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bmoreira18
bmoreira18

Reputation: 143

Take a specific output in Windows cmd

I need to search a .txt file, %temp%\OK-%username%.txt and compare and echo a response. If file exists do(), the following command, dir %temp%\OK-%username%.txt | findstr "OK", output return is: 23/10/2020 17:10 0 OK-%username%.

set var=dir %temp%\OK-%username%.txt | findstr "OK"

if %var% EQU "OK-%username%.txt" (
    msg "%username%" test
) else (
    msg "%username%" test 2
)

Using echo to %var% I got the following return:

"dir C:\Users\%username%.CAT\AppData\Local\Temp | findstr "OK-%username%"

expected is to return only the file location.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (2)

bmoreira18
bmoreira18

Reputation: 143

An easily way to resolve this question is convert DOS language to Powershell, stay with the following commands, i got better result's with powershell, i hope enjoy.

$var = Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:TEMP" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($var.Name -Contains "OK-$env:USERNAME.txt") {
    msg "$env:USERNAME" test
} else {
    msg "$env:USERNAME" test 2 
}

Exit

Upvotes: 0

Ben Personick
Ben Personick

Reputation: 3264

You are trying to use a Linux/PowerShell style test -- IE one where the IF statement can contain a command and return it's contents.

That isn't possible in CMD using just IF and trying to nest the command in one of the evaluated terms will just yield a syntax error.

it is unclear if you want to have this run in a script or directly in the CLI. Although, if I understand your request it will not differ.

If I follow the meaning of your question correctly:

You would like to check if "%temp%\OK-%username%.txt" Exists, and take an action depending on whether or not it does this is very straight forward.

SET "_File=%temp%\OK-%username%.txt"

IF EXIST "%_File%" (
    msg "%username%" test
) else (
    msg "%username%" test 2
)

Upvotes: 1

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