Using the result of one command in another

[David Topham]

Hi

Does anyone know how, in a batch file to use the result of one command in
the syntax of another.

Say, for example, I want to set what the VER command returns (ie the string
describing the Windows version) to an environment variable, somthing along
the lines of:

set MYVAR=VER

Only of course that just sets it to the string "VER", not the return of the
VER command.

[Just to clarify, I'm *sure* there are better ways of getting the windows
version in an environment variable, I'm just using this as an example of the
sort of thing I'm trying to do :-]

(For multi-OS types, this is similar to what is possible in some Un!x shells
by using backticks, ie the ` quote).

Any ideas.

Thanks

David

 

[David Topham]

OK, the FOR command....

*That* makes sense.......

 

[guard]

OK, the FOR command....

*That* makes sense.......

For cross-platform (NT/2K/XP/K3) syntax on the FOR Command, see
(http://TheSystemGuard.com/TheGuardBook/CCS-Int/FOR.htm)

-tsg

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