Ian Lewis • 11/7/2007

Setting output of a program to a variable in Windows Batch

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This technical article explains how to set the output of a program or command to a variable in Windows Batch scripting, avoiding temporary files. It details the use of the FOR /F loop with tokens and delimiters to parse output, using the example of converting a Cygwin path to a Windows path with cygpath for integration with TortoiseMerge and Mercurial.

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