Is there something like Command Substitution in WIndows CLI?

Question

In Linux (Bash), there's a way to use a command as a parameter for another command, using back-ticks:

> echo ===== `time` =====

This would print:

===== The current time is: 12:22:34.68 =====

Is there a way to do this in cmd.exe on WIndows ?

Answer 1

Try this:

echo. ===== %time% =====

I know this may not be what you want, because you mentioned command substitution... So this may be it:

for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %i in (`date/t&time/t`) do echo.  ===== %i =====

For more hints about the usage of usebackq try this command:

for /?