Parameter Extensions

• %~f1 Expand %1 to a Fully qualified path name - C:\utils\MyFile.txt
• %~d1 Expand %1 to a Drive letter only - C:
• %~p1 Expand %1 to a Path only e.g. \utils\ this includes a trailing \ which will be interpreted as an escape character by some commands.
• %~n1 Expand %1 to a file Name without file extension or path - MyFile or if only a path is present, with no trailing backslash, the last folder in that path.
• %~x1 Expand %1 to a file eXtension only - .txt
• %~s1 Change the meaning of f, n, s and x to reference the Short 8.3 name (if it exists.)
• %~1 Expand %1 removing any surrounding quotes (")
• %~a1 Display the file attributes of %1
• %~t1 Display the date/time of %1
• %~z1 Display the file size of %1
• %~$PATH:1 Search the PATH environment variable and expand %1 to the fully qualified name of the first match found.