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Save WLAN Profiles names to a txt file

Executing the "netsh wlan show profiles" command I need to save the names of wifi profiles to a txt file for policy wifi and another one for user wifi.

I am using the following code;

@echo off &setlocal
set "flag="
(for /f "tokens=1*delims=:" %%a in ('netsh wlan show profiles') do (
    if "%%a"=="User profiles" set flag=true
    if defined flag if "%%~b" neq "" (
        for /f "tokens=*" %%c in ("%%~b") do echo(%%c
    )
))>out.txt
type out.txt

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This only works for user profiles and not group policy profiles.

netsh wlan show profiles

Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
    LOGISTICS

User profiles
-------------
    <None>


C:\Users\dmarrow\Desktop>

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netsh wlan show profiles

Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
    DISDWIFI-FCNS

User profiles
-------------
    HOMEWIFI


C:\Users\dmarrow\Desktop>

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Even when I change it to this code, nothing works

@echo off &setlocal
set "flag="
(for /f "tokens=1*delims=:" %%a in ('netsh wlan show profiles') do (
    if "%%a"=="Group policy profiles (read only)" set flag=true
    if defined flag if "%%~b" neq "" (
        for /f "tokens=*" %%c in ("%%~b") do echo(%%c
    )
))>out.txt
type out.txt

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oBdA

PowerShell:

$section = $null
$profiles = Switch -Regex (& netsh.exe wlan show profiles) {
	'^Group policy profiles'	{$section = 'GroupPolicyProfile'; Break}
	'^User profiles'			{$section = 'UserProfile'; Break}
	'^\s+((?<Type>.*?)\s*:\s*)?(?<Name>.*)\s*$' {
		If ($section) {
			$profile = [PSCustomObject]([ordered]@{'Name' = $Matches['Name']; 'Type' = $null})
			If ($section -eq 'GroupPolicyProfile') {
				$profile.Type = 'GroupPolicy'
			} Else {
				$profile.Type = If ($Matches['Type'] -eq 'All User Profile') {'AllUsers'} Else {'CurrentUser'}
			}
			If ($profile.Name -ne '<None>') {
				$profile
			}
		}
	}
}
$profiles | Where-Object {$_.Type -eq 'GroupPolicy'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Set-Content -Path 'C:\Temp\out_gp.txt'
$profiles | Where-Object {$_.Type -ne 'GroupPolicy'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Set-Content -Path 'C:\Temp\out_user.txt'

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Dave Lee

ASKER

No luck on this one. If it helps here is the netsh command output

H:\>netsh wlan show profiles

Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
    LOGISTICS-Managed

User profiles
-------------
    LOGISTICS


H:\>

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However script needs to save any wlan profile now, Should I change the following

	'^Group policy profiles'	{$section = 'GroupPolicyProfile'; Break}
	'^User profiles'			{$section = 'UserProfile'; Break}

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	'^Group policy profiles'	{$section = 'Group policy profiles (read only)'; Break}
	'^User profiles'			{$section = 'User Profiles'; Break}

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oBdA

No luck on this one

Meaning what exactly?
The script will not generate console output; it will create the two files defined at the end of lines 19 and 20.

Which OS is this?
Is the output under "User Profiles" really listed like this, only the name, without a leading "All User Profile : " or "Current User Profile : "?
If so, then the batch script shouldn't have returned any results,.

Dave Lee

ASKER

Yes that is correct, it is not created the text files. OS in Windows 10. Saved script as powershell.

oBdA

This should work (and report to the console as well):

$section = $null
$profiles = Switch -Regex (& netsh.exe wlan show profiles) {
	'^Group policy profiles'	{$section = 'GroupPolicyProfile'}
	'^User profiles'			{$section = 'UserProfile'}
	'^\s+((?<Type>.*?)\s*:\s*)?(?<Name>.*)\s*$' {
		If ($section) {
			$profile = [PSCustomObject]([ordered]@{'Name' = $Matches['Name']; 'Type' = $null})
			If ($section -eq 'GroupPolicyProfile') {
				$profile.Type = 'GroupPolicy'
			} Else {
				$profile.Type = If ($Matches['Type'] -eq 'Current User Profile') {'CurrentUser'} Else {'AllUsers'}
			}
			If ($profile.Name -ne '<None>') {
				$profile
			}
		}
	}
}
$profiles
$profiles | Where-Object {$_.Type -eq 'GroupPolicy'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Set-Content -Path 'C:\Temp\out_gp.txt'
$profiles | Where-Object {$_.Type -ne 'GroupPolicy'} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Set-Content -Path 'C:\Temp\out_user.txt'

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Dave Lee

ASKER

This worked great, thanks! Anyway to output current connected WLAN to textfile wether it's through Group Policy or User configured?

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Dave Lee

ASKER

What's the best method to disable console output? Only thing I need output of is the txt created on in the files.

C:\Temp\out_gp.txt
C:\Temp\out_user.txt
C:\Temp\out_wlan.txt

In my environment I will need to three seperate scripts for each individual txt file and the the output of each individual file will be show on the console.

oBdA

Just comment out or remove lines 19 and 30 ("... | Out-Default")

Dave Lee

ASKER

Okay thanks. I commented out those lines and added the following at the end

Get-Content -Path C:\Temp\out_wlan.txt

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Works great, thank you.

oBdA

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Dave Lee

ASKER

Thank you so much for helping tackle this. This is better than my last powershell script and gives me better insight into our wireless environment,