Batch file assign returned values from a command into a variable (from powershell)

Question

i am trying to use it on a powershell code segment so i typed

powershell date (get-date).AddDays(-1) -format yyyyMMdd

and confirm it returns like

20100601

but then if i tried to

for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('powershell date get-date -format yyyyMMdd
') do set var=%a

then it failed to work as expected. how can i transfer the date to a variable?

stej · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-02 06:58:31Z

5

Maybe

for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('powershell "get-date; get-date -format yyyyMMdd"') do set var=%a

is what you wanted.

answered Jun 2, 2010 at 6:58

stej

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exactly! i hope i knew the way to quote it inside there.