Batch equivalent of Bash backticks
When working with Bash, I can put the output of one command into another command like so:
my_command `echo Test`
would be the same thing as
my_command Test
(Obviously, this is just a non-practical example.)
I'm just wondering if you can do the same thing in Batch.
Answer
You can get a similar functionality using cmd.exe scripts with the for /f command:
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%a in (`echo Test`) do my_command %%a
Yeah, it's kinda non-obvious (to say the least), but it's what's there.
See for /? for the gory details.
Sidenote: I thought that to use "echo" inside the backticks in a "for /f" command would need to be done using "cmd.exe /c echo Test" since echo is an internal command to cmd.exe, but it works in the more natural way. Windows batch scripts always surprise me somehow (but not usually in a good way).