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VideoHelp Forum - Computer https://forum.videohelp.com/ Talk about anything related to PC hardware or software here. en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:42:46 GMT vBulletin 60 https://forum.videohelp.com/images/misc/rss.png VideoHelp Forum - Computer https://forum.videohelp.com/ <![CDATA[Wrong variable expansion with names having a comma but no space [Windows]]]> https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/420286-Wrong-variable-expansion-with-names-having-a-comma-but-no-space-%5BWindows%5D?goto=newpost Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:24:04 GMT I've made a few .bat scripts to rename or compress files dragged-and-dropped onto them. They work with most files which have no non-ASCII characters, but they fail in one particular case: files with a name that has a comma but no space. Apparently, because there's no space, the variable (or rather the argument) is expanded with no quotation marks, and then the comma is interpreted as a delimiter. Is there any workaround?

Example:

Code:

chcp 1252

set filepath=%~1

FOR /F "delims=\" %%L in ("%filepath%") DO set letter=%%L

FOR %%F in ("%filepath%") DO (

        set drive=%%~dF

        set filename=%%~nxF

)

FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5 delims=/: " %%T in ("%~t1") DO set filedate=%%V%%U%%T%%W%%X

%drive%

7z a -mx=7 -md=256m -mtc=on -mta=on "%filename% [%filedate%].7z" %1

pause

Tried this, same result:

Code:

chcp 1252

set filepath="%~1"

FOR %%F in (%filepath%) DO (

        set drive=%%~dF

        set filename=%%~nxF

)

FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5 delims=/: " %%T in ("%~t1") DO set filedate=%%V%%U%%T%%W%%X

%drive%

7z a -mx=7 -md=256m -mtc=on -mta=on "%filename% [%filedate%].7z" %filepath%

pause

If I simply put:

Code:

set filepath="%~1"

echo %filepath%

pause

with a test file named “12345,6789.txt" on a volume with letter W: I get:
"W:\12345" ]]> Computer abolibibelot https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/420286-Wrong-variable-expansion-with-names-having-a-comma-but-no-space-%5BWindows%5D 5 TB WD Easystore External Hard Drive cable trouble https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/420264-5-TB-WD-Easystore-External-Hard-Drive-cable-trouble?goto=newpost Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:43:53 GMT This is the first WD drive I have bought in years and with the Seagate hard drives it has always been easy to plug this USB cable into the drive itself. With this I can't get the cable to go in the slot. I think I will beg Best Buy Canada to let me return it. ]]> Computer Tom Saurus https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/420264-5-TB-WD-Easystore-External-Hard-Drive-cable-trouble