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Asked: 2026-06-07T00:04:35+00:00

I want to write a batch script statement where: FINDSTR has to check for

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I want to write a batch script statement where:
FINDSTR has to check for a string AND IF found then just print out FAILED and end the program
IF NOT FOUND then go check/look for another string AND IF FOUND then print out SUCCEEDED and close the program, IF NOT FOUND then print out the error message again.
Any ideas?

Here is what I did:

ECHO Checking the log file for errors...
FINDSTR /C:"Open failed" some_Log.txt && (ECHO Deployment FAILED. 
cscript //nologo success_mail.vbs 
pause) || FINDSTR "RC (return code) = 0" && (ECHO Deployment was successful.
cscript //nologo fail_mail.vbs
pause)

I don’t know why it is not working. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is what i my latest one looks like:

  ECHO Checking the log file for errors...
    FINDSTR /C:"Open failed" some_Log.txt some_Log.txt && (
     ECHO Deployment FAILED. 
     cscript //nologo fail_mail.vbs 
     GOTO offshore ) || (
      FINDSTR /C:"RC (return code) = 0" some_Log.txt && (
        ECHO Deployment was successful.
        cscript //nologo success_mail.vbs 
        GOTO offshore)
      )

And, it is not working. Do you see any errors? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I see a couple of potential problems.

    • Your %workDir% or %filenm% could contain spaces or special characters. To be safe you should enclose them in quotes if you haven’t already done so in the values.

    • You must be careful when using both && and || operators. If the command(s) after the && fail, then it can cause the script to fall into the || section, even though the original command before the && succeeded. I’m worried about your CSCRIPT command to send mail. Even if it succeeds today, perhaps it could fail in the future and your logic could be impacted.

    • I’m guessing that the 2nd search string is supposed to be a phrase and not 5 different searches. Remember that search strings are delimited by space unless the /C option is used.

    • Your 2nd FINDSTR is hanging because you have neglected to provide a file as input, so it is waiting for data on stdin.

    I would structure your code like so

    ECHO Checking the log file for errors...
set "file=%workDir%\%filenm%_DEV_Log.txt"
set "search1=Error: Open failed because: No such file or directory"
set "search2=RC (return code) = 0"
set "err="
FINDSTR /C:"%search1%" "%file%" && (set err=1) || (
  FINDSTR /C:"%search2%" "%file%" || set err=1
)
if defined err (
  ECHO Deployment FAILED.
  cscript //nologo success_mail.vbs "%filenm%_ddl_DEV.sql" "%file%"
  pause
) else (
  ECHO Deployment was successful.
  cscript //nologo fail_mail.vbs "%filenm%_ddl_DEV.sql" "%file%"
  pause
)
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