Batch file output to network path truncates first character.

[fuleo]

Hi guys, I have a batch file problem in here. Trying to save an output log into a networkpathed text file, but the front letter is missing... e.g "myname" becomes "yname" -> http://pastebin.com/GSWMhwm6

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SET destpath="\\networklogs\measure_sw_usage\extractinfo_%COMPUTERNAME%.txt"
for /f "skip=2 tokens=1,* delims=," %%A IN ('wmic computersystem get username /format:csv') DO (echo %%B >>%destpath%)

what the output should be
testdomain\username

what the output in the text file shows
estdomain\username

[fuleo]

Ok error resolved.

I did this.

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for /f "skip=2 tokens=1,* delims=," %%A IN ('wmic computersystem get username /format:csv') DO (echo %%B >>%destpath%)

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echo %%B>>%destpath%

can't have the spacing before >>

very strict... ~.~

[foxidrive]

The space after %%b will merely be included in the file. It's not the reason why the first character was removed.

FWIW WMIC outputs text with odd line endings and trailing spaces - you need to use a workaround to parse the output correctly in some cases.