From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 07:29:14 -0700 (PDT), dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I want an additional Batch command, which could be called EXEC.   
   > It would receive Batch language as Standard Input, and execute   
   > it; those who control the language should be able to add the   
   > command quite easily.   
   >   
   > It would mean that chunks of Batch code, in separate files,   
   > could be virtually incorporated into multiple Batch files.   
   >   
   > It would mean that, in an unpublished update to recent   
   > thread 'Remove all but digits' here,   
   >   
   >    @call CSCRIPT //nologo REGLARXP.JS %* > %temp%\$RHUBARB.BAT &   
   %temp%\$RHUBARB.BAT & del %temp%\$RHUBARB.BAT   
   >   
   > could be simplified to   
   >   
   >    @call CSCRIPT //nologo REGLARXP.JS %* | EXEC   
   >   
   > which would eliminate the need to find an unused name for   
   > the temporary file.   
   >   
   > Otherwise : Is it possible, in REGLARXP.JS, to write to a named   
   > environment variable *** as if the batch routine which called   
   > REGLARXP.JS had written to the variable instead ***, and if so how?   
      
   Try this.   
      
   @echo off   
   setlocal   
   rem.>"%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
   for /f "delims=" %%A in ('more') do (   
     >>"%temp%\$rhubarb.bat" echo %%A   
   )   
   call "%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
   del "%temp%\$rhubarb.bat"   
      
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