passing arguments to javascript through cscript on the command line

Question

I have a small command line JScript routine that I usually run from the command line using cscript in windows. I'd like to be able to pass in arguments hopefully along the lines of...

%:>cscript doSomethingToFile.js FileInQuestion.txt

Any insight on how to do this? Thanks much.

Answer 1

From Bernard Marx

1. Create this JScript file, save it in C directory, (as xx.js)

xx.js

alert = function(s){WScript.Echo(s)}

var arg = WScript.arguments(0)
alert(arg.toUpperCase() + " now upper case")
...

1. Open the command prompt, and type

(assuming at C:> prompt):

C:\> windows\wscript.exe xx.js "apples and bananas"