Re: Output w/ date/time variables?

[Brandon Enright <bmenrigh () ucsd edu>]

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On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:01:48 -0500
"Norris Carden" <ncarden () ascendfcu org> wrote:

> I am having trouble getting these arguments to work in Windows. I can
> make them work live from the command prompt, but not if run from
> a .cmd or .bat file.
>
> Here's what I'm trying:
>
> "c:\program files\nmap\nmap.exe" -sP -PE -iL c:\nmap\input.txt -oA
> "c:\nmap\testing%D%T"
>
> If run from the command prompt, the output file is named
> testing040810124758 If run from a .cmd or .bat file, the output file
> is named testingT I even removed the %T and got testingD
>
> I don't understand why the arguments work at the command prompt but
> not from a .bat or .cmd file. Windows obviously interprets the
> commands differently from different sources.
>
> So I will probably have to follow the example at
> http://highsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/simple-tcp-udp-continous-monitoring.html
> then this series of commands...
>
> set yymmdd=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%
> set hhmm=%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%
> nmap x.x.x.x -oA nmaptest-%yymmdd%-%hhmm%
>
> ... gives me the output with files named nmaptest-20100408-1208 and
> is satisfactory.
>
> Norris Carden


Norris, my batch/cmd scripting is terribly rusty however doesn't %val
have special meaning in batch scripts?  Have you tried anything like
%%D%%T?  A quick perusal of Google results suggest that ^ might be the
escape char.

If you are stuck on Windows you should think about using PowerShell for
your scripting needs rather than cmd scripts.

Brandon

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