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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><EM>for /F
"tokens=*" %%I in ('</EM></SPAN>command<SPAN class=code><EM>') do set
output=%%I</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=code><EM></EM></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007><EM>Remember, two %s in a batch file, one % on the
command line.</EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007><EM></EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007>C:\>for /F "tokens=*" %I in ('time /T') do set
var=%I</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007>C:\>set var=3:01p</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007>C:\>echo %var%<BR>3:01p</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007>C:\></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007><EM></EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=code><SPAN
class=593475818-18102007><EM></EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
veritas-bu-bounces@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces@mailman.eng.auburn.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ellis,
Jason<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Veritas-bu] More a
Windows scripting question...but NBU related<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">So I need to run a command and
then store the output of that command in a variable for later use. In UNIX
this is easy, just put the command into back-quotes and place it in the
variable you want the results to be stored in. It doesn’t work this was in the
Windows shell.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Is there anybody out there who
knows how to do this in Windows?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thank
you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jason<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>