TYPE command issue - batch file

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hi I am trying to use TYPE command to save output to the file for example:

type %Destination%\buildInfo.xml >> Logs\%Envlog% %Date% %Time%

where Envlog = logging.log

this is not happening do you know why?

Please note that buildInfo.xml is never empty.

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Try adding quotes:

type %Destination%\buildInfo.xml >> "Logs\%Envlog% %Date% %Time%"

However, I don't think this will give you what you want, because this will end up as something like "Logs\logging.log 20131231 04:33"

Using this answer as a reference, you could do something like this (I didn't use the environment variable in this case, not sure you need it if the name is always going to be logging.log):

set hr=%time:~0,2%
if "%hr:~0,1%" equ " " set hr=0%hr:~1,1%
type %Destination%\buildInfo.xml >> Logging_%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%_%hr%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.log

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Oct 31 '13 at 13:28

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yeah that was it, I have just removed %Date% %Time% :) and it worked! :) thank you! :) – Martin M Oct 31 '13 at 13:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '13 at 10:16

%date% and %time% can change with the users preferences and locale.

The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in XP Pro and higher.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%-%Min%-%Sec%"
echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
pause

TYPE command issue - batch file

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