Trying to use wildcard in IF statement
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I'm trying to execute some commands based on the machine hostname but am having
trouble getting it to work. I want the command to run only if the hostname starts with "Machine". Do IF statements support wildcards?
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /f "usebackq skip=1" %%i in (`wmic computersystem get name`) do (
set name=%%i
goto :done
)
:done
if [%name%]==[MachineXXXX] start "" "%ProgramFiles%Internet Exploreriexplore.exe" "download url"
endlocal
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I'm trying to execute some commands based on the machine hostname but am having
trouble getting it to work. I want the command to run only if the hostname starts with "Machine". Do IF statements support wildcards?
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /f "usebackq skip=1" %%i in (`wmic computersystem get name`) do (
set name=%%i
goto :done
)
:done
if [%name%]==[MachineXXXX] start "" "%ProgramFiles%Internet Exploreriexplore.exe" "download url"
endlocal
windows batch
asked Nov 26 at 17:48
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I'm trying to execute some commands based on the machine hostname but am having
trouble getting it to work. I want the command to run only if the hostname starts with "Machine". Do IF statements support wildcards?
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /f "usebackq skip=1" %%i in (`wmic computersystem get name`) do (
set name=%%i
goto :done
)
:done
if [%name%]==[MachineXXXX] start "" "%ProgramFiles%Internet Exploreriexplore.exe" "download url"
endlocal
windows batch
asked Nov 26 at 17:48
grahamriley
1
I'm trying to execute some commands based on the machine hostname but am having
trouble getting it to work. I want the command to run only if the hostname starts with "Machine". Do IF statements support wildcards?
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /f "usebackq skip=1" %%i in (`wmic computersystem get name`) do (
set name=%%i
goto :done
)
:done
if [%name%]==[MachineXXXX] start "" "%ProgramFiles%Internet Exploreriexplore.exe" "download url"
endlocal
windows batch
windows batch
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You can't use wild-cards in the sense you want, but you can achieve the result you require by using a variable substring:
if [%name:0,7%]==[Machine] start ...
An alternative approach would be to use the matching functions in findstr:
echo %name% | findstr /b /c:"Machine" && start ...
This uses an external program, so is less efficient in this case, but it may be a useful technique for more complex matches (eg using findstr /r).
answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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You can't use wild-cards in the sense you want, but you can achieve the result you require by using a variable substring:
if [%name:0,7%]==[Machine] start ...
An alternative approach would be to use the matching functions in findstr:
echo %name% | findstr /b /c:"Machine" && start ...
This uses an external program, so is less efficient in this case, but it may be a useful technique for more complex matches (eg using findstr /r).
answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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You can't use wild-cards in the sense you want, but you can achieve the result you require by using a variable substring:
if [%name:0,7%]==[Machine] start ...
An alternative approach would be to use the matching functions in findstr:
echo %name% | findstr /b /c:"Machine" && start ...
This uses an external program, so is less efficient in this case, but it may be a useful technique for more complex matches (eg using findstr /r).
answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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You can't use wild-cards in the sense you want, but you can achieve the result you require by using a variable substring:
if [%name:0,7%]==[Machine] start ...
An alternative approach would be to use the matching functions in findstr:
echo %name% | findstr /b /c:"Machine" && start ...
This uses an external program, so is less efficient in this case, but it may be a useful technique for more complex matches (eg using findstr /r).
answered Nov 26 at 18:23
AFH
13.6k31938
You can't use wild-cards in the sense you want, but you can achieve the result you require by using a variable substring:
if [%name:0,7%]==[Machine] start ...
An alternative approach would be to use the matching functions in findstr:
echo %name% | findstr /b /c:"Machine" && start ...
This uses an external program, so is less efficient in this case, but it may be a useful technique for more complex matches (eg using findstr /r).
answered Nov 26 at 18:23
AFH
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answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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answered Nov 26 at 18:23
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