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Reg query problem

Hi guys,

reg query "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist" /s | find /i "S-1-5-21">> parent.txt

This gives me:

=========================== parent.txt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist\S-1-5-21-1187487854-1727753276-2704374040-103101.bak
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist\S-1-5-21-1187487854-1727753276-2704374040-4229

But, when I then do:

for /f %%c in (parent.txt) do @echo %%c

I get:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows

instead of:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist\S-1-5-21-1187487854-1727753276-2704374040-103101.bak
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist\S-1-5-21-1187487854-1727753276-2704374040-4229

Any help greatly appreciated.

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Simon336697Asked: 2010-03-25

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Farhan KaziSystems EngineerCommented: 2010-03-25

Try this:

for /f "delims=" %%c in (parent.txt) do @echo %%c

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Simon336697Author Commented: 2010-03-25

Hi farhankazii,

That works thanks so much, but im not sure why it works.

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Farhan KaziSystems EngineerCommented: 2010-03-25

If you specify delims=xxx in FOR statement, it will replace the default delimiter which is set to space and tab. This is the reason you were getting everything before the first space (in Windows NT)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist\.....
^

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AmazingTechCommented: 2010-03-26

You can also put in "tokens=*"

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Bill PrewCommented: 2010-03-26

Here are a couple of references that may help you master the FOR /F command a bit.

http://ss64.com/nt/for_cmd.html
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntfor.php

~bp