In a *nix shell, you can say:
foo `bar | baz`;
to redirect the output of bar | baz into the argument of foo.
How do you do this in a Windows batch file?
In a *nix shell, you can say: foo `bar | baz`; to redirect the
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In a *nix shell, you can say:
foo `bar | baz`;
to redirect the output of bar | baz into the argument of foo.
How do you do this in a Windows batch file?
The
FOR /F ["options"] %variable IN ('command')syntax provides a way to process the output of a command. You can then do something likeFOR /F %x IN ('bar | baz') DO foo %x.