From: "Georg Pohl" <PohlGeorg AT compuserve DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: to pipe system variables other variables at command line
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:06:39 +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?

Some week ago I published some free programs to modify environment
variables on my website.

    INPUT - get user input (keyboard or pipe)
    DATE_VAR - get date/time related variables
    ENV_STR - modify environment variables

At least one would solve your problem:

    DATE_VAR
    copy name.txt name%date%.txt

HTH
Georg Pohl

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