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Assign command output to variable in batch file [duplicate]
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For my batch file I need to do a few different things...I have completed steps 1-3
1) Perform a dir search and save the result of that search in a variable
2) Set the destination path as a variable
3) Copy the source file to the destination path
My code so far :
#echo off
cls
cd /d D:\Downloads\Videos
set "flshvid=&dir *flash*.mkv /s /b"
set "flshdir=O:\Aayush\Videos\TV Shows\The Flash\Season 3"
xcopy %flshvid% %flshdir%
Why doesn't this code work?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Environment variables may not start with a numeric because %n where n is 0..9 refers to the serial parameter number provided to the routine.
replace 1 and 2 with variable names that do not start with a numeric
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So basicly I want to make a batch file that can execute other files, while learing its own location on execution.
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I have a series variable named Installer1 to Installer18
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Here is what I have so far
I've got this result, I want to echo the value of the variable i declared on top of my loop but I got the variable name instead of value. I am not sure how to concatenate string and script will look it as a variable name.
I tried below code:
And I got this result:
Use array , Please try this.
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setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
SET var[0]=A
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SET var[2]=123
for %%a in (0,1,2) do (
echo !var[%%a]!
)
echo Get one of the variables directly: %var[1]%
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371168(VS.85).aspx
Save this to something.reg. Execute this with double click and you will set changes. This is maybe overwriting but I think this is better idea.
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I have files like below:
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