I want to print out only a certain line from the output of a command. Lets take the example of ipconfig command. This returns a lot of lines.

Windows IP Configuration Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ab80::456d:123e:5ae5:9ab6%15 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.33 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : 

I want to just print say the 11th line.

I tried the following

FOR /F "skip=10 delims=" %G IN ('IPCONFIG') DO @ECHO %G 

This skips only the first 10 lines and prints the rest of the lines.

 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : 

How do I print only the 11th line?

2 Answers

Just leave the loop

FOR /F "skip=10 delims=" %G IN ('IPCONFIG') DO @ECHO %G & goto done :done 

edited Get the 11th line in the output of a command from a single command line

for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %a in ('ipconfig^|findstr /n "^"^|findstr /l /b /c:"11:"') do echo %b 

Execute the command, number the output, retrieve the required line, split the initial number and echo the rest

set "x=1" & for /f "skip=10 delims=" %a in ('ipconfig') do @(if defined x (set "x=" & echo %a)) 

Set a flag variable, execute the command, skip the first 10 lines and for each line if the flag is set, clean the flag and echo the line

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Could I run this in a single command? I mean not through a batch file. yes:

ipconfig |find "Default Gateway" 

(runs both on the command line and in a batch file)

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