I want to have the date in a file name, problem is that the date is done like this: mm/dd/yyyy. A file name can't have a "/' in it. Any ideas on hwo to overcome that?This is OS dependent.

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for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a in ("%date%") do (
set mon=%%b
set day=%%c
set yyyy=%%d
)


Now that you have mon, day and yyyy, you can do what you want with them.

Hope this helps. Hey, I've got the same problem, but a different setup.

There is a number like this: X.XX

I need to take the FIRST X and set it as a variable and take the last two XS and set them as a variable.

This'll probably just be the same as the above solution, just with some tweaks, but I'm not SURE how to do it.

BTW, THANKS a lot for your help! What you suggested for my last problem fixed it perfectly! Thanks!Pretty much the same thing. You didn't mention where this X.XX was so I just picked a literal to give you an idea how it WORKS:

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for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=." %%a in ("X.YZ") do (
set varA=%%a
set varB=%%b
)


Hope this helps. There are two files, each with a number in them. Should this code get those numbers and put them into their appropriate variables or am I doing it wrong?

Code: [Select]for /f %%a in (UserVersionmajor.txt) do (set MAJ=%%a)
for /f %%a in (UserVersionminor.txt) do (set MIN=%%a)You could try it and see. Your're not doing anything destructive, but yeah it should work. Sorry, the last code you gave me is what I need, but I'm getting the stuff out of a file, not just a regular string.Code: [Select]
for /f %%a in (UserVersionMajor.txt) do (
set maj=%%a
)
for /f %%a in (UserVersionMinor.txt) do (
set min=%%a
)


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There are two files, each with a number in them