How can I stop percentage expansion in a batch file?
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(This is on NT based Windows like 2000, XP, Vista, 7) On the command-line, the percentage characters are ignored: So it correctly downloads this file (each %20 becomes a space): But inside a batchfile, all the %20 are being interpreted as expanding parameter 2 (which is empty) resulting in this fil…
Error Output
wget "http://www.justitie.nl/images/Handleiding%20voor%20verwerkers%20persoonsgegevens_tcm34-3940.pdf"
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