Formatted String #10323
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- Clarify that in Windows batch files the % must be escaped as %%, and
at the command prompt it cannot be escaped which could lead to
incorrect expansion.
Prior to this change the doc implied % must be escaped as %% in win32
always.
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Examples:
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%%{http_code}
At the command prompt something like "%{speed_download}%{http_code}"
would first be parsed by the command interpreter as %{speed_download}%
and would be expanded as environment variable {speed_download} if it
existed, though that's highly unlikely since Windows environment names
don't use braces.
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Reported-by: Muhammad Hussein Ammari
Fixes curl#10323
Closes #xxxx
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- Clarify that in Windows batch files the % must be escaped as %%, and
at the command prompt it cannot be escaped which could lead to
incorrect expansion.
Prior to this change the doc implied % must be escaped as %% in win32
always.
---
Examples:
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%%{http_code}
At the command prompt something like "%{speed_download}%{http_code}"
would first be parsed by the command interpreter as %{speed_download}%
and would be expanded as environment variable {speed_download} if it
existed, though that's highly unlikely since Windows environment names
don't use braces.
---
Reported-by: Muhammad Hussein Ammari
Ref: curl/curl#10337
Fixes curl/curl#10323
Closes #xxxx
The manual says:
The book says:
I think we could make it clearer though. The escaping is needed for batch files but cannot be done if the command is typed at the prompt. I've submitted two PRs, one for the book and one for manpage. |
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- Clarify that in Windows batch files the % must be escaped as %%, and
at the command prompt it cannot be escaped which could lead to
incorrect expansion.
Prior to this change the doc implied % must be escaped as %% in win32
always.
---
Examples showing how a write-out argument is received by curl:
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%%{http_code}
At the command prompt something like "%{speed_download}%{http_code}"
would first be parsed by the command interpreter as %{speed_download}%
and would be expanded as environment variable {speed_download} if it
existed, though that's highly unlikely since Windows environment names
don't use braces.
---
Reported-by: Muhammad Hussein Ammari
Ref: curl/everything-curl#279
Fixes #10323
Closes #10337
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- Clarify that in Windows batch files the % must be escaped as %%, and
at the command prompt it cannot be escaped which could lead to
incorrect expansion.
Prior to this change the doc implied % must be escaped as %% in win32
always.
---
Examples showing how a write-out argument is received by curl:
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed in a batch file:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%{http_code}
If curl --write-out "%%{http_code}" is executed from the command prompt:
%%{http_code}
At the command prompt something like "%{speed_download}%{http_code}"
would first be parsed by the command interpreter as %{speed_download}%
and would be expanded as environment variable {speed_download} if it
existed, though that's highly unlikely since Windows environment names
don't use braces.
---
Reported-by: Muhammad Hussein Ammari
Ref: curl/everything-curl#279
Fixes curl#10323
Closes curl#10337
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Description
In the
.cmd/.batscript files on Windows, the --write-out option does not work and we have to use two percent signs (%%) instead of one percent signs (%) in the formatted string.For example, the following command does not work:
But this command works:
Please mention this point in this article because my friend thought that the Windows build of cURL has a problem:
https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/verbose/writeout
Thanks.
What is the cause of this problem?
Actually, there is no problem. Command Prompt variables comprise a % character followed by a name, for example:
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