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typo (martin) percent sign in batch file (martin)
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Note that when specifying session %%URL%% on [[commandline|command-line]], you cannot use characters that have special meaning on Windows command-line, just as with any other command-line argument. Such characters include ''&'' (ampersand), ''|'' (pipe), ''<'' (less-than sign), ''>'' (greater-than sign), ''%%"%%'' (double-quote). To escape these characters, you can wrap whole session %%URL%% to double-quotes (''%%"%%'') or encode the characters as shown above. Note that when specifying session %%URL%% on [[commandline|command-line]], you cannot use characters that have special meaning on Windows command-line, just as with any other command-line argument. Such characters include ''&'' (ampersand), ''|'' (pipe), ''<'' (less-than sign), ''>'' (greater-than sign), ''%%"%%'' (double-quote). To escape these characters, you can wrap whole session %%URL%% to double-quotes (''%%"%%'') or encode the characters as shown above.
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 +Further, in Windows batch files, ''%'' (percent sign) needs to be doubled to be used correctly, even when the sign is itself used to encode other special characters. For example, to use ''@'' in a username, specify ''%%40''.
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 +You can have WinSCP [[ui_generateurl|generate correct URL]] for all kinds of uses (command-line, script or batch file).
===== Examples ===== ===== Examples =====

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