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16 cze 2011 · CMD interprets text with double quotes ("xyz") as one string and text within single quotes ('xyz') as a command. For example: FOR %%A in ('dir /b /s *.txt') do ('command') FOR %%A in ('dir /b /s *.txt') do (echo "%%A") And one good thing, cmd is not* case sensitive like bash.
16 wrz 2008 · You can break up long lines with the caret ^ as long as you remember that the caret and the newline following it are completely removed. So, if there should be a space where you're breaking the line, include a space. (More on that below.) Example: copy file1.txt file2.txt would be written as: copy file1.txt^ file2.txt
23 cze 2017 · @vico EOL means "End Of Line". There's more than one way shells do this, but your kernel manages it via your Enter key, so you never see exactly what's happening. It's usually not a problem unless you try to take text files formatted for one shell over to another.
26 sie 2015 · Despite the answers giving the illusion that it works, the fact is you can't sneak in spaces into usual cmd arguments. This is easy to prove: Save "echo %1" as test.bat. This batch file will output the first argument which cmd passes us. Now, try and run test.bat, setting the value of %1 to foo bar. (Note that there's a space char between foo ...
28 lut 2017 · However, you need to escape the & ampersand character in a set command using either the general escape character (^ caret): ==> set b=%a:;=^&echo.%. ==> echo %b%. dupa. jasiu. karuzela. or using double quotes: ==> set "c=%a:;=&echo.%". ==> echo %c%.
The ^ escape character can be used to make long commands more readable by splitting them into multiple lines and escaping the Carriage Return + Line Feed (CR/LF) at the end of a line: ROBOCOPY \\FileServ1\e$\users ^ \\FileServ2\e$\BackupUsers ^ /COPYALL /B /SEC /MIR ^ /R:0 /W:0 /LOG:MyLogfile.txt /NFL /NDL.
You need a carat "^" for a line continuation character at the end of each line where commands are split. FOR /F "tokens=4 delims=," %%G IN ("deposit,$4500,123.4,12-AUG-09") ^ DO ^ echo Date paid %%G
