Reading Text From A Bat File In To Python

Is it possible to read a line from a batch file in to a python script? I have a .bat file that contains the following: @echo off rem generated from template Set A_version= 9.0.0

Solution 1:

for line in open('name.bat', 'r'):
    if 'A_version' in line:
        A_version = line.split('=')[-1].strip()
        break

This will search for the string, assign the value to a variable of the same name and break out of the loop in case the variable is referenced later in the bat, we don't need that.

Solution 2:

Try something like this:

with open('file.bat', 'r') as file:
    for line in file:
        if 'A_version' in line:
            value = line.split('=')[1].strip()

Solution 3:

if you want to do it from batch:

for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('type "yourbatfile.bat"^|findstr /b /i "Set A_version="') do set var=%%a

find the correct line and split it by =. If needed, you can strip the space with

set var=%var: =%