Ignore question mark in .bat scripts
The thing is, I need to pass one parameter with question marks to it in a .bat batch file. If I use a question mark, the parameter fails. How can I solve this?
I am having problems with this line:
script.bat /n"output.owl" /r"http://www.address.com/blog/?feed=rss2"
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could be a problem too.
I suspect the problem is that the original batch file uses a for loop to process command line parameters, and the question mark is used for the wildcard filename extension.
> type fortest.bat
@echo off
for %%a in (%*) do (
echo arg is %%a
)
> fortest a b c/?d
arg is a
arg is b
Using positional parameters% 1 and% 2 eliminates wildcard expansion done in a for ... (% *) loop. The shift operator avoids the wildcard also if an unknown number of parameters need to be processed.
> type shifttest.bat
@echo off
:loop
if "x%1" == "x" goto :eof
echo arg is %1
shift /1
goto :loop
> shifttest a b c/?d
arg is a
arg is b
arg is c/?d
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Can you always just trap? in your batch file and display an appropriate message to the user.
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