Need some help please

[leewat]

Hi all....not sure if this is even in the correct place or not - if not KINDLY guide me in the right direction and I will get it there.

I would like to use WMIC in a batch file or vbscript. I need to be able to enter a computer name or ip address and return the user name. The following works perfectly from a command prompt:

WMIC /NODE: <computername> COMPUTERSYSTEM GET USERNAME

As you can see, that is a lot of typing each time. I have written the following batch file:

@echo off
set /p usrinput = Enter computer name or ip address -^>

WMIC /NODE: %usrinput% COMPUTERSYSTEM GET USERNAME

And it will not work. Does anyone have any ideas??

Thanks in advance for your patience with a newbie..

 

[leewat]

Dummy me.....got it...sorry to bother you all.

solution was (for anyone that cares)

set /p usrinput=Enter computer name or ip address: %=%
cmd.exe /c wmic /node:%input% computersystem get username
pause


forgot the cmd.exe and had some "extra spaces"