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How to use command output in echo? assign cmd output to var?
Posted: 22 Aug 2019 13:10
by pstein
For simplicity lets talk about a simple command-
When I enter the following command at the CmdPrompt:
vol D:
the volume name is shown.
But what it I want to use the output in an echo command?
Lets say I want to code something like
echo volume of D=vol D:
does not work.
How else can I achieve it?
Or in general: how can I assign the output of a command to a variable in a dos batch file?
Peter
Re: How to use command output in echo? assign cmd output to var?
Posted: 22 Aug 2019 13:36
by jeb
Hi pstein,
it's not as easy like in bash with
But with the help of a macro you can simplify it to
Or even multi line output of a command
Here is the full sample, with the used macro (you don't need to undestand the macro itself)
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@echo off
setlocal
call :initMacro
%$set% ipOutput="ipconfig"
call :ShowVariable ipOutput
echo First line is %ipOutput[0]%
echo(
%$set% driveNames="wmic logicaldisk get name /value | findstr "Name""
call :ShowVariable driveNames
exit /b
:ShowVariable
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /L %%n in (0 1 !%~1.max!) do (
echo %%n: !%~1[%%n]!
)
echo(
exit /b
:initMacro
if "!!"=="" (
echo ERROR: Delayed Expansion must be disabled while defining macros
(goto) 2>nul
(goto) 2>nul
)
(set LF=^
%=empty=%
)
(set \n=^^^
%=empty=%
)
set $set=FOR /L %%N in (1 1 2) dO IF %%N==2 ( %\n%
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion %\n%
for /f "tokens=1,* delims== " %%1 in ("!argv!") do ( %\n%
endlocal %\n%
endlocal %\n%
set "%%~1.Len=0" %\n%
set "%%~1=" %\n%
if "!!"=="" ( %\n%
%= Used if delayed expansion is enabled =% %\n%
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion %\n%
for /F "delims=" %%O in ('"%%~2 | findstr /N ^^"') do ( %\n%
if "!!" NEQ "" ( %\n%
endlocal %\n%
) %\n%
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion %\n%
set "line=%%O" %\n%
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion %\n%
set pathExt=: %\n%
set path=; %\n%
set "line=!line:^=^^!" %\n%
set "line=!line:"=q"^""!" %\n%
call set "line=%%line:^!=q""^!%%" %\n%
set "line=!line:q""=^!" %\n%
set "line="!line:*:=!"" %\n%
for /F %%C in ("!%%~1.Len!") do ( %\n%
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in ("!line!") Do ( %\n%
endlocal %\n%
endlocal %\n%
set "%%~1[%%C]=%%~L" ! %\n%
if %%C == 0 ( %\n%
set "%%~1=%%~L" ! %\n%
) ELSE ( %\n%
set "%%~1=!%%~1!!LF!%%~L" ! %\n%
) %\n%
) %\n%
set /a %%~1.Len+=1 %\n%
) %\n%
) %\n%
) ELSE ( %\n%
%= Used if delayed expansion is disabled =% %\n%
for /F "delims=" %%O in ('"%%~2 | findstr /N ^^"') do ( %\n%
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion %\n%
set "line=%%O" %\n%
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion %\n%
set "line="!line:*:=!"" %\n%
for /F %%C in ("!%%~1.Len!") DO ( %\n%
FOR /F "delims=" %%L in ("!line!") DO ( %\n%
endlocal %\n%
endlocal %\n%
set "%%~1[%%C]=%%~L" %\n%
) %\n%
set /a %%~1.Len+=1 %\n%
) %\n%
) %\n%
) %\n%
set /a %%~1.Max=%%~1.Len-1 %\n%
) %\n%
) else setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion^&set argv=
goto :eof
Re: How to use command output in echo? assign cmd output to var?
Posted: 23 Aug 2019 00:32
by ShadowThief
You can also use for /f as long as you're only expecting a single line to be returned (otherwise it returns one line at a time and sets the variable to the last line, but if you're looking for a specific line, you can always pipe it to a find).
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for /f "delims=" %%A in ('vol D:') do set volume=%%A