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suresh d
suresh d

Reputation: 21

%ERRORLEVEL% is not working incase multiple commands on a Single line

I am trying the below commands and want to get exit of my process(%ERRORLEVEL%). But it is returning previous(last) executed exit code result of sample.exe. I want to get exit code of current command. My requirement is to execute multiple commands in single line*(not batch script)*.

Command:

cmd /c sample.bat "test" > c:\ouput.log & echo %ERRORLEVEL% > c:\returnCode.log

I even tried using "setlocal enableDelayedExpansion" like below. Still It is not returning the exit code of current command

cmd /c setlocal enableDelayedExpansion & sample.bat "test" > c:\ouput.log & echo %ERRORLEVEL% > c:\returnCode.log

Please let me know the way to get current command's exit code.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2422

Answers (3)

Aacini
Aacini

Reputation: 67216

This should work:

cmd /V:ON /c sample.exe "test" > c:\ouput.log ^& echo !ERRORLEVEL! ^> c:\returnCode.log

/V:ON switch have the same effect of setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion. For further details, type: cmd /?

EDIT: Small error fixed, the & character must be escaped with ^, otherwise, the echo !ERRORLEVEL! command is not executed in the cmd /V:ON !!!

EDIT: Escaping the echo redirection via ^> causes just that echo to be piped into the log. If you do not escape that, the entire command is piped there, i.e. including the stdout stream from "sample.exe".

Upvotes: 7

suresh d
suresh d

Reputation: 21

Thank for your response. I am able to get the exit code of current executed command with below command, only when I run through WMI class(Win32_Process). Using WMI client, I am executing the below command on Remote machine and it is working fine i.e. able to write exit code in Retrun.txt

Command: cmd /V:ON /c sample.bat "test" > c:\Output.txt & echo !ERRORLEVEL! > c:\Return.txt

But if I run the same command in command prompt of the same remote machine, it is printing "!ERRORLVEL!" in Return.txt instead of "sample.bat" exit code.

I am curious to know why it is not working if I run from Command prompt of the same machine locally.

Upvotes: 0

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 80023

cmd /c sample.exe "test" > c:\ouput.log & call echo %%ERRORLEVEL%% > c:\returnCode.log

Should work for you. See endless SO items related to delayedexpansion

Upvotes: 1

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