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syuusuke
Asked: 2010-04-02 01:38:55 +0800 CST

Copying a chunk of output in Windows 7

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I'm wondering how to copy a chunk of output in the command prompt in Windows 7. What I'm ultimately trying to accomplish is when I type "route print" I want to copy the IPs listed under IPv4 Route Table. I used the findstr command to grab 1 line at a time but is there a way to grab the whole table in one shot?

Thanks,

windows-command-prompt findstr

5 Answers

  1. "grab" in what sense?

    Would piping the output to a file be useful? e,g.

    c:\route print > test.txt

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  2. You can copy the output directly into your windows clipboard by 'piping' to 'clip'

    so your command would look like this:

    route print | clip

    You can then paste in notepad, etc.

    You can also manually copy pieces to the clipboard by right-clicking the window, selecting 'mark' then dragging across an area. While the area is highlighted, the clipboard will contain a copy of that area.

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  3. Best Answer

    Ok, this is getting pretty ugly but seems to work, somehow:

    route print -4 | findstr /r /c:"^  *[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\."

    This yields the complete IPv4 routing table for me, excluding the interface list.

    You may be better off running it through for /f, though and just count the number of lines that consist solely of = signs to know where you are in the output.

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  4. Try using powershell. You can do a lot more with that. There may be a better way to do it.

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  5. c:>route print > rprint.txt

    c:>notepad rprint.txt

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