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by Queue
16 Feb 2013 15:10
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Why does piping cause delayed expansion?
Replies: 4
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Why does piping cause delayed expansion?

A simple example:

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set A=B
echo %%A%%
echo|echo %%A%%
echo|echo %%%%A%%%%

outputs:

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%A%
B
%B%

(echo| could be any command that doesn't make cmd.exe abort or output to stderr, like cd;.|, type nul|, etc.)

The third output line confuses me; why doesn't it output %A%?

Queue