enter command output to variable in batch

Question

I need to check in my batch script what python --version response is.

For that, I want to enter to a variable the output of the python --version commands :

set /u cmd=python --version
%cmd%

What should i do next ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-09 13:11:34Z

2

Use a for loop.

for /f "delims=!" %%i in ('python --version') do set VAR=%%i
echo %VAR%

I changed %cmd% to %VAR% as it is a bad idea to set variable names that resemble system commands such as cmd which is in fact cmd.exe

answered Nov 9, 2017 at 12:35

user7818749

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