From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:21:24 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
   > Hello, all.   
   >   
   > What does the following script:   
   >   
   > @ECHO OFF   
   > FOR /F "tokens=2,* delims= " %%A in ("%*") DO SET ARGS=%%B   
   > ECHO M:1:%1   
   > ECHO M:2:%2   
   > ECHO M:*:%ARGS%   
   >   
   > stored as test.bat invoked as   
   >   
   >> test.bat a "b,c" d e   
   >   
   > print:   
   >   
   > 1:a   
   > 2:"b,c"   
   > *:c" d e   
   >   
   > ?   
   >   
   > I expected it to print:   
   >   
   > 1:a   
   > 2:"b,c"   
   > *:d e   
   >   
   > because the FOR /F loop should split the parameter by the   
   > space characer, and end up with all the token after the second   
   > one in the ARGS variable. Why is the comma treated as a command   
   > separator at some point?   
      
   It's because of delimiters, which AFAIK, is undocumented.   
      
   These delimiters are & can be used to separate between a command and its   
   arguments:   
     ( + , . / : ; = [ \ ]   
      
   These delimiters are & can be used to separate between arguments (note:   
   double-quote take precedence):   
     , ; =   
      
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