Store stdout in environment variable

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I'm sure this is very basic. However, I couldn't find a FAQ topic for this
group.

I need to store the standard output of a program (w/arguments) into an
environment variable.

Could someone please post the correct syntax?

Thanks,
Bryan
 
BDB said:
I'm sure this is very basic. However, I couldn't find a FAQ topic for this
group.

I need to store the standard output of a program (w/arguments) into an
environment variable.

Could someone please post the correct syntax?

Thanks,
Bryan
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How voluminous is the stdout of the program?
 
BDB said:
Fewer than 30 ASCII, printable (non-control) characters.
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- - - - - - - - begin screen capture WinXP Pro SP2 - - - - - - - -
C:\cmd>inpath findstr.exe .
C:\WINDOWS\system32\findstr.exe

C:\cmd>for /f "tokens=*" %a in (
'findstr "13830" c:\cmd\data\FetchedBFPGL10jobs.sav'
) do set result=%a

C:\cmd>set result=BFPGL10D.JOB13830 20060207180045
- - - - - - - - end screen capture WinXP Pro SP2 - - - - - - - -
 
Phil Robyn said:
- - - - - - - - begin screen capture WinXP Pro SP2 - - - - - - - -
C:\cmd>inpath findstr.exe .
C:\WINDOWS\system32\findstr.exe

C:\cmd>for /f "tokens=*" %a in (
'findstr "13830" c:\cmd\data\FetchedBFPGL10jobs.sav'
) do set result=%a

C:\cmd>set result=BFPGL10D.JOB13830 20060207180045
- - - - - - - - end screen capture WinXP Pro SP2 - - - - - - - -
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You're kidding, right? There must be a more straight forward way.
 
BDB said:
You're kidding, right? There must be a more straight forward way.
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OK, how about

program arguments > programstdout.file
set /p result=<programstdout.file
 
OK, how about

program arguments > programstdout.file
set /p result=<programstdout.file
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not to forget the trusted:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('program.exe /switches') do set var=%%a
 
foxidrive said:
not to forget the trusted:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('program.exe /switches') do set var=%%a
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That was my original example in my first reply. :-)
 

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