Hi everyone.

This is how my file containing list of users looks like (id username):

01 UserA
02 UserB
03 UserC
....

I'm trying to write a batch file which could read the id of user whose name
is passed as a parameter and save it to variable. I can find the line
containing user's name:

find "%1" UserB userlist.txt

but how to save just user's id to variable ?

Best regards,
ABS

Try something like this:

FOR /F "tokens=1" %x in ('find /i "userb" users.txt') do @set zuser=%x

If you use this in a batch file change %x to %%x.

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If by "ID" you mean the number in the first column, be careful about
treating it as if it were a number; the leading zero will flag it as an
octal number, in which case 08 and 09 will result in errors.


/Al

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In the batch below;
%1 set to static variable 'User'      = "User name"  (from command-line
parameter)
%1 reset to static variable 'User!'  = "User_name" (no spaces)
Dynamic Variable '%User!%'   = userID
Dynamic variable '%UserID%'  = user name

@echo off

(Set User=%1)

  (Set User=%User:"=%)          ||::> If exist, Erase quotes from parameter

  FOR /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%* in ('find /i "%User%" "c:\UID.txt"') Do (
                            set UserID=%%*)

SetLocal

  (Call :RemoveSpaces %User: =_%)&(GoTo :EOF)
    (Set User!=%1)
    Goto :EndRemoveSpaces
  (Call Set %%User!%%=%UserID%) & (Call Set %%UserID%%=%User%)


echo.command-line parameter = "%User%" & echo.
echo.Match:  %UserID% %User% & echo:

echo.&echo.Variables:&echo:_________________________________________
        echo.
        (call echo %1=%%%1%%)   ||::> show dynamic variable value
        echo.
        (Set %User!%)           ||::> show dynamic Usr environment variable
        echo.
        (Set %UserID%)          ||::> show dynamic UserID environment variable
        echo.
        (echo %User!%=%UserID%) ||::> show static variable and value
echo.
echo.&echo.&echo.&pause

EndLocal

\Rems


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