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   terrencelward@gmail.com to bke...@keadle.net   
   Re: Remove leading & trailing spaces fro   
   28 Apr 13 00:34:48   
   
   d0c689fa   
   On Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:17:53 AM UTC-7, bke...@keadle.net wrote:   
   > This works for me:   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > set MYVAR= Variable with spaces   
   >   
   > echo [%MYVAR%]   
   >   
   > echo.   
   >   
   > for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%A in ('echo %MYVAR% ') do set MYVAR=%%A   
   >   
   > set MYVAR=%MYVAR:~0,-1%   
   >   
   > echo [%MYVAR%]   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > NOTE: you must "force" at least on trailing space in 'echo %MYVAR% '   
      
   Thanks! This worked perfectly for me as well.   
      
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