asked on 7/17/2008

Variables and Batch Files - Assign nslookup to a Variable

Alright,

Here's what I'd like to do...

First, ask the user for input, a computer name. Then take the computer name and look up the IP address. I'd then like to assign the IP address to a variable so that I can use it to pass to a outside program.

Attached is what I have so far- I have run into an issue, the output for nslookup have more information then just the IP address- and I am also unsure of how to assign the output on line 3 to a new variable.

@ECHO OFF
set /p computerName= Please enter users computer name: 
nslookup %computerName%
pause

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Windows Batch VB Script

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knightEknight

7/17/2008

tbkurtz

7/17/2008

ASKER

Here's more specific on what I'm doing.

@ECHO OFF
set /p computerName= Please enter users computer name: 
nslookup %computerName%
REM Need to set a variable to the IP %computerIP%
set /p disableKey= Would you like to disable User Permission? Y/N :
if /i %disableKey==Y cscript script.vbs %computerName%
C:\FOLDER\sub\sub\executable.exe 2 %computerIP%
pause
if /i %disableKey==Y cscript script2.vbs %computerName%

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oBdA

7/17/2008

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knightEknight

7/17/2008

for /f "tokens=1-3" %%X in ('ping -n 1 %computerName%
^| find "Reply"') do set ip_addr=%%Z

set ip_addr=%ip_addr::=%

@echo %ip_addr%

knightEknight

7/17/2008

:oops, don't know what happened, but that first one is supposed to be all on one line...

for /f "tokens=1-3" %%X in ('ping -n 1 %computerName% ^| find "Reply"') do set ip_addr=%%Z

set ip_addr=%ip_addr::=%

@echo %ip_addr%