Re^2: Dont Display STDER on Console

It gives me this error: 2> was unexpected at this time. This was my code:

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('perl -v 2>nul ^| FIND "This is perl 5, vers
+ion 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"') 
+DO SET Variable=%%A
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Re^3: Dont Display STDER on Console by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 05, 2012 at 11:12 UTC
It gives me this error: 2> was unexpected at this time. Escape the '>' in the same way that you escaped the '\|'. `C:\test>for /f "tokens=" %a in ('prel -v 2^>nul ^\| find "perl"') do @ +echo %a C:\test>for /f "tokens=" %a in ('perl -v 2^>nul ^\| find "perl"') do @ +echo %a This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to + the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa +ge.` [download] With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP Neil Armstrong	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Dont Display STDER on Console
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 05, 2012 at 11:12 UTC

It gives me this error: 2> was unexpected at this time.

Escape the '>' in the same way that you escaped the '|'.

C:\test>for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('prel -v 2^>nul ^| find "perl"') do @
+echo %a

C:\test>for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('perl -v 2^>nul ^| find "perl"') do @
+echo %a
This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
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With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

RIP Neil Armstrong

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