Batch file help. For loop not working...

What im trying to accomplish:
-I want to REG QUERY a registry entry that will output the value of a (*SpeedDuplex) string value
-I then want to store that value in a variable

The command im using and the output:
REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0007" /v *SpeedDuplex

Output:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BF
C1-08002BE10318}\0007
*SpeedDuplex REG_SZ 0

End of search: 1 match(es) found.


My batch file looks like this:
@echo off
for /f "skip=2 tokens=3 delims= " %%R in ('REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0007" /v *SpeedDuplex') do (
set "reg_value=%%R"
)
echo %reg_value%


Output of %reg_value%: which if you notice is the third word in the last line?
Search:


Tried changing the skip and tokens with no luck and im racking my brain because it looks correct to me. Anyway if anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance and lets play some Destiny :)

Tookeri said:

The problem is that the last output is: End of search: 1 match(es) found.
And the 3rd word there is search:

If you try this instead:

for /f "tokens=3" %%R in ('REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0007" /v *SpeedDuplex ^| find "SpeedDuplex"') do (

The last bold part will filter the output to only the line that displays SpeedDuplex. Then the 3rd word in the last line will be:

*SpeedDuplex REG_SZ 0

That worked! Ill most def save that ^| find trick for the future. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Peace

Tookeri said:

You're welcome! And this might be good to know too:

The ^ only works in a for loop. If you run it in a command prompt you have to skip that and only use | find "SpeedDuplex"

LOL! I figured that out since its the first thing I tried after it worked in the batch file. Thanks again.