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result is:<br />
<br />
DOW=~16,3<br />
<br />
result should be: Thursday
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result is:

DOW=~16,3

result should be: Thursday

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If you do the following command at a DOS prompt, what does it display?<br />
<br />
ECHO %DATE%<br />
<br />
~bp
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If you do the following command at a DOS prompt, what does it display?

ECHO %DATE%

~bp

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'Command' is not recognized as an internal or external command,<br />
operable program or batch file.
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'Command' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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X:\Sam_LREF\EssbaseBackup\<wbr />maxl&gt;echo %Date%<br />
Thu 08/19/2010
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X:\Sam_LREF\EssbaseBackup\maxl>echo %Date%
Thu 08/19/2010

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I just want the 'Thu' not the rest of it. So my results would always be:<br />
<br />
Mon<br />
Tue<br />
Wed<br />
Thu<br />
Fri<br />
Sat<br />
Sun
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I just want the 'Thu' not the rest of it. So my results would always be:

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

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If your echo %date% gives Thu 08/19/2010<br />
<br />
then you should be able to use:<br />
<br />
SET DOW=%date:~0,3%
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If your echo %date% gives Thu 08/19/2010

then you should be able to use:

SET DOW=%date:~0,3%

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Hi,<br />
<br />
I have the below batch script to create the 'DOW' variable. &nbsp;However when I run it, it's choking on the 4th lineon the 'Command' part. &nbsp;Not sure what is wrong. &nbsp;Any help? &nbsp;Prefer to keep this Windows Batch. &nbsp;Running on Win Server 2003 R2.<br />
<br />
<br />
REM Set the Day of Week (DOW) Variable<br />
:: setDOW.bat<br />
@echo off<br />
Echo.|Command /C Date&gt;DOW<br />
set /p today=&lt;DOW<br />
set DOW=%today:~16,3%<br />
echo DOW=%DOW%<br />
:: DONE
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Hi,

I have the below batch script to create the 'DOW' variable.  However when I run it, it's choking on the 4th lineon the 'Command' part.  Not sure what is wrong.  Any help?  Prefer to keep this Windows Batch.  Running on Win Server 2003 R2.


REM Set the Day of Week (DOW) Variable
:: setDOW.bat
@echo off
Echo.|Command /C Date>DOW
set /p today=<DOW
set DOW=%today:~16,3%
echo DOW=%DOW%
:: DONE

Windows Batch - Find Day of Week

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.

Windows Batch

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.