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user2150312
user2150312

Reputation: 123

How to have script ask for variable input and append input to text file

So I have a script that works, but at the end of the script I would like to record the date, time, %username%, and ask for a name (that will be typed by the user)

This would all go into a "log" file.

What I have is:

echo Data Secured by %username% On %date% At %time% >> testfile.txt

This works fine. But this is not asking for user input such as a name. I would like it to go like this:

-script will ask for "helper name?:" and will allow ANY THING to be typed here. It will then be inserted with the echo above to read:

 echo Data Secured by %username% & %helpername% On %date% At %time% >> testfile.txt

The result in the "log" file would be like this:

Data Secured by John & Jason on Fri 03/08/2013 At 15:29:27.19

The helper name can be anything.

I thought I would use something like

set /p helpername=" ? "

But this seems to be for YES NO answers or answers you can list, a persons name will change.

I hope this all makes sense....can someone please help.

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 118

Answers (1)

aphoria
aphoria

Reputation: 20179

You can use this to get the helper's name:

SET /P HelperName=Enter Helper Name:

And then this to save the data to the file:

ECHO Data Secured by %username% ^& %helpername% On %date% At %time%>>testfile.txt

Upvotes: 1

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