'No Limits' for the number of arguments

LF‑ET is started by default via script files (lfet.bat, lfetconsole.bat, lfet.sh).

On the operating system side, the number of arguments that can be passed to a script may be limited. Windows, for example, allows a maximum of 9 arguments by default.

To bypass this limitation, multiple arguments can be combined as a group into a single argument when calling LF‑ET by enclosing the argument group in double quotation marks:

lfetconsole.bat "-List-DT -Recursive -OpenFileOut"

Due to the quotation marks, the 3 arguments are "seen" by the operating system as 1 argument only.

In order for an argument group to be recognized by LF‑ET automatically and then resolved, it must

  • start with a minus sign

  • and contain at least one space.

Arguments within the argument group that contain spaces or special characters, such as e.g. path specifications, must be specified in single quotation marks:

lfetconsole.bat "-List-DT 'D:/My Project/' -Recursive -OpenFileOut"