It's the same as 'if "%1" == "" goto somewhere', except that will fail in batch files, because "" evaluates to nothing and the whole sentence reduces to 'if %1 == goto somewhere'. I prefer X, …

In addition to %G in a for loop, %1 is also allowed. %% is needed in a script to avoid ambiguities. "When working at the command line (not in a batch script) there is no possibility of any batch …

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 …

Aug 31, 2009 · FOR %%A IN (list) DO command parameters list is a list of any elements, separated by either spaces, commas or semicolons. command can be any internal or external …

Addendum - This is a duplicate question with nearly identical answers to Using an OR in an IF statement WinXP Batch Script Final addendum - I almost forgot my favorite technique to test if …

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Jul 16, 2020 · The tilde (~) sign is used in different ways in batch files: Argument quote removal. A tilde sign before an command-line argument (such as "%~1") indicates to remove the …

Apr 14, 2022 · The batch size should pretty much be as large as possible without exceeding memory. The only other reason to limit batch size is that if you concurrently fetch the next …

Using parameters in batch files: %0 and %9 Batch files can refer to the words passed in as parameters with the tokens: %0 to %9. %0 is the program name as it was called. %1 is the …

I have a batch file that runs several python scripts that do table modifications. I want to have users comment out the 1-2 python scripts that they don't want to run, rather than removing them fr...