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What is the meaning of the ^ symbol in cmd.exe
cmd.exe
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What is the meaning of the ^ symbol in cmd.exe
What is the meaning of the ^ symbol in cmd.exe
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It's assuming the previous line is incomplete, and prompting you to complete it with 'more' text
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It's a line continuation character, similar to \ in bash or C. It just lets you split long strings across multiple lines.
It's mainly for readability in batch files when you have very long commands.
The following are the same:
Code:C:\>dir c:\windows\system32\drivers /ad C:\>echo The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Code:C:\>dir ^ More? c:\windows\^ More? system32\^ More? drivers\^ More? /ad C:\>echo The quick brown ^ More? fox jumps ^ More? over the ^ More? lazy ^ More? dog
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As all the above, also check out to see the meanings of other Special Characters.
Syntax : Escape Characters, Delimiters and Quotes
Quotes, Escape Characters, Delimiters - Windows CMD - SS64.com
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Is it possible to escape the function of the ^ symbol,
when the ^ symbol occurs in a program argument e.g. a password?
C:> psftp user@hostname -pw abdc^1234
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Again from the same SS64 page quoted above; (try C:> psftp user@hostname -pw abdc^^1234)
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Escape the Escape character
The escape character can be used to escape itself ^^ (meaning don’t treat the first ^ as an escape character), so you are escaping the escape character.
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