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Windows Batch File that takes a quoted text command line argument, removes the quotes, and replaces spaces with underscores
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Substitute-Underscores-for-Spaces.bat
@ECHO OFF
REM Windows Batch File that takes a quoted text command line argument,
REM removes the quotes, and replaces spaces with underscores.
REM This is useful for passing an argument to another program.
REM Change Directory to where the Batch file is saved
CD /d "%~dp0"
set originalquotedtextwithspaces=%1
set noquotes=%originalquotedtextwithspaces:"=%
set withunderscores=%noquotes: =_%
SomeProgram.exe %withunderscores%
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