How to store the hostname in a variable in a bat file

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I would like to convert this  bin sh syntax into a widely compatible Windows batch script   host  hostname  echo   host    How to do this so that it ll work on any Windows Vista  Windows XP  and Windows 2000 machine   To clarify  I would then like to go on in the program and use the hostname as stored in the variable host   In other words  the larger goal of the program is not to simply echo the hostname

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Why not so    set host  COMPUTERNAME  echo  host

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I m using the environment variable COMPUTERNAME   copy  C  Program Files Windows Resource Kits Tools    SYSTEMROOT  system32 srvcheck    COMPUTERNAME   gt  c  shares txt echo  COMPUTERNAME

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Just create a  bat file with the line  hostname   in it  That s it  Windows also supports the hostname command

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I usually read command output in to variables using the FOR command as it saves having to create temporary files   For example   FOR  F  usebackq   i IN   hostname   DO SET MYVAR  i   Note  the above statement will work on the command line but not in a batch file   To use it in batch file escape the   in the FOR statement by putting them twice   FOR  F  usebackq    i IN   hostname   DO SET MYVAR   i ECHO  MYVAR    There s a lot more you can do with FOR   For more details just type HELP FOR at command prompt

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set host  COMPUTERNAME   echo  host    This one enough  no need of extra loops of big coding

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hmm - something like this   set host  COMPUTERNAME  echo  host    EDIT  expanding on jitter s answer and using a technique in an answer to this question to set an environment variable with the result of running a command line app    echo off hostname exe  gt    t tmp set  p host  lt   t tmp del   t tmp echo  host    In either case   host  is created as an environment variable

[windows] How to store the hostname in a variable in a .bat file?

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