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Get Batch Parameter as File Path
How to get path name components of a batch file parameter? A file name is passed as the parameter.
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If a batch parameter represents a file name, you can use batch parameter modifiers on %1, %2 or others, to get its file patch components.
Here is a batch file, Batch-Parameter-Modifiers.bat, that dumps the %1 parameter with different modifiers:
@echo off rem Batch-Parameter-Modifiers.bat - Show components of a batch parameter echo 1 = %1 echo ~1 = %~1 echo ~f1 = %~f1 echo ~d1 = %~d1 echo ~p1 = %~p1 echo ~n1 = %~n1 echo ~x1 = %~x1 echo ~s1 = %~s1 echo ~a1 = %~a1 echo ~t1 = %~t1 echo ~z1 = %~z1 echo ~$PATH:1 = %~$PATH:1 echo ~dp1 = %~dp1 echo ~pd1 = %~pd1 echo ~nx1 = %~nx1 echo ~dp$PATH:1 = %~dp$PATH:1 echo ~ftza1 = %~ftza1
If you run the above batch file with an absolute file name, you get the following output:
C:\fyicenter>Batch-Parameter-Modifiers.bat "\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" 1 = "\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" ~1 = \Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe ~f1 = C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe ~d1 = C: ~p1 = \Program Files\7-Zip\ ~n1 = 7z ~x1 = .exe ~s1 = C:\PROGRA~1\7-Zip\7z.exe ~a1 = --a------ ~t1 = 10/04/2016 09:51 AM ~z1 = 446976 ~$PATH:1 = C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe ~dp1 = C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ ~pd1 = C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ ~nx1 = 7z.exe ~dp$PATH:1 = C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ ~ftza1 = --a------ 10/04/2016 09:51 AM 446976 C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
If you run the above batch file with a program file name, if may find the path name for you in the %PATH variable:
C:\fyicenter>Batch-Parameter-Modifiers.bat java.exe 1 = java.exe ~1 = java.exe ~f1 = C:\fyicenter\java.exe ~d1 = C: ~p1 = \fyicenter\ ~n1 = java ~x1 = .exe ~s1 = C:\FYICEN~1\java.exe ~a1 = ~t1 = ~z1 = ~$PATH:1 = C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe ~dp1 = C:\fyicenter\ ~pd1 = C:\fyicenter\ ~nx1 = java.exe ~dp$PATH:1 = C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\ ~ftza1 = C:\fyicenter\java.exe
If you run the above batch file with a text message, the output is not that useful:
C:\fyicenter>Batch-Parameter-Modifiers.bat "Hello world!" 1 = "Hello world!" ~1 = Hello world! ~f1 = C:\fyicenter\Hello world! ~d1 = C: ~p1 = \fyicenter\ ~n1 = Hello world! ~x1 = ~s1 = C:\FYICEN~1\Hello world! ~a1 = ~t1 = ~z1 = ~$PATH:1 = ~dp1 = C:\fyicenter\ ~pd1 = C:\fyicenter\ ~nx1 = Hello world! ~dp$PATH:1 = ~ftza1 = C:\fyicenter\Hello world!
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