Source code for getmacxp.bat

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@ECHO OFF
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:: Check OS version
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IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax
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SETLOCAL
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:: Check command line arguments
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IF NOT "%~2"=="" GOTO Syntax
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ECHO.%1 | FINDSTR /R /C:"[/?*]" >NUL && GOTO Syntax

:: If the batch file is intended for use on

:: local computers only, remove the next line:

IF "%~1"=="" (SET Computer=%ComputerName%) ELSE (SET Computer=%~1)

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:: The actual command is a one-liner, be it a long one.

:: If the batch file is intended for use on local computers only,

:: use IPCONFIG /ALL instead of NBTSTAT -a %Computer%

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('NBTSTAT -a %Computer% 2^>NUL ^| FINDSTR /R /I /C:"[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]-*[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]-*[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]-*[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]-*[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]-*[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]"') DO FOR %%B IN (%%A) DO SET MACAddress=%%B

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:: Show result and exit
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ECHO MAC Addres of %Computer%: %MACAddress%

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ENDLOCAL & SET MACAddress=%MACAddress%
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GOTO:EOF
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:Syntax
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ECHO.
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ECHO GetMacXP.bat,  Version 1.00 for Windows NT 4 and later

ECHO Show the MAC address for any computer in the workgroup or domain

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ECHO.
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ECHO Usage:  GETMACXP  [ computer ]
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ECHO.
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ECHO Where:  "computer" is the name of the computer we want to know the

ECHO                    MAC address of (default is the local computer)

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ECHO.
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ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
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ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com
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IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ENDLOCAL
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