How to get number of files transferred as a variable?

Question

xcopy /Y /E /H "C:\test1" "C:\test2"  

Returns a number of files copied, how do I get that number as a variable?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

for /f "tokens=1" %%a in ('xcopy /Y /E /H "C:\test1" "C:\test2" ') do (
  set copied_files=%%a
)
echo %copied_files%

not tested.