Command Line FOR /F Fails

Question

I have a DOS build script which works on one Windows Server 2008 R2 but not another. To see the symptoms on the broken machine entering either of the following at the command li

Answer 1

In a batch file you have to use double-percents i.e. %%X. At the command line single percents are fine.

As to why it works on one machine, not sure, perhaps its somehow being run via 16 bit DOS on the machine which works? Or it was a different test that appears to work without the variable substituion working.