Batch substring code not working

[kornkaobat]

When %VAR:~0,10% is used in the following code, the code doesn't "refresh" the first 10 characters of the %VAR% when new VAR is set using for loop.

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for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i %a:~0,10% %$base% >nul

P.S.

• The contents in disktest.txt is structured as follow: 036D9462A58BEE6F0F404BC4A569108B md5.png

• %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i %a:~0,10% %$base% is the same as saying fgrep -i %a:~0,10% %$base%

[Squashman]

So in your previous thread you knew enough to set the FOR variable to an environmental variable before you manipulated it.

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for %%a in (%~1) do for /f "tokens=1*" %%b in ("!return.vars!") do (
  set "return.normal=!%%a!"
  if defined return.normal (
    set "return.normal=!return.normal:%%=%%3!"
    set "return.normal=!return.normal:"=%%4!"

So that should tell you that string replacement and substrings can only be done with environmental variables.

[kornkaobat]

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setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do set "comp=!%%a!" && %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i %comp:~0,10% %$base% >nul
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion

Still didn't work ( comp variable contains ECHO is off ) . I do not quite grasp the concept of ENV variable anyways.

[kornkaobat]

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call :GetUnixTime utimebefore
REM Fix %a:~0,10% syntax usage -- Fixed using grep and batch piping
for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do echo %%a | %~dp0\grep.exe -Eo "^.{10}" | %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i -f - %$base% >nul
call :GetUnixTime utimeafter

Fixed using grep powerful command extensions. I wish cmd could have its own wget, grep, sed, parallel, .etc .

[Reino]

I'm having a hard time figuring out what you're actually trying to do.
What do you want to do with/to "036D9462A58BEE6F0F404BC4A569108B md5.png"?
I understand that the first grep returns "036D9462A5", but then what?

[T3RRY]

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setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do set "comp=!%%a!" && %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i %comp:~0,10% %$base% >nul
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion

Still didn't work ( comp variable contains ECHO is off ) . I do not quite grasp the concept of ENV variable anyways.

It's still not working because your application of delayed expansion is incorrect. !%%a! Attempts to expand the value of the token %%a as thought it is a variable. %comp:~0,10% within a code block will not update. The correct use would be:

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Setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do ( set "comp=%%a" & %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i !comp:~0,10! %$base% > nul )

Assuming your usage of tokens / delims is correct for the content your retrieving.

[kornkaobat]

...I understand that the first grep returns "036D9462A5", but then what?

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for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in (disktest.txt) do echo %%a | %~dp0\grep.exe -Eo "^.{10}" | %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i -f - %$base% >nul

1. Seperate contents in disktest.txt into 2 tokens, namely %%a %%b using space as a delimiter: 036D9462A58BEE6F0F404BC4A569108B=%%a, md5.png=%%b
2. Pipe %%a into grep and repipe the first 10 character of %%a out specifically to fgrep <pattern> using -f - to avoid parsing into standard input.
3. %~dp0\fgrep.exe -i -f - %$base% >nul now reads as fgrep -i %%a %$base% ( %%a is processed ) which compares the truncated %%a MD5 hash with malware hashes' database.
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