parameters passed in on the commandline must be alphanumeric characters and delimited by spaces. Since %0 is the program name as it was called, in DOS %0 will be empty for …

Jan 26, 2010 · BAT is enough most of the time. 90% of the unix shell scripts ppl write is not pure shell but with many coreutils, sed, awk etc calls. GNU have implemented UNIX goodies in …

Jun 18, 2012 · I have a question about if - else structure in a batch file. Each command runs individually, but I couldn't use "if - else" blocks safely so these parts of my …

Nov 25, 2013 · Save as: filename.BAT. Edit: Some people have reported a string after the START keyword, wrapping the path inside double quotes is better as the path can have files/folder …

Jul 25, 2011 · The answers provided by both Kerrek SB and Ed Greaves will execute the target file under the admin user but, if the file is a Command script (.bat file) or VB script (.vbs file) …

May 4, 2018 · Noting that if param1 is a URL directly opening the program using the command prompt works however once you paste the URL into a bat file it is no longer able to parse the …

Yeah, I usually use 'if X%1 == X goto somewhere' to check if the script has no arguments. It's the same as 'if "%1" == "" goto somewhere', except that will fail in batch files, because "" …

Apr 23, 2013 · Each line of a batch file will get executed; but only after the previous line has completed. In your case, as soon as it hits the ftp line the ftp program will start and take over …

Apr 4, 2018 · When calling e.g. via .bat file this easily resolves to C:\Windows\filename.filepath instead of using the location where the batchfile is located. Under these circumstances %cd% …

Nov 12, 2010 · Can anybody tell me how to do the following in in a Windows batch script? (*.bat): Create a folder only if it doesn't already exist; In more detail, I want to create a folder named …