Passing parameters into Windows command line script

Question

I want to pass SampleText as a parameter into my Windows batch script

for %f in (SampleText*.sj) do find /i "SampleText_" %f >> temp.txt

I tried to replace SampleText with %1

for %f in (%1*.sj) do find /i "%1_" %f >> temp.txt

but this this throws the error: 1*sj) not expected at this time.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 18:25:18Z

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If you are running this script inside a batch file, you need to double your percent sign for loop variable:

for %%f in (%1*.sj) do find /i "SampleText_" %%f >> temp.txt

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 18:25

Alexander

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