How to get batch file to pick a file depending on computer name

Question

I created two response files and I want to create a batch file were one of the two response files gets used depending on the computer name. To get the name of a computer, I have been using

wmic computersystem get name

I am thinking I have to use IF THEN but I am not so sure.

Why have you tagged this powershell if you're not using powershell? Would you accept a powershell answer? — TessellatingHeckler, Jul 18 '18 at 20:15
There is an environment variable `%COMPUTERNAME%` you could check by `if "%COMPUTERNAME%"=="" (...) else (...)` — aschipfl, Jul 19 '18 at 07:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 20:22

You could do it like this with a switch in PowerShell:

switch($env:COMPUTERNAME){
    "COMPUTER-1" {
        # use response file for COMPUTER-1
    }
    default {
        # use default response file
    }
}

A traditional if/else statement in PowerShell would look like this:

if($env:COMPUTERNAME -eq "COMPUTER-1"){
    # use response file for COMPUTER-1
}
else {
    # use default response file 
}

How to get batch file to pick a file depending on computer name

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