Batch PATH with Quotes

Question

How can check if path has quotes or not, and add it if not have? I know i can make something like:

set /p path="My path "
"%path%"

But i have problems with quotes

C:\My folder --> "%path%" --> "C:\My folder" --> Good

If the user put a path with quotes

"C:\My folder" --> "%path%" --> ""C:\My folder"" --> Wrong

I can't use double quotes because the external command line i call not work and give me error. So how i can add "" only if not found in path? Thanks

Answer 1

You can remove quote before using it, try:

set path=%path:"=%

path has not quote any more.

Example:

@echo off

set path="a b c"

set path=%path:"=%

echo %path%

Output

a b c

Answer 2

  for /f "delims=" %%i in ("%var%") do set "var=%%~i"
  echo %var%

%var% has no double quotes around after the for loop.

Btw: you should not use cmd commands as batch variables (PATH).

Answer 3

Can't test this as I'm writing from my phone, but can't you just assume there are double quotes and do a find & replace:

set path=%path:""="%