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How to echo a string with a pipe character in a batch script?

How can I make a text file with the given line using batch script:

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe" | find /i "chrome.exe"

I created a batch file and put this code below:

echo tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe" | find /i "chrome.exe" >>d:\dblank.txt

It created a dblink.text file but when I opened the dblink.txt the only text was:

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe"

Why didn't it copy the code:

| find /i "chrome.exe"

How can I copy the whole text?

Solution

  • Escape the pipe character

    echo tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe" ^| find /i "chrome.exe" >>d:\dblank.txt

    Without this escape, is it considered a real pipe operation request, and find is called to filter the output of the echo command.