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Windows echo command can't echo a user-set variable

What did I do to screw up my CMD shell? Windows XP Pro, open a cmd window and do:

C:\>set tt = name

C:\>set tt
tt = name

C:\>echo %tt%
%tt%

C:\>echo %time%
14:13:28.67

The echo command doesn't work for some reason. I can echo the built-in variables just fine. Tried it on another computer and that works as expected

Solution

  • The set command does not take spaces. The proper syntax would be:

    set tt=name

    What you have done in your example is set an environment variable tt<space>. With that in mind, you can try this:

    echo %tt %

    and see your output.