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As a workaround, following works with a label operator(: colon) before the line wherever `commands first token splitting caret` usage appears (: di^ r t*.cmd echo b) The rule applies at any line so we need to fix it before every line such a weird caret usage appears (: di^ r t*.cmd echo a : di^ r t*...

- Following works because there is space after the first token of command ( dir ^ t*.cmd ) - Following removes the first command because of caret is in first token and echo works ( di^ r t*.cmd echo abc ) 'r' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. abc -...

Actually echo works fine when writing multiline string to output or redirecting output to file but it does not when piping. But it is not related to piping itself because commands like "type" could pipe multiline string to "for..findstr". So, string is in parenthesis with echo command as its argumen...

It works, thanks Try: ( echo abc echo exit ) | Powershell.exe -Noprofile -File test.ps1 Antonio So insights from you, i remembered the alternative new line and it worked too set \n=^&echo. echo abc!\n!xyz!\n! | openssl base64 echo abc%\n%exit1%\n% | Powershell.exe -Noprofile -File test.ps1 echo abc!...

In the following i try to pass multi-line string to powershell or a powershell script(test.ps1) but it does not work. Echo multi-line string does not work, but typing multi-line file works. Why, how could i achieve it with echo? :?: setlocal enableDelayedExpansion (set \n=^ %=DONT REMOVE THIS=% ) fo...

Thanks jeb, set b is a good advice, i was also on it. So, when we assign without quotes set "a=^^^^^^^!text^^^^^^^!" - So, a=^^^!text^^^! set b=%a% For set b=%a%; phase 2, converts ^^^!text!^^^ to ^!text!^ phase 5, convert ^!text!^ to !text! phase 7, execute command, !text! is assigned literally to ...

After jeb's explanation of phases, i grasped it now (not all rules :lol: ). EXPANSION - In 1. percent expansion phase, %b% expands to ^^^!text!^^^ CARET RESOLVING - In 2. special characters phase, we encounter carets so resolve them, 1. and 3. carets removed on both sides so we have ^!text!^ literal...

Thanks jeb

jeb wrote: ↑

13 Jun 2020 10:31

Hi lockedscope,

yes your eplanation is correct.
Percent expansion is always the first one and can't be suppressed.
Then the for-variables expansion occurs.
And the last expansion can be the delayed expansion, if enabled.

jeb

Hi jeb, thanks ,

that's very obvious now, i am already trying to understand phases. It is gorgeous how you could find out all those phases, very good job.

I have following interpretation of phases. Is "set "c=%b%"" explanation correct? :?: rem @echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion set text=my set "a=^^^^^^^!text^^^^^^^!" echo "a: %a%" rem echo "a: ^^^!text^^^!" rem "a: ^!text^!" set "b=%a%" rem set "b=^^^!text^^^!" echo "b: %b%" rem echo "b: ^!tex...

I could simplify those carets into a variable so i have now 5 carets :) I still like to understand the caret escaping mechanism. :?: REM @echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion (set \n=^^^ %= This creates an escaped Line Feed - DO NOT ALTER =% ) (set text=11x y z%\n% 22d e f%\n% 33q w x) rem A sim...

I could finally escaped text variable to prevent from expansion without using extra variable. It worked with 10 or 11 carets, may be with more carets too. But i do not understand how it worked? I checked parsing rules but could not find any direct clue about this. Not sure about caret doubling phase...

Thanks T3RRY :wink: :wink: for all those efforts. So, i could get it without those quotes at the end. It might be because of correct escaping of quotes of param or escaping of text, i am not sure. But i wonder, how could i get rid of multiple variables for text? Are there any guide for multiple leve...

According the parsing rules (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4094699/how-does-the-windows-command-interpreter-cmd-exe-parse-scripts/4095133) is following explanation correct? set "a=xyz" echo "a: !a!" set "b=^!a^!" echo "b: !b!" rem Output: "b: !a!" - Only Delayed expansion echo "b percent: %b%"...

In following experimental code, i try to create dynamic code to loop over multiple lines. But an extra double quotes("") appear after the last echo. I solved it with a "rem", but not sure what causes it. So, what causes those quotes? Also, how to write this code elegantly, with less delayed expansio...