Questions about scripting are not OT here, they are frequent.
set abc=\\servername\users\username
for /f "delims=\ tokens=1" %%f in ("%abc%") do echo %%f
Carl
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: CMD scripting question
Pardon the OT question; if there's a better place to ask, please direct me.
So here's my problem .. I have this CMD shell script (not VBScript or
PowerShell), and what I need to do is some string manipulation.
Specifically:
I need to strip off the leading 2 characters from a string, and then I need
to locate the position of a special character in the string. So I have this
value:
\\servername\users\username
What I want to do is to isolate "servername". I can strip off the leading 2
backslashes by:
_HomeFolder="\\servername\users\username" (actually, I read this value from
a file)
SET _Offset=2
SET _Chars=11
_Server=!_HomeFolder:~%_Offset%,%_Chars%!
1. I'm having problems storing the value of this substr. I'm not getting
"servername\users\username". Not sure why; I can use that fragment in an IF
statement, and it works.
2. I found a little utility that will return the position of one string in
another, which I should be able to use to do another substr to isolate the
servername. I'd still need to store it someplace (see problem #1)
Rewriting the script as VBSript or PowerShell isn't really an option yet, as
I am not proficient enough in those to do this.
So what I need to do is parse the string, and return everything from
position 3 to the location of the first "\".
So any clues, pointers, semi-vitrolic abuse appreciated. Better ways, other
utilities, other examples, etc.
--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel: 215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
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