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Win XP Home, SP.3 Cmd.exe batch scripting.

Can Null (hex 00) be used as a delimiter in a For loop?

Thanks.

NO. (AFAIK)

Maybe if you post an example of the FOR loop that you have in mind there could be some workaround. .unsure:

jaclaz

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Thanks Jaclaz. I don't have a script yet as couldn't find info on how to use null as a delimiter.

I'm trying to get drive letter assignments into variables using Fsutil as shown:

←C:\>fsutil fsinfo drives

Drives: A:\ C:\ D:\ E:\ F:\ G:\

←C:\>

Seems to me that the delimiter in the above is a space but when tried using a For loop like:

│@echo off
│cls

│setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

│For /f "tokens=1-6 delims= " %%A in ('fsutil fsinfo drives') do (
│ set one=%%B
│ set two=%%C
│ set tre=%%D
│ set for=%%E
│ set fiv=%%F
│)
│echo One = !one! Two = !two! Three = !tre! Four = !for! Five = !fiv!

only A:\ was returned.

So had a look at the Fsutil output in a hex editor with the result:

drivess.jpg

It now seems that the delimiter is null (hex 00) hence my query.

Any advice appreciated.

V.

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I ran into this exact issue! Here is what I came up with to get around this:

@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('fsutil fsinfo drives^|more') do (
set drive=%%a
set drive=!drive:Drives:=!
set drive=!drive: =!
echo !drive!
fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo !drive!)
endlocal

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A similar solution to the one by Scr1ptW1zard :), possibly simpler :unsure::

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%A in ('fsutil fsinfo drives^|more') DO (
IF NOT %%B.==\. (SET drives=%%B:) ELSE (SET drives=!drives!,%%A:)
)
SET drives
ENDLOCAL

:hello:

jaclaz

Edited by jaclaz
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Thank you both, lots there for me to ponder.

Another way to ponder:

@ECHO OFF
SET drives=
SET separator=
FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=\ " %%A in ('fsutil fsinfo drives^|more') DO CALL :SET_var %%A %%B
SET drives
GOTO :EOF

:SET_var
SET separator=,
IF NOT %2.==. SHIFT&SET separator=
Set drives=%drives%%separator%%1
GOTO :EOF

(doesn't need Delayed Expansion enabled) ;)

jaclaz

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Of course it depends upon what you specifically need to do with each outputted result!

Here is an example without knowing the number of drives

@Echo off&Setlocal enableextensions
For /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%# In ('Fsutil Fsinfo Drives') Do Call :_ %%$
Goto :Eof
:_
If %1' Neq ' (
  Echo/Set "drv=%1"
  Shift)&&Goto _

You would just change Line 6 to suit the task you need to perform on each result.

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I have used in the past part of script written by Yzöwl with a nice workaround if we don't have the more command somewhere in our path.

'Fsutil Fsinfo Drives^|More'

'Fsutil Fsinfo Drives^|find /v ""'

Jaclaz script output all drives letters with comma as separator.

Yzöwl script output only the first found drive letter?

could you explain why you use Call :_ %%$ instead of Call :_ %%#

I would like to learn something i currently don't understand.

Edited by Bilou_Gateux
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My apologies, the example I provided was written and tested only on Vista!

@Echo off&Setlocal enableextensions
For /f "delims=" %%# In ('Fsutil Fsinfo Drives^|More') Do Call :_ %%#
Goto :Eof
:_
If %1' Neq ' (Echo/%1|Find "\">Nul&&(
Echo/Set "drv=%1"
)&Shift)&&Goto _

like the previous example change line 6 to suit the task you need to perform on each result.

@Bilou

in answer to your question, I used %%$ and %%# in the same way as you would use %%b and %%a respectively.

b, (second token), comes after a, (first token)

$, (second token), comes after #, (first token)

In that specific case Drives: was an unwanted first token

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