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In a batch file :

for /f “tokens=3 delims=,” %%a in (‘”getmac /v /fo csv | findstr Local”‘) do set mac=%%a

Value of mac address is now accessible in %mac%

From the normal command line:

for /f “tokens=3 delims=,” %a in (‘”getmac /v /fo csv | findstr Local”‘) do set mac=%a

Value of mac address is now accessible in %mac%

Note the single ‘%’ when used from the command line instead of double ‘%’ when used in a batch file as above. the getmac utility ships with windows XP so the above script should be good to go. I’ve tried and can confirm this works on XP SP3.

The above scripts are modified from here.

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