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Posted: **26 Oct 2011 17:23**

Hello,

I am curious about what the variables %1-%9 mean/do in a batch file. I understand that %0 is the name of the file, but that's about it.

Thanks for any help!

Posted: **26 Oct 2011 22:57**

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@echo off

call :help me please ^!
pause
exit /b 0

:help ()
::(
  echo.%*
  echo.%0 %1 %2 %3
  echo.
  call /? |more
::)
exit /b 0

Posted: **27 Oct 2011 16:05**

Thank you! I was not aware that the CALL command's help menu had this information.

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