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dkreifus

May 23 2008, 13:01

I'm trying to write a little script to extract a computers location in LDAP and save it as variables, so I can store it in a custom location in the registry.

On a normal command line, I type

CODE

set B=dsquery computer -name %computername%
FOR /F "tokens=3,4,5 delims=,OU=" %i in ('%B%') do @echo %i %j %k

But in a batch script, it fails completely and says:

QUOTE

Bi was unexpected at this time.
FOR /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=,OU=" Bi k

I'm new to using the FOR command, so I'm pretty stumped.

EDIT:
I finally figured it out...

CODE

set B=dsquery computer -name %computername%
FOR /F "tokens=3,4,5 delims=,OU=" %%i in ('%B%') do SET i=%%i&&set j=%%j&&set k=%%k

I needed to make it a double % in a batch file.

Taco Bell

May 23 2008, 16:41

I haven't used the FOR command either dk, but after some trial & error along with some Googling, I figured it out.

According to this reference page, in a batch file you must use double % for the parameter portion.

Therefore, the working code is as follows:

CODE

set B=dsquery computer -name %computername%
FOR /F "tokens=3,4,5 delims=,OU=" %%i in ('%B%') do @echo %i %j %k

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Oh, I now see by your edit that you came to the same conclusion!

dkreifus

May 23 2008, 19:26

thanks for your help though!

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