How to kill specific VBScript using batch file?

Question

@echo off
set vbs="%temp%\dummy.vbs"

for /f "usebackq tokens=2" %%s in (`WMIC path Win32_Process where 'name="wscript.exe"' get commandline,processid | findstr /i /c:"%vbs%"`) do (
    taskkill /f /fi "pid eq %%s"
)

I also tried the code below but it seems that commandline like is not working.

WMIC path Win32_Process where "name='wscript.exe' and commandline like %vbs%" get processid

Thanks in advance!

You can't use single quotes to enclose the command **and** use it also inside the command, I'd switch to enclose the command with backquotes and insert `usebackq` --> `for /f "usebackq tokens=2" %%s in (\`WMIC path Win32_Process where 'name="wscript.exe"' ...` — , Sep 20 '18 at 10:54
The 'like' syntax, whilst correct in a Command Prompt, requires the `%` characters doubling in a batch file; e.g. `@WMIC Process Where "Name='wscript.exe' And CommandLine Like '%%vbs%%'" Call Terminate 2>Nul` — Compo, Sep 20 '18 at 12:18
`set vbs="%temp%\dummy.vbs"` is not right. Right is `set "vbs=%temp%\dummy.vbs"`. It makes a big difference if first double quote is left to variable name or right to equal sign. For details see [Why is no string output with 'echo %var%' after using 'set var = text' on command line?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/26388460/3074564) — Mofi, Sep 20 '18 at 15:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '18 at 01:03

Incorporated items in the comments and escaped special characters with ^.

@echo off

set "vbs=%temp%\dummy.vbs"

for /f "usebackq tokens=3" %%s in (
    `WMIC process where "name='wscript.exe'" get commandline^,processid ^| findstr /i /c:"%%vbs%%"`
) do (
    taskkill /f /fi "pid eq %%s"
)

How to kill specific VBScript using batch file?

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