Store stdout in environment variable

[BDB]

I'm sure this is very basic. However, I couldn't find a FAQ topic for this
group.

I need to store the standard output of a program (w/arguments) into an
environment variable.

Could someone please post the correct syntax?

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[Phil Robyn]

I'm sure this is very basic. However, I couldn't find a FAQ topic for this
group.

I need to store the standard output of a program (w/arguments) into an
environment variable.

Could someone please post the correct syntax?

Thanks,
Bryan

How voluminous is the stdout of the program?

 

[BDB]

How voluminous is the stdout of the program?

Fewer than 30 ASCII, printable (non-control) characters.

 

[Phil Robyn]

Fewer than 30 ASCII, printable (non-control) characters.

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C:\cmd>inpath findstr.exe .
C:\WINDOWS\system32\findstr.exe

C:\cmd>for /f "tokens=*" %a in (
'findstr "13830" c:\cmd\data\FetchedBFPGL10jobs.sav'
) do set result=%a

C:\cmd>set result=BFPGL10D.JOB13830 20060207180045
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[BDB]

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C:\cmd>inpath findstr.exe .
C:\WINDOWS\system32\findstr.exe

C:\cmd>for /f "tokens=*" %a in (
'findstr "13830" c:\cmd\data\FetchedBFPGL10jobs.sav'
) do set result=%a

C:\cmd>set result=BFPGL10D.JOB13830 20060207180045
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You're kidding, right? There must be a more straight forward way.

 

[Phil Robyn]

You're kidding, right? There must be a more straight forward way.

OK, how about

program arguments > programstdout.file
set /p result=<programstdout.file

 

[foxidrive]

OK, how about

program arguments > programstdout.file
set /p result=<programstdout.file

not to forget the trusted:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('program.exe /switches') do set var=%%a

 

[Phil Robyn]

not to forget the trusted:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('program.exe /switches') do set var=%%a

That was my original example in my first reply.

 

[BDB]

That was my original example in my first reply.

Thanks, everyone.

 

[Timo Salmi]

I'm sure this is very basic. However, I couldn't find a FAQ topic
for this group.

Windows Command Line Interface script programming links
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#cmdscript

150924 Jan 11 2006 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

All the best, Timo