| was unexpected at this time.
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for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%i in ('net view ^| findstr /i "%1%"') do
(set name=%%i)
I get the following error message:
| was unexpected at this time.
yet when I run from a cmd prompt it works. I'm running this on a
windows 2003 server box.
TIA
Timo Salmi
> When I try to run this line from within a batch file
> for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%i in ('net view ^| findstr /i "%1%"') do
> (set name=%%i)
>
> I get the following error message:
> | was unexpected at this time.
Your pacing is wrong. Try e.g.
for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%i in ('
net view ^| findstr /i "%1%"') do (
set name=%%i)
Just one alternative among several correct ones.
All the best, Timo
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Todd Vargo
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Check your file again. Are you sure it has the ^ before the | as shown
above?
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billious
always post the exact source code you're using - don't retype it.
Timo's probably correct in analysing the space that you probaly have between
the caret and the pipe. The caret escapes the very next character, not the
next-significant character.
Second problem is "%1%" which should be "%1" - but this can give you strange
results, not the error of which you complain....
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It turns out it was the second problem "%1%", when I changed that to
"%1" the problem was resolved.
Thanks for all the suggestions.