batch script capturing strings

Hello Colleagues,

I created the following batch script that allows me to copy shortcuts to multiple PCs...

for /f %%a in (clients.txt) DO copy C:\folder1\*.url "\\%%a\\c$\Users\Public\Desktop\" /y

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which gives generates me a message like so

 1 file(s) copied.

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is there any way to capture this result and depending of the success or not, would actually give me a csv, eg. below.
Any help would be most appreciative (unfortunately I didn't learn how to play with tokens nor |findstr ) but i'm open for a lecture..

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Last Comment

ivan rosa

8/22/2022 - Mon

NVIT

1/7/2016

Assuming the first line of FNResults.csv is:

Success,Failed

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set FNResults=FNResults.csv
for /f %%a in (clients.txt) DO copy C:\folder1\*.url "\\%%a\\c$\Users\Public\Desktop\" /y
if errorlevel 1 (
  >> %FNResults% echo ,%%a
) else (
  >> %FNResults% echo %%a,
)

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Personally, I'd go with a format like this. FNResults.csv:

Date,Client,Result

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set FNResults=FNResults.csv
for /f %%a in (clients.txt) DO copy C:\folder1\*.url "\\%%a\\c$\Users\Public\Desktop\" /y
if errorlevel 1 (
  >> %FNResults% echo %date% %time%,%%a,Failed
) else (
  >> %FNResults% echo %date% %time%,%%a,Success
)

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ivan rosa

1/7/2016

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Thanks NVIT, for your interest on help, although I have to agree with oBdA, unfortunately the script did not work. let's just call it beta1

As usual oBdA you nailed it, Thanks for looking out

I appreciate you guys effort and knowledge, hopefully one day I get half good

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