Parse output of "net use", but language varies - force language for "net use"?

Takashi Yano takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp
Sun Jul 21 04:08:56 GMT 2024


On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:57:10 +0200
Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Am 21.07.2024 um 01:54 schrieb Takashi Yano via Cygwin:
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:44:17 +0200
> > Mark Liam Brown wrote:
> >> I am trying to parse the output of "net use" in a bash script, but hit
> >> a roadblock:
> >> The output of "net use" changes with the language of the system
> >> (English, Danish, French, ...), so parsing becomes nearly impossible
> >>
> >> How can I force the language used by "net use" to English, even if the
> >> system default language is Danish or French?
> > Did you try
> > chcp.com 437
> That could change the character encoding, for some (older) programs, not
> the language.

You are right. However, in Japanese environment, net use command
output Japanese message on CP932 and English message on CP437.

So, I think that this might change the message language even in
Danish, French or Germany environment.

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>


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