getting count of find command

[cybercop23]

Hi all.
I'm trying asign the result of a find command to a variable that I can check. If the result is what I expect I can continue processing, else wait some more. This is what I mean:

:checkdone
set checkdone=dir done*.txt | find /c "done"
if checkdone == 5 goto done
sleep 60
goto checkdone

The set command above is not working. The results of the dir and find commans wihtout the set, returns a number. How can I assign the result of these two command to a varaible?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[pytchley]

Just a thought - would creating an environmental variable for checkdone = 0 work

 

[djtech2k]

The only way I can think of to get a count would be to use a loop with the "for" command. This can be done easier with vbscript. I would recommend posting in the vbscript forum.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

The reason it is not working is in Shell Scripting, variables can only contain strings (eg. "This is a text string"). So your command output is not assigned to the variable.
Like djtech2k stated:
Vbscript and/or PowerShell.

 

[cybercop23]

Thanks All. I echoed the output to a file and read the file back in using the "for" command and tokens and it worked.
Thanks.

 

[djtech2k]

Glad to help.