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Subject: Re: to pipe system variables other variables at command line
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 18:56:14 +0200
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Stephan Rink wrote:
> 
> I like to pipe a system variables to another variable at a MS DOS shell
> without using a file.
> At the command line it should look like this
> 
> C:> var1 < date /t                                // this will cause an
> error
> C:> copy name.txt name%var1.txt
> or
> C:> set var1= | date /t                         // this will show only
> the date
> C:> copy name.txt name%var1.txt
> 
> How can I submit the output of a command to a Variable?
> 
> Stephan

There are *many* ways to do this. Unfortunately, most methods I know
will likely not work in NT, and I have no idea which ones will.
You may want to ask this in news:alt.msdos.batch.nt

Here is my favorite method:

@ECHO off
:: author: Herbert Kleebauer
@echo jP[h01X-00P_j AT X(E.(E9,`,`0E50E:h02X500YQ2O0IIxKZR2W2CM!Iy5C>%temp%.\echoit.com
%temp%.\echoit aaaa  %demo line%
%temp%.\echoit bbbb  %demo line%
::


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