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|    Herbert Kleebauer to Anton Shepelev    |
|    Re: Comma in an argument value    |
|    05 Dec 24 16:44:56    |
      From: klee@unibwm.de              On 05.12.2024 09:51, Anton Shepelev wrote:       > Herbert Kleebauer to Anton Shepelev:                     >> Because the , is replaced by a space (why?), string becomes: a "b c" d e              > only within the FOR invocation. If you asked "why?" as an       > exercise for the reader, then failed it.              The only answer for "why?" I know: CMD never does what it       is supposed to do. Therefore now we have PowerShell.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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