Re: Parsing file using FOR command not working correctly

From: Jerold Schulman (Jerry_at_jsiinc.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:07:57 -0400

@echo off
setlocal
for /f "Tokens=1* Delims=[]" %%a in ('type hotfix.txt^|findstr /i /L
/c:"NtServicePack"') do (
 @echo %%b
)

On 12 Jul 2004 09:08:01 -0700, tron9901@msn.com (Dave Pink) wrote:

>I'm using PsLogList from www.sysinternals.com to dump the contents of
>an Event Log. The output is saved to the file hotfix.txt.
>
>Contents of hotfix.txt:
>
>[3166] NtServicePack
> Type: INFORMATION
> Computer: PRDW2K-WEB109
> Time: 6/27/2004 2:02:37 AM ID: 4377
>Windows 2000 Hotfix KB837001 was installed.
>
>
>Using the FOR command, I'm trying to extract just the Event Log
>number; in this case it's 3166. I can't get it to work right.
>
>
>Here's my batch file:
>
>FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%a in (hotfix.txt) DO SET Number=%%a
>@ECHO %Number%
>
>
>Here's the output of my batch file:
>
>C:\>FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%a in (hotfix.txt) DO SET Number=%%a
>
>C:\>set Number=3166
>
>C:\>set Number= Type: INFORMATION
>
>C:\>set Number= Computer: PRDW2K-WEB109
>
>C:\>set Number= Time: 6/27/2004 2:02:37 AM ID: 4377
>
>C:\>set Number=Windows 2000 Hotfix KB837001 was installed.
>
>Windows 2000 Hotfix KB837001 was installed.
>
>
>How can I set the variable "Number" equal to "3166"? Any help would be
>appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Dave

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

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