From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   Dallas wrote:   
      
   > When you code a batch file do you have patterns that help when you   
   > compose them?   
   >   
   > For example I always start off a batch file with a line in the form   
   >   
   > @echo off % mybatchfilename.bat %   
   >   
   > Note the spaces after the first % and before the final % character.   
   > I put those there just to make sure I don't accidentally match an actual   
   > variable name.   
   >   
   > That way the content of the batch file carries the name of the batch   
   > file.   
   >   
   > I am curious if anyone has things like that that help you compose batch   
   > files.   
      
   Not batch files, no. I have a template that I use for the README of my   
   projects, but nothing for anything scripting- or programming-related. The   
   majority of my batch files tend to be one-liners anyway.   
      
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