= not being read Batch-CodePudding

I'm trying to get the wifi password with a batch file but one command is not being read correctly (my interpretation).

Netsh WLAN show profile name= %WifiName% key='clear'

turns into

Netsh WLAN show profile name= %WifiName% key 'clear'

when run in

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('Netsh WLAN show profile name= %WifiName% key="clear"') do ^
echo "%%i"

If you need more information ill give it but I'm too stupid to think of any right now.

entire code

for /f "tokens=5" %%i in ('Netsh WLAN show profile') do ^
set WifiName=%%i

Netsh WLAN show profile name= %WifiName% key='clear'

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('Netsh WLAN show profile name= %WifiName% key"=""clear"') do ^
echo "%%i"


pause

CodePudding user response：

You need to escape the = in the for loop. Here is a working example for you.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=2*delims=:" %%a in ('netsh wlan show profile ^|find /i "All User Profile"') do (
    for /f "tokens=2*delims=:" %%i in ('netsh wlan show profile name^=%%a key^=clear ^| findstr /C:"Key Content"') do echo Wifi: %%a pass: %%i
)

As you can see by my example, the second for is being run for each metavariable from the previous for. In your example (though not working) you set all the variables and only the last one is being used.