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[Yossi Moses]

Dear freinds
The following is very tivial:

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%PATH:~10,5%

(from SET command help)
I don't have the 10 and 5 as constants but in Vars, so, I try this and of course it doesn't work
(Where x is for the 10 and y is for the 5)

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%PATH:~%x%,%y%%

Thank you very much for Suggestions

[ShadowThief]

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setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

!PATH:~%x%,%y%!

[dbenham]

Or, in the rare instances when delayed expansion cannot be used:

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call echo %%path:~%x%,%y%%%

Dave Benham