Here is my script:
@echo off
echo.|if defined 1 geq 1 echo 1 is geq than 1
echo.|if defined 2 gtr 100 echo 2 is gtr than 100
echo.|if 1 gtr gtr 100 echo 1 is gteater than 100
echo.|if 100 lss gtr 100 echo 100 is gteater and the same time less than 100
the output is :
1 is geq than 1
2 is gtr than 100
1 is gteater than 100
100 is gteater and the same time less than 100
What is going with IF command?
The batch parser concatenates the first tokens after the IF.
To gain an insight you can use the cmdcmdline variable.
From a batch file
@echo off
echo pipe | if defined 1 geq 1 echo %%cmdcmdline%%
In the output you can see that defined and 1 are concatenated, so this is the cause for the strange results
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" if defined1 geq 1 echo %cmdcmdline%"
When you test this from the command line you need to modify the %%cmdcmdline%% to %^cmdcmdline% as the cmd-parser works a bit different with percent expansions.
change this:
if defined 1 geq 1 echo 1 is geq than 1
to this:
if defined 1 if 1 geq 1 echo 1 is geq than 1
