Setting a variable based on a command

[joshcarp1995]

Hello everyone, first time on this forums and was looking for some help with a batch file, im not an expert with these and trying to learn but I've got stuck. Basically I want the result of: wmic useraccount where name=josh.carpenter get sid
to be a variable I can use, this is what I tried:

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@echo off
echo
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for /f "SID=" %%i in ('wmic useraccount where name=josh.carpenter get sid') do set output=%%i

Echo %SID%

Pause

It returns: josh.carpenter - Invalid verb

Overall my goal is:

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@echo off
echo
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Set /p Username="Enter Users name (Firstname.Lastname)
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('wmic useraccount where name=%username% get sid') do set output=%%i

Echo %delims%

Pause

but that returns the same error

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[aGerman]

%username% is already predefined. If you want the user to input something else then you should choose a different variable name.
Elsewise:

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@echo off
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for /f "tokens=1* delims==" %%i in (
  'wmic useraccount where "name='%username%'" get sid /value'
) do for /f "delims=" %%k in ("%%j") do set "output=%%k"

Echo %output%

Pause

Steffen