How to input a string from user into environment variable from batch file

Question

I want to prompt the user for some input detail  and then use it later as a command line argument

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A rather roundabout way  just for completeness    for  f  delims    i in   type CON   do set inp  i   Of course that requires  Z as a terminator  and so the Johannes answer is better in all practical ways

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You can use set with the  p argument      SET  P variable  promptString       The  P switch allows you to set the value of a variable to a line of input   entered by the user   Displays the specified promptString before reading   the line of input   The promptString can be empty    So  simply use something like  set  p Input Enter some text     Later you can use that variable as argument to a command   myCommand  Input    Be careful though  that if your input might contain spaces it s probably a good idea to quote it   myCommand   Input

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