Using command line arguments in VBscript

Question

How can I pass and access command line arguments in VBscript?

score 91 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '10 at 14:29

91

Set args = Wscript.Arguments

For Each arg In args
  Wscript.Echo arg
Next

From a command prompt, run the script like this:

CSCRIPT MyScript.vbs 1 2 A B "Arg with spaces"

Will give results like this:

1
2
A
B
Arg with spaces

answered Mar 18 '10 at 14:29

aphoria

21

You can access it directly with `WScript.Arguments.Item(0)`. Item 0 is not the command's name (as it is in other languages); in Aphoria's example above it would be the string "1". – Alexander Bird Aug 06 '13 at 19:24

score 58 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 16:03

58

If you need direct access:

WScript.Arguments.Item(0)
WScript.Arguments.Item(1)
...

answered Mar 20 '14 at 16:03

Jerther

4

You can also drag and drop a file onto a script in Explorer, which will run the script with the first argument set to the file path and name. – Simon Sellick Apr 16 '16 at 13:07
7

You might want to use `WScript.Arguments.Count` with this. – BuvinJ Dec 09 '16 at 16:39

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