RunPath%7. bcdboot %WindowsDrive%\Windows.txt"
@cmd /k
What I get from the script is:
The file 1. FixBootBCD.txt gets created great.
The file 2. FindOSdevice.txt looks like:

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. 
osdevice                partition=E:
It's missing "bcdedit | find "osdevice" " as the first line.

The file 3. bootrec rebuildbcd.txt looks like:
3. bootrec rebuildbcd.jpg
3. bootrec rebuildbcd.jpg (104.75 KiB) Viewed 22249 times
The file 4. FixBoot.txt looks like:
4. FixBoot.jpg
4. FixBoot.jpg (32.71 KiB) Viewed 22249 times
The file 5.Scanos.txt looks like:
5. Scanos.jpg
5. Scanos.jpg (116.24 KiB) Viewed 22249 times
The file 6.Bootsect nt60 C.txt gets created great

The file 7. bcdboot E:\Windows.txt doesn't get created at all

Re: Copy cmd window and write to .txt

Posted: 03 Dec 2023 19:45
by Batcher
You may want to try mtee.exe
https://github.com/ritchielawrence/mtee

Re: Copy cmd window and write to .txt

Posted: 05 Dec 2023 12:49
by Squashman
You were told 7 years ago by the now deceased Foxidrive on alt.msdos.batch.nt that those programs output as unicode. And Foxidrive showed you how to use the TYPE command to translate them back to ASCII.