Is there a way by which i can do a piping of command output to a variable instead of file?
I require continuing my execution based on the command outputs. I really dont want to create a file while executing my dos commands if it is feasible.

Thanks in advance for the HELP offered.i dont know if PIP cvan do this but u can use this

for /F "delims=" %%i in ('commands') do set r=%%i
echo %r%Thanks mate.
But how actually can I capture the entire o/p set in the variables, as this would allow me just to store just the last line of my o/p in r.Say what the command is and what specific output you are looking for. Unless you give more information we cannot help you.

We are not mind readers.

u can do that but show us the code so we can help u more
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /a con=1
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('commands') do (
set VAR!con!=%%i
set /a con=!con!+1
)
endlocal
echo %var1%
echo %var2%
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Sorry guys for not being clear in conveying my ask.

I am invoking a executable from my batch script, which outputs multiple lines. Currently am outputting the same to a file. Please find below the code snippet

Code: [Select]call %SYS_DIR%powercfg.exe -L | findstr /C balanced > plan.txt
Sample contents of plan.txt would be
Code: [Select]Power Scheme GUID: 382a0719-1dcf-45ae-a357-0b9cedfb0f43 (balanced) *
Power Scheme GUID: 5d73e9ca-7776-4dc3-8eee-dd828ae4f989 (balanced1)
Instead of writing it to a txt file, am interested in storing it in dos variables. Can tat be done ?
Yes. .bat_man has told you how to do it.
yes it can

setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /a con=1
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('^%SYS_DIR^%/powercfg.exe -l ^| findstr /C balanced') do (
set var!con!=%%i
set /a con=!con!+1
)
endlocal
echo %var1%
echo %var2%
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he has told you twice now.