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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:39:48+00:00

I am currently looking for a way to take a variable in batch and

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I am currently looking for a way to take a variable in batch and only parse out the filename.

For example, I pass my batch file a -s parameter from another application which is subsequently set to my source variable. The source file variable typically contains something like: C:\Program Files\myapp\Instance.1\Data\filetomove.ext.

I assume to read from the end of the variable until the first ‘\’ and set the result to a new variable filename but I have not been able to use the ‘for /f’ commmand successfully.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Update: Only standard XP or Windows 2000/2003 available…(can’t assume resource kits installed).

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  1. If its coming in as an argument to the script, i.e. %1, %2, etc, you can extract just the filename and extension into a variable like this:

    set FILENAME=%~nxN

    where N is the index of the argument. For example, this script will echo just the filename of the first argument:

    @echo off set FILENAME=%~nx1 echo %FILENAME%
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