Apr 22, 2013 · I have seen the usage of %* in batch files and command lines. Can someone explain the typical usage of %* with an example?

1 It's a variable. That particular example uses the directory option of a FOR loop, iterating through the directories and assigning them to %%A. That's also not a command-line example, but a batch file …

Jan 13, 2014 · This is a (possibly common) pattern for Windows exe command-line options. armclang.exe supports this command-line option @<file> Read command-line options from <file>. …

Dec 21, 2021 · How does && work in a Batch File? && will execute the next command when the previous command returns 0 || will execute the next command when the previous command returns …

75 I received a line of code from someone who answered one of my questions, but I am confused: what do the "&&" do in this batch file.

Sep 29, 2008 · The same batch file, launched from the shortcut, runs in CMD.EXE. When you think about it, this makes sense. The reason that it took us so long to figure it out was partially due to the …

Jan 24, 2013 · In addition to %G in a for loop, %1 is also allowed. %% is needed in a script to avoid ambiguities. "When working at the command line (not in a batch script) there is no possibility of any …

I have a batch file that runs several python scripts that do table modifications. I want to have users comment out the 1-2 python scripts that they don't want to run, rather than removing them fr...

The magic variables % n contains the arguments used to invoke the file: %0 is the path to the bat-file itself, %1 is the first argument after, %2 is the second and so on. Since the arguments are often file …

Sep 13, 2012 · By the way, for large hunks of comments, like in the header of your batch file, you can avoid special commands and characters completely by simply goto ing over your comments. This …