Using Terminal Services 'query' in batch file

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Published on 2010-04-26T17:39:34Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 17:43 UTC
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I have a batch file that checks several of our servers for a user. From the command:

query user %userID% /server:ServerName  

I want to capture the output before it goes to the screen. Is there a way to redirect the output to a variable?

The basic gist of what I want to accomplish is this - we iterate through our servers:

query user %userID% /server:Server1  
query user %userID% /server:Server2  
query user %userID% /server:Server3  
query user %userID% /server:Server4  

Instead of outputting a message that the user could not be found on a specific server, I would like for it to only notify me if it finds the user on a server.

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