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16} How can I get the time without having to press enter?
You might first wish to revisit
item #1.
Independently of the OS version
@echo off
echo.| time | find /v "new"
For example you might get
The current time is: 8:46:29.15
However, in XP scripting the date and time variables are directly
available
@echo off
echo %time%
In this option you might get for example
D:\TEST>cmdfaq
9:03:13.56
Also
@echo off
time /t
which would produce (only) e.g.
D:\TEST>cmdfaq
09:03
There is a complication, however. Say that you wish to capture the
hour, alone. One has to take into account that the hour might have
one or two digits. One can't safely use
%time:~0,2%
so instead use the for /f method:
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
for /f "tokens=1 delims=:. " %%h in ("%time%") do set hh_=%%h
echo %hh_%
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output would be e.g.
D:\TEST>cmdfaq
9
If you want the potential leading zero, use TIME /T as follows (or
pad it as explained in
item #127)
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
for /f "tokens=1 delims=:. " %%h in ('time /t') do set hh_=%%h
echo %hh_%
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output would be e.g.
D:\TEST>cmdfaq
09
are (confusingly) identified by a
leading zero. Therefore consider carefully if and when wish to have
the leading zero. For example, if you add to the above
set /a hhplus1_=%hh_%+1
you'll get
C:\_D\TEST>cmdfaq
09
Invalid number. Numeric constants are either decimal (17),
hexadecimal (0x11), or octal (021).
Another option
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
::
:: Put the time in an auxiliary variable to fix the moment
set time_=%time%
::
:: Take care of the potential leading space for small hours
set time_=%time_: =0%
::
:: Extract the time elements
set hh_=%time_:~0,2%
set mn_=%time_:~3,2%
set ss_=%time_:~6,2%
set s100_=%time_:~9,2%
::
:: Display
echo %hh_% %mn_% %ss_% %s100_%
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output might be e.g.
D:\TEST>cmdfaq
09 58 51 06
There are other alternatives, including a Visual Basic Script aided
command line script like the one already presented in
item #1.
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
