Hi,

What is the difference between these two lines :

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c:\>echo toto
toto

c:\>
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AND

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c:\>echo/toto
toto

c:\>
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What is the signification of slash character in the second example ?
The result is the same..... I don't understand....
A lot of scripts used it !
What does it mean ?

thx for all

J.

Jonathan wrote:

> What is the signification of slash character in the second example ?
> The result is the same..... I don't understand....
> A lot of scripts used it !
> What does it mean ?
>
Both are valid delimiters. The space is problematic in cases you only
echo a probaply empty variable. In that case echo would result in
echo status being reported instead of an empty line.

There are other valid delimiters like .:\ but among them the slash
is one of the faster.

HTH

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Matthias Tacke a écrit :
> Both are valid delimiters. The space is problematic in cases you only
> echo a probaply empty variable. In that case echo would result in
> echo status being reported instead of an empty line.
>
> There are other valid delimiters like .:\ but among them the slash
> is one of the faster.

Thanx a lot for yours explanations.
It's just for batch files. On the cmdline, it's not the same thing.

I will sleep less stupid this evening

J.

"Jonathan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Matthias Tacke a écrit :
> > Both are valid delimiters. The space is problematic in cases you only
> > echo a probaply empty variable. In that case echo would result in
> > echo status being reported instead of an empty line.
> >
> > There are other valid delimiters like .:\ but among them the slash
> > is one of the faster.
>
> Thanx a lot for yours explanations.
> It's just for batch files. On the cmdline, it's not the same thing.

ECHO doesn't work *exactly* the same on the cmdline, however, I always use
the "/" for all ECHO output, and this command:

echo/

works exactly the same in a batch file as on the cmdline, namely to print a
blank line.

More apropos here is the fact that, at the cmdline, there are very few
reasons to use the ECHO command.

> I will sleep less stupid this evening

Sweet dreams!

/Al