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Hi CJM, This subject seemed to tail off without resolution, yet using ECHO to reliably display information is such a necessity. In my opinion, there is a champion: echo( It's the most reliable in most of the cases. It fails only with: :case1 call echo( /? :case2 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set "...

Hi juztsteve, your quote solution is interessting but wrong. It computes the modulo, but the quotes doesn't escape the percent sign, instead the complete parsing is broken in your line and works by coincidence. set /a "mod=%divnd%%%divsr%" Is parsed into: 1. set "/a=<the dividend number> %%divsr%" #...

Hi goodywp, the echo command uses some special key words, like on, off, /? or <nothing> for special behaviour. echo on - Enable the echo off each command before it will be executed (a debug output) echo off - Disable the echo off commands echo - Show the state of ON or OFF echo /? - Show the help To...

Hi Szecska, you can use echo( (echo(%*|findstr /r "\/?")&&goto help Looks odd and you could think, there is a missing closing parenthesis, but it's not. echo( is the only construct, that seems to work in any situation and can output any string without interpreting it. Take a look at ECHO. FAILS to g...

Hi Reino, when using a pipe, both sides are executed in a subshell. For doing this, the commands are rewritten and executed with cmd.exe, but "IF" statements frequently fails to be rewritten correctly. Debug syntax errors in subshell code Why does delayed expansion fail when inside a piped block of ...

For reference you could read ECHO. FAILS to give text or blank line - Instead use ...

Hi atfon,
escape sequences can be outputted with the `set /p` technique.

jeb wrote: ↑

22 Oct 2021 07:55

I'm astonished about this bug, because I just copied that line from Dave's :getkey.

I reread the code from :getkey, and I simply missed to copy the /u switch This code doesn't have any problems with one letter files

I'm astonished about this bug, because I just copied that line from Dave's :getkey.

That nobody found this before, but I can reproduce it.

I played a bit and found another workaround Looks odd, but seems to work, I can't create a file which is fetched by the "?<" expression.

I thought again about this topic, after getting a comment from Jean-François Larvoire on Was ECHO ON or OFF when my Windows .bat was CALLed? . I posted at stackoverflow a new technique to detect it without the need of a temporary file and without any visual effects, but the cursor moves a little bit...

I started this thread, now I will finish it with a really simple method, shown by sst at How do I add a space on this line?
It's so horrifying simple, I can't understand why nobody found that before.

jeb

Hi noah,

you are right, I missed the SetEnvironmentVariable("my_percent", "%") part.
It works, but I still prefer a single batch line only solution.
I don't like the %=exitcode:~,0%, as it depends on a system variable, but I didn't find a better solution.

jeb

Inject the percent signs via an environment variable: Code: Select all char cmd_line[1024] = " /c \"set \"my_percent=\" & \"\\\\localhost\\C$\\Users\\%username%\\Desktop\\%my_percent%path%my_percent%foo bar.bat\"\""; SetEnvironmentVariable("my_percent", "%") (For the rest of the program, refer to v...

Hi, yes it works without delayed expansion cmd.exe /c "for %# in (%) DO "\\localhost\C$\Users\%username%\Desktop\%#path%#foo bar.bat"" It's not bullet proof, but it should work in the most cases. It could fail, if a variables exist like set "# in (=FAIL" or set ") DO "\\localhost\C$\Users\=FAIL TOO"...

Hi CJM, I cannot get GOTO :EOF (nor GOTO:EOF, with or without space, in all-caps) to function with DisableExtensions unless an :EOF (or :eof) label is present. It's the expected behavior. With Disabled Extensions there is no implicit :EOF label anymore. I'm not sure what Sponge Belly said with, if h...