batch - Ignore spaces while parsing a variable using for loop in batch script

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I am a newbie to batch scripting. I was writing a script which gets a value from a registry key in windows. I am using a for loop

for /f "tokens=1*" %%A in ('reg query HKLM\Software\CDupe\ZIB\  /v BackupSetLocation' ) do SET path_temp=%%B
for /f "tokens=1*" %%A in ("%path_temp%") do SET BackupSet_Path=%%B

From this 2 for loops , I get the Value for the registry key BackupSetLocation.

The value I get when I echo %BackupSet_Path% is C:\ProgramData\CDupe\CDupe Cloud Backup(x64)\zcb\conf.

Problem is :

Now from the BackupSet_Path I want to extract only

C:\ProgramData\CDupe\CDupe Cloud Backup(x64)\ .

I tried this

for /f "tokens=1*" %%A in ('reg query HKLM\Software\CDupe\ZIB\ /v BackupSetLocation' ) do SET path_temp=%%B
for /f "tokens=1-4" %%A in ("%path_temp%") do SET BackupSet_Path=%%B

giving tokens = 1-4 , I get only C:\ProgramData\CDupe\CDupe

because there are whitespaces between "CDupe Cloud Backup(x64)".

Can anyone please tell me how to ignore those spaces and get this string

C:\ProgramData\CDupe\CDupe Cloud Backup(x64)\

Thanks for your time.

ss64.com/nt/for_f.html and "delims=\"?

William Jackson
– William Jackson

2011-11-03 20:55:47 +00:00
Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 20:55 — William Jackson
– William Jackson, Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 20:55

Aacini · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-04 00:22:23Z

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for /f "tokens=1*" %%A in ('reg query HKLM\Software\CDupe\ZIB\ /v BackupSetLocation' ) do SET path_temp=%%B
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=\" %%A in ("%path_temp%") do SET BackupSet_Path=%%A\%%B\%%C\%%D\

answered Nov 4, 2011 at 0:22

Aacini

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