CMD DOS Example of taking QUOTES and SPACES out of variable with special symbols

CMD DOS Example of taking QUOTES and SPACES out of variable with special symbols

This example will take all the quotes and spaces out of a string that has special characters “<” and “>” by utilizing DELAYED EXPANSION.   Delay Expansion means that variables are not determined when the cmd file is parsed but at run time.  This means that special characters “<” and “>” are not treated as redirection characters.

Test.cmd:

@echo off cls setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION ENABLEEXTENSIONS set myvar="<add key="MyKeyNameInQuotes" value="https://MySSLSite.MyDomainName.com/WebServices"/>" echo myvar ORIGINAL VALUE = !myvar! set myvar=!myvar:"=! echo myvar ALL QUOTES TAKEN OUT = !myvar! set myvar=!myvar: =! echo myvar ALL SPACES TAKEN OUT = !myvar! goto:eof

OUTPUT:

myvar ORIGINAL VALUE = "<add key="MyKeyNameInQuotes" value="https://MySSLSite.MyDomainName.com/WebServices"/>" myvar ALL QUOTES TAKEN OUT = <add key=MyKeyNameInQuotes value=https://MySSLSite.MyDomainName.com/WebServices/> myvar ALL SPACES TAKEN OUT = <addkey=MyKeyNameInQuotesvalue=https://MySSLSite.MyDomainName.com/WebServices/>