how to redirect the output of findstr to a variable ?

[thinktwice]

findstr /c:test list.txt //set some variable equals to the output of
findstr, how could i do that?

 

[foxidrive]

findstr /c:test list.txt //set some variable equals to the output of
findstr, how could i do that?

using the for /f command.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

findstr /c:test list.txt //set some variable equals to the output of
findstr, how could i do that?

Try this:
@echo off
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /c:test list.txt') do set var=%%a

 

[thinktwice]

thanks Pegasus , it works

Try this:
@echo off
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('findstr/c:test list.txt') do set var=%%a

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

thanks Pegasus , it works

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I should hope so! Thanks for the feedback.

 

[thinktwice]

thanks Pegasus , it works

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I should hope so! Thanks for the feedback.

btw, is there any advanced usage of findstr to find among the output
conent of a command execution? i know i could redirect the output of
the command to a temporarily file first then use findstr to search in
that file.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

thanks Pegasus , it works

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I should hope so! Thanks for the feedback.

btw, is there any advanced usage of findstr to find among the output
conent of a command execution? i know i could redirect the output of
the command to a temporarily file first then use findstr to search in
that file.

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In the reply I gave you, you're picking up the
output from findstr.exe without going through
an intermediate temp file.

 

[Tom Lavedas]

btw, is there any advanced usage of findstr to find among the output
conent of a command execution? i know i could redirect the output of
the command to a temporarily file first then use findstr to search in
that file.

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In the reply I gave you, you're picking up the
output from findstr.exe without going through
an intermediate temp file.

I think he wants to pipe a command into FINDSTR and use it to filter -
which of course is one of its prime uses, for example ...

for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir ^| findstr /c:test') do set var=%%a

Tom Lavedas
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