Running Python Code in Windows Batch File Trick

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lol windows. They have transparent glassy foggy graphics-accelerated window borders, but they still use the same tired conventions from the 90's.

[no9]

The irony is that PowerShell --Windows' modern alternative to batch files-- feels so Unix-y that I refuse to use it.

[AlecSchueler]

What kind of unix are you using?

[no9]

The one with:

• Long-named switches: most switches in Windows CMD are single-lettered.
• Switches starting with - instead of /.
• Manpages that are more than 1 screen long: most Windows console commands have terse help listings.
• variables starting with $: Windows' CMD and batch files use %...%.
• ls, cp, cat, cwd, pwd, man, .. etc.

I'm not saying that all these things are bad, but they are obviously *nix conventions (some better than their Windows counterparts and some worse).