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lifesign

Reputation: 11

How to store the results of "Find /C" as a variable

I'm writing a simple batch file where I'm using the find /C command and want to set the result of that to be a value for a variable.

More generally, is there a way to get the previous lines result to store as a variable? I will provide an example to explain what I mean here as there is some confusion.

EX1. Find /C "abcd" text.txt

This outputs a number, this number is what I mean by "previous line's result."

EX2. time /T

This outputs the current system time, the time is what I mean by "previous line's result."

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3876

Answers (1)

SomethingDark
SomethingDark

Reputation: 14340

You can store the output of any command by using a for loop with the /F option.

for /F "delims=" %%A in ('command') do set your_variable=%%A

Note the single quotes (') surrounding the command; this tells batch that it's a command and not a string or a file.

Upvotes: 2

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