Echo Parse Cmd line

[booga73]

hello,

I have this line:

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echo for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("%time%") do ( >> c:\temp1a\%Pro1%.bat

which at the command line parses this to my .bat file:

for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("21:13:26.36") do (

I've tried several options such as an extra % in %%a and time, ie.

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echo for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%%a in ("%%time%%") do ( >> c:\temp1a\%Pro1%.bat

but my results in %pro1%.bat show the following:

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for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%%a in ("%21:17:43.54%") do (

Now, the end result which I'm looking for when I parse my command line:

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echo for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("%time%") do ( >> c:\temp1a\%Pro1%.bat

I would like to get:

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for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%a in ("%time%") do (

inside my %Pro1%.bat file.

this is an unusual request for support.... v/r Booga

[foxidrive]

You want to echo batch code into another batch file, correct?

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@echo off
echo for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%%%a in ("%%time%%") do ( >> Pro1.bat

[booga73]

Hi Foxidrive,

I found this post just about half hour ago... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1922 ... as-literal

I appreciate your help too though.

I was at the command prompt and seeing different results as to what I would put into a batch file.

Similiar instance to what you posted too

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@echo off & echo for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=:.," %%%%a in ("%%time%%") do ( >> c:\temp1a\%Pro1%.bat

I ran a full test in my script an came up with the results, thank you!!

v/r Booga

[booga73]

I'm completely stumped on this piece, 1 liner. . . . the problem is the ^ symbol that's causing a headache

Not sure, if you can assist with this line of code to parse:

all from a batch file, i.e. test.bat

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@echo & echo for /f %%%%a in ('type "%%file%%" ^^^^^|find "" /v /c') do set /a cnt=%%%%a >> testBt1.bat

outputs this:

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for /f %%a in ('type "%file%" ^^|find "" /v /c') do set /a cnt=%%a

but I need this out put instead:

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for /f %%a in ('type "%file%" ^|find "" /v /c') do set /a cnt=%%a

v/r Booga

[Squashman]

This works for me.

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@echo off
echo for /f %%%%a in ('type "%%file%%" ^^^|find /v /c ""') do set /a cnt=%%%%a >> testBt1.bat

[booga73]

Great, thank you; Squashman, your input did work.