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how can i capture value from FINDSTR

Hi all,

i my batch script i need to capture the result of FINDSTR function into a variable ,so that i can use that value for further processing in the same script
in the below given code (in code snippet) result of findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log should be captured into a variable
how can i do that,please suggest

many thanks in advance

cls
@ECHO OFF
set sd=d:
set balu1 =1
findstr /I /C:"folder"  %sd%\fname.log  > %balu1%
if not errorlevel 1  goto :ABORT
:ABORT
 
echo %balu1%

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knightEknight

in general you can do this:

for /f %%V in ('/I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log') do set MYVAR=%%V

@echo %MYVAR%

knightEknight

OOPS! I left out the findstr command. Correcting:

for /f %%V in ('findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log') do set MYVAR=%%V

...but in you case you need to also redirect the output to a file, so do both:

findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log > %balu1%
for /f %%V in ('findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log') do set MYVAR=%%V
if not errorlevel 1 goto :ABORT

knightEknight

hmm, I don't thing the order makes a difference here, but just in I'm swapping them:

for /f %%V in ('findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log') do set MYVAR=%%V
findstr /I /C:"folder" %sd%\fname.log > %balu1%
if not errorlevel 1 goto :ABORT

knightEknight

also, I'm assuming from your question that the string you are trying to find only occurs once in the file. If you need to do something with MYVAR for multiple occurrances in the file then this will changes things considerably. Let me know.

kunchesm

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hi Ralph Brown

thank you so much....it worked.....am new to batch script.....thanks for all your suggestions and time.....

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