Assign command output to variable 1

[PerditaX]

Hi,

New to batch scripting & have not been able to find examples or info on the following...

want to assign the output of the 'find' command to a variable, in batch script.

eg: MyVariable = find /c "myString" c:/myfile.log

so, looking for the number of times myString appeard in myFile & assigning the output to a variable.

Win2000 help didn't have any info, and an internet search was fruitless... so still don't know how to make this 'work'.

Any pointers would be appreciated,

Thanks.
P.

 

[markdmac]

I would use vbscript for this. It is very easy to do then.

Check out the vbscript forum at forum329

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

Check out my scripting solutions at

http://www.thespidersparlor.com/vbscript

 

[crobin1]

Try parsing the output. In a command prompt your command would return something like:
-------- MYFILE.LOG: 1
This line:

for /f "Tokens=3 delims= " %%i in ('find /c "myString" c:\myfile.log') do set MyVariable=%%i

says "Parse the output of the Find command. Use a space to delimit the tokens (separate words). Give me token number 3 in %%i, then set MyVariable to %%i"

 

[PerditaX]

Cheers, I'll give that a go