Run a command and capture the output in vbscript

Question

I am trying to run the following command and return the output of it using VBscript:

dir /A-d \"C:\\Windows\\Minidump\" | find /c \"/\"

And I h

Answer 1

1. dir is intrinsic; you need %comspec%.

2. Double quotes need to be escaped by double double quotes in VBScript:

   Wscript.Echo runCMD("%comspec% /c dir /A-d ""C:\Windows\Minidump"" | find /c ""/""")