This article discusses the limitation to the length of the strings that you use from the command prompt in Command Prompt (Cmd.exe). It also provides methods that you can use to work around this limitation.
Applies to: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Original KB number: 830473
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The maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 8191 characters.
This limitation applies to command lines that are contained in batch files when you use Command Prompt to run the batch file.
In Command Prompt, the total length of EnvironmentVariable1 after you expand EnvironmentVariable2 and EnvironmentVariable3 can't contain more than 8191 characters:
c:> set EnvironmentVariable1 = EnvironmentVariable2 EnvironmentVariable3
In a batch file, the total length of the following command line after you expand the parameters can't contain more than 8191 characters:
ExecutableFile.exe parameter1 parameter2
Even though the Win32 limitation for environment variables is 32,767 characters, Command Prompt ignores any environment variables that are inherited from the parent process and are longer than its own limitations of 8191 characters (as appropriate to the operating system). For more information about the SetEnvironmentVariable function, see SetEnvironmentVariableA function.
How to work around the limitation
To work around the limitation, use one or more of the following methods, as appropriate to your situation:
Modify programs that require long command lines so that they use a file that contains the parameter information, and then include the name of the file in the command line.
For example, instead of using the ExecutableFile.exe Parameter1 Parameter2... ParameterN command line in a batch file, modify the program to use a command line that is similar to the following command line, where ParameterFile is a file that contains the required parameters (parameter1 parameter2... ParameterN):
ExecutableFile.exe c:\temp\ParameterFile.txt
Modify programs that use large environment variables so that the environment variables contain less than 8191 characters.
For example, if the PATH environment variable contains more than 8191 characters, use one or more of the following methods to reduce the number of characters:
Use shorter names for folders and files.
Reduce the depth of folder trees.
Store files in fewer folders so that fewer folders are required in the PATH environment variable.
Investigate possible methods that you can use to reduce the dependency of PATH for locating .dll files.
On Windows-based systems, there exists a limitation on the number of characters for a command in the terminal, approximately 8191 characters source information.
The maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 8191 characters. This limitation applies to: the command line. individual environment variables that are inherited by other processes, such as the PATH variable.
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1 Answer. As you state, the max. length of an interactive command line in cmd.exe (at the interactive Command Prompt, but not in batch files) is officially 8,191 characters - see the documentation.
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