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Re^3: Windows and backslashes and replacements oh my!by LanX (Saint) |
| on Jun 18, 2021 at 20:36 UTC ( [id://11134021]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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> it's not even a little bit weird. Variable expansion is basic job of shells. The discussion was about "escape sequences" with \ not "variable expansion". The escape meta in bat is ^ not \ And \ is - unfortunately - used as path separator in win, which rules out any use as escape character.° Anything else would be indeed "weird", because it would make using paths impossible!
Cheers Rolf °) see Escape_character#Windows_Command_Prompt
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