How to run one exe by passing dynamic parameters using single bat file

Question

I have an requirement to run one EXE. It will take 7 parameters out of which one parameter is dynamic. Could some one help me how to run the EXE by passing dynamic parameters using bat file.

Thanks Chaitanya

Answer 1

If you need to execute a command with a dynamic number of parameters you can use %*.

Example Command:

foo.exe [options] <file1> <file2> ...

Say you wanted to have a batch script which sets some options but still passes a dynamic number of files

foo.bat

@ECHO OFF;
foo.exe -some -option %*

Running:

foo.bat file1.txt file2.txt

Translates To:

foo.exe -some -option file1.txt file2.txt

Answer 2

If you want to run this :

my_7_param_program.exe p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7

With, say, p4 as a dynamic parameter, try this batch file:

@my_7_param_program.exe p1 p2 p3 %1 p5 p6 p7

and call it like this :

c:\> my_batch.bat 42

So the actual call will be

my_7_param_program.exe p1 p2 p3 42 p5 p6 p7

With the p1, p2, p3, p5, p6 and p7 hardcoded parameters.