Microsoft KB Archive/71247

= Semicolon, Equal Sign As Arguments in Batch File =

Article ID: 71247

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q71247



SUMMARY
When a semicolon or equal sign (=) is used as a command line argument in a batch file, it is treated as a blank space.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, in the following batch file, TEST.BAT, echo %1 %2 %3 the command line and resulting output appear as follows:   Command Line       Output --

test a=b          a b   test a;b           a b   test ;ab           ab   test =             ECHO is on (parsed as test) test ;            ECHO is on For more information, query on the following words:

equal and sign and characters and batch

Additional query words: 6.22 4.0 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB71247

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