I am using windows batch to check if Perl is installed on my machine and if it is not installed i install it using command line. This is my code: 
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('perl -v ^| FIND "This is perl 5, version 12
+, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"') DO SET
+ Variable=%%A
IF "%Variable%"=="This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) b
+uilt for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread" (
    ECHO Perl 5.12.4
    ECHO.
) ELSE (
    call msiexec /i win_packages\01_ActivePerl-5.12.4.1205-MSWin32-x86
+-294981.msi /q /l*v logs.txt >> Logs 2>&1
    IF %errorlevel% GTR 0 (
        echo 01 - Failed to Install 'ActivePerl-5.12.4.1205-MSWin32-x8
+6-294981.msi'. Got Error %errorlevel%.
        GOTO END
    )
)

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Now the problem is if perl is not installed perl -v throws error which is displayed on output screen which I dont want. Can some one help me routing the output to > nul here.

In reply to Dont Display STDER on Console by anshumangoyal

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