Windows Batch: command result as command parameter

Question

I have a curstom command that is an query language interpretor. And the file contains some queries to execute.

I want to execute this custom command by passing the whole file content as parameter with a single command.

For exemple somethink like :

myCustomCmd %type params.txt%

Is it possible ?

Thanks

possible duplicate of Windows batch assign output of a program to a variable — beny23
– beny23, Commented Feb 4, 2015 at 14:08

Magoo · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-04 14:33:04Z

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for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("params.txt") do myCustomCmd %%a

should draw that line from the file and use it as a parameter for you command.

Had you given us a context, I'd be able to provide more information.

Ah - you want "the entire file content" as the parameter - a requirement you edited-in five minutes after I'd posted this response...

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "params="
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("params.txt") do set "params=!params! %%a"
myCustomCmd %params%

That should fix the problem - in the absence of an example params.txt file.

edited Feb 4, 2015 at 14:33

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 14:14

Magoo

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Guillaume S Over a year ago

I like to pass the whole file content as parameter at once.

Guillaume S Over a year ago

Sorry for that misstake. Thanks it solve my problem.

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