Hello,

I have batch file that starts a small exe file to connect to a device through COM 1 to send some data. Here's where I need some help. The program does not return error codes, but I need to use an IF, GOTO statement to compare 2 results and go to different parts of the batch file based on those results.

The output text is either this for failure:
(E) Can't communicate with emmi box

or this for success:
Flexing EMMI Box to power up in EMMI Mode

If the first event happens, I want to go to the line :fail. If the second event happens, I want to go to the line :success.

I have tried several IF statements, and none of them can recognize the different events, and go to the proper line. If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.

This sample should show you a solution:

prog.exe parameters |FIND "(E)"> nul
if errorlevel=1 goto success
goto error

Basically, we search for the string "(E)" on the output from prog.exe, using FIND.exe. It will return an errorlevel 0 if it string is found, and 1 if not.

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