DOS CMD BATCH echo to findstr problem

DOS CMD BATCH echo to findstr problem

As shown below, echo of a string, without surrounding quotes, generates the error “The system cannot find the file specified” but just adding a quote around each side of the echo’d string solves the problem.

C:\testscripts>echo <--cow | findstr /r "<--.*" The system cannot find the file specified. C:\testscripts>echo "<--cow" | findstr /r "<--.*" "<--cow"