Redirect command line into its own output?

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Windows CMD shell - any easy way of redirecting the command itself into the output? If I do net localgroup administrators > %computername%-admins.txt, I'd like the output file to contain the net statement as well.

No powershell available to me; pure CMD/COMMAND only.

This is for an audit; the auditors want to see what command generated the output. I'm trying to avoid screenshots or enormous copy-paste from CMD windows.

squillman · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30T20:59:13.887

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Maybe kinda lame, but put the command in a batch file and redirect the output of the batch file to your txt file.

c:\echo net localgroup administrators > net_local_administrators.bat
c:\net_local_administrators.bat > %computername%-admins.txt
c:\del net_local_administrators.bat

Contents of %computername%-admins.txt (member names cleansed):

C:\>net localgroup administrators  
Alias name     administrators
Comment        Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator
MYDomain\Domain Admins
User1
User2
The command completed successfully.

edited Oct 30 '13 at 20:59

answered Oct 30 '13 at 20:52

squillman

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That shows the batch file name, which is not guaranteed to match the contents. This is for an audit; the auditors want to see what command generated the output. I'm trying to avoid screenshots or enormous copy-paste from CMD windows. – mfinni Oct 30 '13 at 20:54
I get the full command prompt with the command in the .txt file – squillman Oct 30 '13 at 20:57
Ooh - nice. Got it. – mfinni Oct 30 '13 at 20:59
Works for me. Ugly-ish workaround, but I'll take it – mfinni Oct 30 '13 at 21:01
Gives the auditors something to weed through. – squillman Oct 30 '13 at 21:02

Redirect command line into its own output?

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