Redirecting passed arguments to a windows batch file

Question

I would like to call a jar file from a windows batch file. One requirement is to be able to pass all the batch file arguments as-is to the jar file invocation. For example,

Required Command line:

foo.bat --flag1=x --flag2=y --flag3=z

The batch file foo.bat should invoke foo.jar like follows:

java -jar foo.jar --flag1=x --flag2=y --flag3=z

How do I make the batch file do this?
I can do some batch variable magic with % to do this, but is there a simpler way to do this?

score 266 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '09 at 10:25

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Does

java -jar foo.jar %*

meet your needs? It should add all parameters from the batch execution to your application call within the batch file.

answered Jun 11 '09 at 10:25

tschaible

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This does not preserve the quotations. :'( – Barney Szabolcs Apr 21 '16 at 10:46
I think I found a solution that works with parameters in quotations: https://serverfault.com/a/22541 – Speedstone Aug 17 '18 at 13:21
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This worked perfectly for me on Windows 10 1903, including preserving double-quotes around arguments. – Sam Jul 20 '19 at 22:16
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@Sam "This" being the original answer, or Speedstone's link? – Erhannis Aug 17 '21 at 21:39
@Erhannis For me, it is the original answer. It kept the quotation marks where they belonged. :) – mh166 Feb 07 '22 at 09:02

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