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Is there a way to pass an ffmpeg command from a text file in Windows?

I was wondering if there was a way to pass one (or multiple) arguments from a text file for ffmpeg. I tried a bit here with this in powershell (expecting it to work like linux but to no avail ffmpeg -...
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Can we skip a argument in the (%*)?

How can I skip an argument like %~1 in the %*? @echo off title cls :loop set /p command= call :command %command% goto :loop :command if "%~1"=="title"( %~1 %* ) goto :eof I'm ...
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How to receive a parameter in a batch file

I have asked a question, Use an environment variable to point to an "Open With" program, which received a fantastic answer. To add myapp.exe, residing in %MYAPPSDIR%, to the Open With ...
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Batch arguments for SSH Secure Shell in Windows 7?

I installed SSH Secure Shell to connect to my remote server, and I want to automate the process of updating my website. I was going to make a batch script to automatically push and pull from my site ...
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How can I run an application with arguments from Windows Explorer?

Is there an easy way to launch an application from Windows Explorer with arguments? Or do I have to actually run them from the command line?
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How to pass an argument to a Windows Scheduled Task with spaces in it

I need to set up a Windows Scheduled Task. It accepts 1 parameter/argument which is a path and can contain spaces. My Scheduled task does not work - it "breaks" the parameter up at the first space. ...
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Call but not download a page with wget

I was wondering if there was any argument that allowed me to use wget and "call" a page, but without downloading the page. The problem is that when you call wget on a page, it downloads it to the ...
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