Put a Powershell Ouput into a variable inside a batch script

Question

I'm making following batch script

set FileVersion = powershell (Get-Command C:\Tool.exe).FileVersionInfo.ProductVersion

echo %FileVersion%

I'd like retrieve attribute 'Product Version' of file C:\Tool.exe. To do that I use a powershell command and I want save that value to a variable called 'File Version' and later print out it, but it doesnt works! Can you help me?

Just be aware that you may not get [the string you were expecting](https://imgur.com/u9PcCgE). — Compo, Jun 26 '20 at 16:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 14:21

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For some yet to be understood logic, a FOR loop must be used.

FOR /F "delims=" %%A IN ('powershell (Get-Command C:\Tool.exe).FileVersionInfo.ProductVersion') DO (SET "FileVersion=%%~A")

answered Jun 26 '20 at 14:21

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