Solved Windows 7 FINDSTR batch question

[Radiomange]

I am programming a search using some batch files and the following works correctly.

findstr /b /l "Pilot Name=" e:\dvd\test\ITrac.ini >out

It creates a file OUT that has the correct information in it, so I know the FINDSTR is working. I don't need a file, I need the output in a variable so I can strip the first 11 characters off the output and continue on. I can't seem to get that right. Anyone have suggestions?

 

[Mellon Head]

This might work to set the output to a variable:

cmd > tmpFile  
set /p myvar= < tmpFile  
del tmpFile

I'm no big genius when it comes to batch files, but it might work. Personally, if it were me, I would do it in C#. Much finer granularity and control over the processed string.

But that's just me.

 

[Radiomange]

I was finally able to get this working using a FOR command and a FindStr together in one line of code.
Following is the working line, FYI
FOR /f "delims=;" %%A in ('findstr /b /c:"Pilot Name=" e:\G4_Mods\test\ITrac.ini') Do SET $B=%%A
Thanks

 

[Mellon Head]

Glad you got it working. Thanks for posting your results to help the next person with this question.