How to use WMIC to connect to remote machine and output netstat to a file?

Question

I'm trying to issue the following command remotely:

netstat -ano > C:\output.txt

but cannot figure out how to do that with WMIC! Any idea?

I've got:

process call create netstat.exe

working but I cannot figure out how to pass the -ANO nor the output. Help please :)

RobW · Answer 1 · 2011-09-22T17:28:00.887

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When issuing remote commands, quote the entire string to execute, like:

wmic /node:remote_computer process call create "netstat.exe -ano > C:\output.txt"

edited Sep 22 '11 at 17:28

answered Sep 22 '11 at 16:37

RobW

You probably need to add a `/output:stdout` because it does not do this by default if *you want the file on the remote computer* (that is ambiguous in your question), or it will be a useless output file. It took me a long time with wmic to figure that out. – songei2f Sep 23 '11 at 08:00
To add to the question, id like the output to be redirected to the remote machine (the issuer). Thanks! – coddrego Sep 23 '11 at 15:29

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 17 '15 at 13:56

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wmic /node:remote_computer process call create "cmd /c \"pushd \\remote_server\c$ && netstat -nao > n.txt && popd\""

edited Mar 17 '15 at 13:56

peterh

answered Mar 17 '15 at 13:24

Anon

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This answer is not very useful without an explanation of what it is doing. – kasperd Mar 17 '15 at 13:52

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 21 '17 at 01:48

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Another option to get the list of open connections on a computer is to use PowerShell and/or WMI: https://www.action1.com/kb/list_of_open_tcp_ip_connections_on_remote_computer.html

With PowerShell, for example, you can filter or sort the results or even query multiple computers at the same time:

Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -Like “Windows 10*”} | ForEach-Object {Get-WmiObject -Class MSFT_NetTCPConnection -Computer $_.Name}

edited Dec 21 '17 at 01:48

chicks

answered Dec 20 '17 at 22:21

Peter Barnett

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Please a least give one example in your answer as text instead of just an URL. – Patrick Mevzek Dec 20 '17 at 22:54
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