Microsoft KB Archive/153332

= ECHO Command in a Batch File Does Not Echo /Q =

Article ID: 153332

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q153332





SYMPTOMS
When the ECHO command is used within a batch file, the following problem occurs. In this example, test.bat is a batch file that contains the following line:

  echo %1

If you run:

  TEST.BAT /AAA/Q/BBB

what is displayed is:

   /aaabbb

In other words, /Q is stripped from the string. The problem occurs even when the argument for the batch file is within quotation marks.



CAUSE
/Q is misinterpreted as "quiet mode" option.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 3.51

Keywords: KB153332

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