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Reputation: 388

Explain batch command please?

Can someone explain what these batch commands do?

for /f "tokens=2*" %%A in ('REG QUERY "HKCU\Environment" /v timestamp ^|FIND "timestamp"') DO set timer=%%B

Upvotes: 2

Views: 162

Answers (1)

rmunn
rmunn

Reputation: 36688

The "tokens=2*" part will take the text it's passed and split it into "tokens" (by default, space-separated words). It will then take all the words, starting with the second, and pass them in turn to variables with names starting with %%A; %%A will get word 2, and %%B will get the rest (word "*", if you like). See here for more details.

The REG QUERY ... /v part looks up values in the registry. Since this page has plenty of information about how to use it, I won't go into more extensive detail.

The FIND command just searches for a text string in the output of the REQ QUERY part, using pipes to redirect the output of REQ QUERY to the input of FIND. See here for more detail about pipes.

The net result of this line in a batch file is to search the registry for any timestamp values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment, and assign them to the batch variable timer.

Upvotes: 7

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