Windows 10: do we still have %~ in batch files in windows 10

Greetings
I still write batch files like I always did since dos.
In windows XP all kinds of %~ variables were added to the vocabulary.
Do we still have those or were they replaced by other in windows 10?
where do I find a list of batch file commands still used in windows 10?
thank you

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How to save batch of files in c drive

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Use File Explorer (icon on the Taskbar of the Desktop or Use Cortana and type in File Explorer) then navigate to the old folder and COPY (hold shift to highlight many files or CTRL to copy individual files in a group) then go to where you want them on the C:
or whatever drive you will be using on the computer and PASTE. Afterwards you can Delete the original copies in the previous fold if the new copies are OK.

Or you can do the same except use CUT instead of Copy (Cut removes the files when you do the paste).

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How to save batch of files in c drive

If you are trying to save to the "root", C:\, that is a bad idea.

Please describe what you want to do in more detail. There are many ways to copy or save files. The "best" way depends on what you want to do and what tools you are most comfortable with.

Where are these files coming from?

 

All indications are yes. Examples near the bottom of the page.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx

 

Hi,

That syntax resembles either argument expansion or expansion of dynamic variables from the For loop. The way you’ve phrased your question though, “were added to the vocabulary”, makes it sound like it’s a variable in itself but it’s more of a syntactic feature primarily used to strip quotes from dynamic variables. “%~” has an extended meaning in a for loop however (see Bree’s answer). The command processor hasn’t been updated in years, but I can’t verify for you if “%~” had existed back then.

Typically in a shell language you don’t get the luxury of knowing what commands are available for use. You just have to know that a particular command exists to be able to use it. There are a couple of command lists online though. SS64, which I’ve linked to in this post twice already, has a really good one. Their documentation is actively kept up to date as well.

 

This isn't my thread, but thanks for that link anyway.

 

%~ is interesting, and proves there's always more to learn (well, it's new to me) and, yes, they work in Win10.

Batch files - Command line parameters

The variables %0, %1, %2, %3, .... %9 have existed since DOS. They are the arguments used to call the batch file, %0 being the name of the batch file itself. For example, save the following as Tell_Me.bat then run it with a few parameters.

Code: @echo off echo You called %~f0 with arguments %1, %2 and %3[/quote] To use a FOR ... DO loop in a batch file you have to escape the '%' character by typing it twice, for example:
Code: @echo off for %%X in (1,2,3,4,5) do echo %%X[/quote]

This is the most recent A-Z list I know of on TechNet.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.11).aspx