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Rajiv
Rajiv

Reputation: 41

Escape character in batch file

I am trying to get escape character like below:

C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_25

Here is the code in batch script:

set AGNT_JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME% SET
set AGNT_JAVA_HOME=%AGNT_JAVA_HOME:\\=\\\\%

But the value coming is :

AGNT_JAVA_HOME value is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_25

Any idea what need to be added here to get the value as first line.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 169

Answers (1)

dbenham
dbenham

Reputation: 130919

The escape character for batch is ^, not \.

The \ literal does not require escaping.

So all you need is:

set AGNT_JAVA_HOME=%AGNT_JAVA_HOME:\=\\%

But it is safer to enclose the entire SET assignment in quotes, just in case AGNT_JAVA_HOME contains a poison character like &.

set "AGNT_JAVA_HOME=%AGNT_JAVA_HOME:\=\\%"

Upvotes: 2

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