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command output to variable.urgent!
Name: dosnew Date: March 19, 2007 at 00:20:31 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: p4/2GB Product: intel
Comment:
when i run this cmd thru batch file iam getting error " | was unexpected this time".the code is follows. For /F "Tokens=* delims=" %%I in ('attrib.exe /s c:\eInsolvensi\log\*.* | find /C /V') Do Set RR=%%I echo %RR%
Name: orbital Date: March 19, 2007 at 02:03:04 Pacific
Reply:
I believe you have stumbled into the wrong Forum as XP has NT Command Prompt not MS-DOS Prompt, therefore it may illicit a better answer in the XP or Programming Forum !
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Response Number 2
Name: IVO Date: March 19, 2007 at 02:43:35 Pacific
Reply:
orbital is right, but if your need is so urgent, prefix the | with the caret symbol, i.e. ^|.
And beware the Find command wants a search string expressed to run.
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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: March 19, 2007 at 05:03:10 Pacific
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