Windows .cmd script hints

Ensuring command extensions are active

set DUMMY=Dummy if not !DUMMY!==Dummy cmd.exe /e:on /v:on /c %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 if not !DUMMY!==Dummy goto end rem do much work :end

Parameter %0-%9 and variable %foo expansion functions

Most of these ~ functions can be combined.

`%~1`	Expands %1, removes surrounding quotes (")
`%~f1`	Expands %1 to a fully qualified pathname
`%~d1`	Expands %1 to a drive letter only
`%~p1`	Expands %1 to a path only
`%~n1`	Expands %1 to a filename only
`%~x1`	Expands %1 to a file extension only
`%~s1`	Changes the meaning of n and x options to reference the short name instead.
`%~$PATH:1`	Searches the directories listed in the PATH environment variable and expands %1 to the fully qualified name of the first one found or empty string if nothing found.
`%~a1`	Expands %1 to the file's attributes
`%~t1`	Expands %1 to the file's date/time
`%~zl`	Expands %1 to the file's size

Feel free to play with my sandbox script petest.cmd.

From: IBCL BLog.
Originally posted: 2009-01-16