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Posted: **03 Jun 2020 09:31**

Hi Folks -
I"m trying to pipe the results of a text file to a FIND command to return the found string. I have this code but it's returning everything after the second delim, regarding if its the correct string I'm passing in as the search mask.

Any idea?

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FOR %%A IN ( "StartMonth" ) DO (
    FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%a IN (C:\TEMP\variablefile.txt ^| FIND "%%~A") DO (
        echo %%a
    )
)
pause

Variablefile.txt looks like this:

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StartMonth=Apr
Year1=2020

Posted: **03 Jun 2020 15:02**

I think you meant to use (untested):

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FOR %%A IN ( "StartMonth" ) DO (
    FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%a IN ('type Z:\TEMP\variablefile.txt ^| FIND "%%~A"') DO (
        echo %%a
    )
)

But you could also use the find-command with a filename (untested):

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FOR %%A IN ( "StartMonth" ) DO (
    FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%a IN ('FIND "%%~A" "Z:\TEMP\variablefile.txt"') DO (
        echo %%a
    )
)

penpen

Posted: **04 Jun 2020 04:28**

Thank you, PenPen!!! That worked like a charm!! Stupid oversight on my part, I know it was real simple.

Thank you, again!

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