Escaping quotes and spaces in command line parameters

[Maansi Sanghi]

Hello,

(1) I have created a batch file "test.bat" which takes a parameter from
command line and writes it to a file. The Batch has just one command which
is mentioned below.

echo %1 >>Test.txt

(2) The problem is that the input paramater can be a string which can have
both spaces and quotes within it.
Problem arrises with command line strings which have BOTH quotes and spaces

a) A Space can be handled by surrounding Quotes

test.bat "TESTSPACE ONLY"

b) When a String contains a Quote

test.bat "TESTQUOTE" ONLY"

There is an error in the above command

c) When there is a String and Quote both

test.bat "TESTQUOTE" And Space"

It only takes the part TestQuote


The escape chatacter ^ also does not work over here

My operating system is Windows Professional. Is it possible to accept
strings which may contains both quotes and spaces as paramateres??

Regards,
Maansi

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Use the following test8.bat as an example:

@echo off
@echo %*
@echo 1 - %1
@echo 2 - %2
@echo 3 - %3
@echo 4 - %4

test8 "The little brown fox."
"The little brown fox."
1 - "The little brown fox."
2 -
3 -
4 -


test8 The little brown fox.
The little brown fox.
1 - The
2 - little
3 - brown
4 - fox.


test8 The "little" brown fox.
The "little" brown fox.
1 - The
2 - "little"
3 - brown
4 - fox.

test8 "The ""little"" brown fox."
"The ""little"" brown fox."
1 - "The ""little"" brown fox."
2 -
3 -
4 -